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Tobacco packaging warning messages

Tobacco packaging warning messages are mandated health warnings on tobacco packs, governed by WHO FCTC Article 11. First US text warning 1965; Canada first pictorial warnings 2001; nearly 120 countries now use graphic labels.

Tobacco pipe

A tobacco pipe is a smoking device with a bowl for burning tobacco and a stem through which smoke is drawn, made from clay, wood, or briar.

Tobacco Protest

The Tobacco Protest (نهضت تنباکو) was a nationwide Iranian movement against a British tobacco monopoly granted by Naser al-Din Shah in 1890, forcing its cancellation in January 1892 and foreshadowing the 1905 Constitutional Revolution.

Tobacco Régie

The Tobacco Régie (امتیاز تنباکو) was an 1890 concession by Naser al-Din Shah giving Major G. F. Talbot a 50-year monopoly on Iranian tobacco, canceled in 1892 after a nationwide boycott.

Tobacco Road (novel)

Tobacco Road is Erskine Caldwell's 1932 novel about the destitute Lester sharecropper family near Augusta, Georgia, during the Depression; it drew eugenics scholarship, censorship efforts, and a record 3,182-performance Broadway run.

Tobacco smoking

Tobacco smoking, mainly cigarette smoking, is the most common form of tobacco use: 1.2 billion users in 2024, prevalence down from 33.1% to 19.5% since 2000, over 7 million deaths yearly, regulated by the WHO FCTC and MPOWER.

Tobacco-specific nitrosamines

Tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) are carcinogenic N-nitrosamines formed from nicotine and other tobacco alkaloids during curing and smoking; NNN and NNK are classified as carcinogenic to humans by IARC.

Tobago

Tobago, the smaller island of Trinidad and Tobago (also historically Bellaforma), lies 20 miles northeast of Trinidad, is dominated by the Main Ridge forest reserve, changed colonial hands repeatedly, and depends on tourism.

Tobago Carnival (festival)

Tobago Carnival is a masquerade festival on Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, with a pre-Lenten carnival alongside Trinidad's and an October carnival launched by the Tobago House of Assembly in 2022.

Tobamovirus

Tobamovirus: genus of positive-sense ssRNA plant viruses in Virgaviridae, ~6.4 kb genome, four ORFs; includes tobacco mosaic virus, the first virus discovered, and emerging ToBRFV.

Tobamovirus tomatotessellati

Tobamovirus tomatotessellati, the ICTV binomial name for tomato mosaic virus (ToMV), a rod-shaped positive-sense RNA plant virus in Virgaviridae causing mosaic disease of tomato, renamed from Tomato mosaic virus.

Tobang

Tobang (도방) was a private guard organization in Goryeo Korea, first established by Gyeong Dae-seung and re-established by Choi Chung-heon in 1200, becoming important under the Choi regime.

Tobata LNG Terminal

Tobata LNG Terminal (戸畑LNG基地) is an LNG import terminal in the Tobata ward of Kitakyushu, Japan, operated by Kyushu Electric Power and Nippon Steel since 1977.

Tobata power station

Tobata power station (戸畑発電所) is a thermal power station in Tobata ward, Kitakyushu, Japan, operated by Kyushu Co-operative Power, a venture of Kyushu Electric Power and Nippon Steel.

TOBE

TOBE is a Japanese entertainment agency founded by Hideaki Takizawa in March 2023, best known as the home of the J-pop idol groups Number_i and IMP.

Tobe Awaka

Tobe Awaka (born 2004) is an American forward for the Chicago Bulls on a two-way NBA deal; undrafted 2026 Arizona and Tennessee rebounder, Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year, 2023 USA U19 World Cup team member.

Tobe Hooper

Tobe Hooper (1943-2017), American horror director from Austin, Texas, directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Poltergeist (1982), and the Salem's Lot miniseries (1979), and shaped the slasher genre.

Tobe Nwigwe

Tobe Nwigwe is a Houston-based rapper, singer, and actor, born Tobechukwu-dubem-nwigwe in 1987. He is known for his weekly music habit and earning a Best New Artist Grammy nomination.

Tobermorite

Tobermorite is a rare hydrated calcium silicate mineral named for Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, first described there in 1880 by M. F. Heddle.

Tobermory, Mull

Tobermory (Tobar Mhoire), main town and capital of the Isle of Mull, Scotland; a planned fishing settlement founded 1788 by the British Fisheries Society, known for its colourful harbourfront, distillery, and Kilchoan ferry.

Tobey (song)

"Tobey" is a 2024 single by Eminem featuring Michigan rappers Big Sean and BabyTron, the second single from The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), released July 2, 2024, referencing Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man, debuting at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire (Tobias Vincent Maguire, born 1975, Santa Monica) is the American actor who played Peter Parker in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), later starring in Seabiscuit, Brothers, and The Great Gatsby and producing through Material Pictures.

Tobi Amusan

Tobi Amusan, born Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan in 1997 in Nigeria, is a sprint hurdler who holds the women's 100 meters hurdles world record of 12.12 seconds.

Tobi Bakare

Tobi Bakare is the name of two actors: a British actor (born 1989) known for J.P. Hooper in Death in Paradise and the Kingsman films, and Nigerian actor Tobi Bakre (born 1994), the Big Brother Naija alumnus and AMVCA-winning star of Brotherhood and Gangs of Lagos.

Tobi Lawal

Tobi Lawal (Toibu Lawal, born 2003, London) is a British forward drafted 48th overall by the Dallas Mavericks in 2026 on a two-way deal; played at VCU and Virginia Tech, known for a 45.5-inch max vertical.

Tobi Neumann

Tobi Neumann, born Tobias Neumann in 1965, is a German house and techno DJ and producer based in Berlin, known for Flokati and producing Chicks on Speed.

Tobi Vail

Tobi Vail, American musician from Olympia, Washington, founding drummer of Bikini Kill and riot grrrl pioneer; publisher of the fanzine Jigsaw, member of the Go Team and the Frumpies, and Kill Rock Stars staff member.

Tobiah (Ammonite official)

Tobiah, also known as Toviyyah, was an Ammonite magnate of the mid-5th century BC who, with Sanballat and Geshem, opposed Nehemiah's rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls in 445 BC.

Tobias Adrian

Tobias Adrian is a German-American economist, born in 1971, who served as the IMF's Financial Counsellor from 2017 after thirteen years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Tobias Arlt

Tobias Arlt (born 1987, Berchtesgaden), German doubles luger with Tobias Wendl; seven Olympic golds (doubles and team relay, 2014-2026) plus one bronze, seven world titles, seven overall World Cup wins.