tobacco
Let an agent explain tobacco as plant, commodity and product, relay cultivation, history, health effects and regulation from WHO and public health sources, describe the products, varieties and structures the registry aliases name without promotion, and distinguish tobacco from nicotine alone, e-cigarettes and other plants, pointing to cessation services.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What tobacco is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is tobacco, and how does it differ from nicotine alone, e-cigarettes and other plants? definition
- Does the user want help quitting, in which case cessation services and clinicians can help? boundary
Products
Products and varieties.
Products
Products.
- What are smoking tobacco, snus, cigarettes, Celikhan tobacco and tobacco barns, described without promotion? definition
- Which entry fits the specific product or variety? action
Health Health effects.
Harms
Harms.
Harms
Harms.
- What diseases does tobacco cause, as WHO and health authorities report? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Cessation
Quitting.
Cessation
Cessation.
- What cessation methods do health authorities recommend, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Policy Regulation.
FCTC
FCTC and law.
FCTC
FCTC.
- What does the FCTC require, and how do countries regulate tobacco? provenance
- Which entry fits tobacco control? action
Industry
Industry and debates.
Industry
Industry.
- What debates exist about the tobacco industry, taxation and harm reduction, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation non-promotional and attributed? boundary
Context Agriculture and history.
Agriculture
Cultivation.
Agriculture
Agriculture.
- How is tobacco grown and cured, and what labour issues are reported? provenance
- Which entry fits tobacco farming? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did tobacco spread from the Americas and shape colonial economies? provenance
- Which entry fits history of tobacco? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- tobacco barn, snus brand, Aroma, smoking tobacco, Çelikhan tütünü, cigarette brand, tobacco waste, smokeless tobacco, Burley, Domenico, Dissolvable tobacco
What it is Filled
The cured leaves of plants of the genus Nicotiana, mainly Nicotiana tabacum, grown as a commodity and processed into cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snus and other products, with regional varieties such as Turkish Celikhan tobacco, cured in structures such as tobacco barns and sold under many brands; tobacco contains the addictive stimulant nicotine, and tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide, regulated by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The model does not promote tobacco and points to cessation support.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain tobacco as plant, commodity and product, relay cultivation, history, health effects and regulation from WHO and public health sources, describe the products, varieties and structures the registry aliases name without promotion, and distinguish tobacco from nicotine alone, e-cigarettes and other plants, pointing to cessation services.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Nicotine-containing
- Global commodity
- Leading preventable cause of death
- Heavily regulated
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Promote tobacco products or brands.
- Understate the health harms of tobacco or present any form as safe.
- Help sell tobacco to minors or evade tobacco taxes and controls.
- Advise on growing or processing tobacco to evade regulation.
Only with a human decision
- Any purchase or delivery of tobacco products on someone's behalf.
May
- Explain tobacco as a plant and commodity, its history and its health effects, citing health authorities.
- Point people who want to stop to cessation services.
Moral aspects Filled
- Tobacco kills millions of people each year, including through second-hand smoke.
- Tobacco farming involves child labour and pesticide exposure in some regions.
Who is affected
- Smokers and their families
- Children
- Tobacco farm workers
Owners Filled
Steward
The grower or seller under licence; health and tax authorities regulate it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1913301 - registry parent class
- Q211036 - registry parent class
- Q317088 - registry parent class
related
- commodity - in registry terms
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
- lung cancer - among other diseases
contains
- nicotine
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.tobacco
- Wikidata: Q1566 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566)
Direct properties required Filled
- deaths attributed to tobacco: over 8 million per year - WHO
- WHO FCTC adopted: 2003 year
- main species: Nicotiana tabacum note
- largest producer: China note
Recognition required Filled
- Cured Nicotiana leaves and products
- Smoking tobacco, snus brands, cigarette brands, Celikhan tobacco, tobacco barn, Aroma
- Nicotine is the drug; e-cigarettes deliver nicotine without tobacco leaf; other herbs are not tobacco
- Large-leafed plants; dried brown leaves; manufactured products.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain plant and products
- relay health effects and regulation
- point to cessation support
- distinguish related products
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Promoting tobacco products or brands
- Understating health harms
- Registry aliases naming brands
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
- National advertising bans, taxes and packaging laws
- EU Tobacco Products Directive
Context of use required Filled
- A commodity used in nicotine products, with serious health harms.
- flue-cured, air-cured and sun-cured tobaccos
- Oriental tobaccos such as Celikhan
- cigarettes and cigars
- pipe and roll-your-own tobacco
- smokeless products such as snus
- curing barns
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1566: tobacco - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Tobacco - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should the plant and the product be separate primary entries?
- How should public health sources be linked?
- The registry aliases naming brands should be recorded neutrally or split off
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1566/spec.json