cigarette
Let an agent explain what cigarettes are and how they are regulated, relay health effects and cessation support from health authorities, describe the industry and its history, and avoid promoting smoking.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What cigarettes are.
Product
Product and manufacture.
Product
Product.
- What are cigarettes, how are they made, and how do they differ from cigars and electronic cigarettes? definition
- Is the presentation free of promotion? boundary
Industry
Industry.
Industry
Industry.
- How is the cigarette industry organised, and what do public health bodies say about its practices, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits the tobacco industry? action
Health Health effects and cessation.
Harms
Health effects.
Harms
Harms.
- What are the health effects of smoking and second-hand smoke, according to health authorities? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own health, which needs a clinician? boundary
Quit
Cessation.
Quit
Cessation.
- What cessation support and treatments do health services offer? provenance
- Which entry fits smoking cessation services? action
Regulate Regulation.
Law
Tobacco control.
Law
Law.
- How are cigarettes regulated through taxation, packaging, advertising bans, age limits and smoke-free laws? provenance
- Which entry fits tobacco control in a jurisdiction? action
Environment
Environmental impact.
Environment
Environment.
- What are the environmental impacts of cigarette production and butt litter? provenance
- Which entry fits litter? action
Learn History and culture.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did cigarettes spread, and how did the evidence of harm and tobacco control develop? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Culture
In culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How have cigarettes been represented in film and advertising, and how is this regulated? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- cigarette butt, Blend, Ducal, Level, Changshou Cigarettes, Chunghwa, tea cigarette, URUMA, Colt, Priima, Djarum 76, Virginia
What it is Filled
A cylinder of finely cut drug material, typically tobacco, rolled in thin paper for smoking, usually with a filter in tobacco products; tobacco cigarettes are manufactured in brands and sold under regulation as tobacco products, and tobacco cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable death, causing cancers, heart and lung disease; tobacco cigarettes are subject to taxation, health warnings, advertising bans, age limits and smoke-free laws, while cessation is supported by health services; discarded cigarette butts are a major form of litter.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain what cigarettes are and how they are regulated, relay health effects and cessation support from health authorities, describe the industry and its history, and avoid promoting smoking.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Cigarettes contain cut drug material, typically tobacco, rolled in thin paper for smoking.
- Cigarettes may be mass manufactured or hand rolled.
- Cigarette smoking causes major health harm.
- Cigarettes are subject to regulation that varies by their contents and jurisdiction.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Promote smoking or market cigarettes, especially to young people.
- Sell or supply cigarettes to minors.
- Present cigarettes as safe or safer than the evidence shows.
- Help evade tobacco taxes or smuggle cigarettes.
Only with a human decision
- Advising on medication to stop smoking for a specific person.
May
- Explain health effects of smoking and cessation help, citing health authorities.
- Point smokers to cessation services they ask about.
Moral aspects Filled
- Smoking kills millions every year, including through second-hand smoke.
- Tobacco marketing targets young and poor people.
Who is affected
- Smokers
- People exposed to second-hand smoke
- Children
Owners Filled
Steward
The person who buys it; manufacturers and retailers are licensed under tobacco law.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q223557 - registry parent class
- Q44106 - registry parent class
related
- tobacco product - category
- head and neck cancer - a smoking-related disease
- drug - nicotine as a drug
- pollution - cigarette butt litter
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.cigarette
- Wikidata: Q1578 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1578)
Direct properties required Filled
- Overall length: mm - Measure the intact cigarette from end to end, including any filter.
- External diameter: mm - Measure across the cylindrical body without compressing the paper or filling.
- Total mass: g - Weigh the intact cigarette on a calibrated balance and record its moisture conditioning.
- Filling moisture content: % by mass - Determine the water mass fraction of the filling using a validated method and report the measurement basis.
Recognition required Filled
- Cut tobacco in paper, usually filtered
- Smoked
- Cigars are tobacco-wrapped; electronic cigarettes vaporise liquid
- A thin paper-wrapped tobacco cylinder, usually filtered.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the product and regulation
- relay health effects and cessation support
- describe industry and history
- avoid promotion
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Promoting smoking
- Understating health harms
- Agents giving personal medical advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Tobacco control laws and international framework convention
- Health warning and packaging rules
- Taxation and age restrictions
Context of use required Filled
- Rolled tobacco product for smoking.
- filtered and unfiltered cigarettes
- hand-rolled cigarettes
- menthol and flavoured cigarettes where permitted
- brands and markets
- cigarette butts as waste
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1578: cigarette - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Cigarette - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should cessation be a separate entry?
- How should health authorities be linked?
- How should tobacco control law be linked by country?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1578/spec.json