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cigarette

vr.tr.cigarette · PHY.OBJ

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.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

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.

A cylinder of finely cut tobacco rolled in thin paper for smoking, usually with a filter, manufactured in brands and sold under regulation as a tobacco product; cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable death, causing cancers, heart and lung disease, and 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.

What it is for: Rolled tobacco product for smoking.

It can be explain the product and regulation; relay health effects and cessation support; describe industry and history; avoid promotion.

Distinguishing features

Tobacco product

Mass manufactured

Major health harm

Heavily regulated

What it looks like

A thin paper-wrapped tobacco cylinder, usually filtered.

How it is recognised

Cut tobacco in paper, usually filtered

Smoked

Cigars are tobacco-wrapped; electronic cigarettes vaporise liquid

Related models

is a kind of - category

tobacco product

is related to - a smoking-related disease

head and neck cancer

is related to - nicotine as a drug

drug

is related to - cigarette butt litter

pollution

In practice

Families and kinds

filtered and unfiltered cigarettes

hand-rolled cigarettes

menthol and flavoured cigarettes where permitted

brands and markets

cigarette butts as waste

Standards and regulation

Tobacco control laws and international framework convention

Health warning and packaging rules

Taxation and age restrictions

Failure modes and hazards

Promoting smoking

Understating health harms

Agents giving personal medical advice

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What cigarettes are.

Definitions.

Product

Product and manufacture.

Product

Product.

  1. What are cigarettes, how are they made, and how do they differ from cigars and electronic cigarettes? definition
  2. Is the presentation free of promotion? boundary

Industry

Industry.

Industry

Industry.

  1. How is the cigarette industry organised, and what do public health bodies say about its practices, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the tobacco industry? action
Health Health effects and cessation.

Authorities.

Harms

Health effects.

Harms

Harms.

  1. What are the health effects of smoking and second-hand smoke, according to health authorities? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own health, which needs a clinician? boundary

Quit

Cessation.

Quit

Cessation.

  1. What cessation support and treatments do health services offer? provenance
  2. Which entry fits smoking cessation services? action
Regulate Regulation.

Law.

Law

Tobacco control.

Law

Law.

  1. How are cigarettes regulated through taxation, packaging, advertising bans, age limits and smoke-free laws? provenance
  2. Which entry fits tobacco control in a jurisdiction? action

Environment

Environmental impact.

Environment

Environment.

  1. What are the environmental impacts of cigarette production and butt litter? provenance
  2. Which entry fits litter? action
Learn History and culture.

Education.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did cigarettes spread, and how did the evidence of harm and tobacco control develop? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Culture

In culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How have cigarettes been represented in film and advertising, and how is this regulated? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should cessation be a separate entry?
  • How should health authorities be linked?
  • How should tobacco control law be linked by country?