Table 1 Tobacco definitions [131]

Smoked tobacco products

Any product made or derived from tobacco which generates smoke. Examples include manufactured cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, cigars, cigarillos, shisha (also known as waterpipe), kreteks and bidis.

Second-hand smoke (SHS)

The smoke emitted from the burning end of a cigarette or other tobacco products, usually in combination with the smoke exhaled by the people who smoke.

Smokeless tobacco

Any product that consists of cut, ground, powdered or other tobacco that is intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity. Examples include snuff, chewing tobacco, gutka, mishri and snus.

Heated tobacco product (HTP)

Tobacco products that produce aerosols containing nicotine and toxic chemicals when tobacco is heated or when a device containing tobacco is heat-activated. These aerosols are inhaled by users during a process of sucking or smoking involving a device. They contain the highly addictive substance nicotine, as well as non-tobacco additives, and are often flavored.

Electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) (also known as e-cigarette)

A device that heats a liquid to create an aerosol that is inhaled by the user, which typically contains nicotine and toxic substances that are harmful to both users and non-users who are exposed to the aerosols second-hand; the liquid is often flavored.