tobacco industry
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- noun
- /təˈbækoʊ ˈɪndəstri/
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industria del tabaco
- [Wallace] Thousands of documents from inside the tobacco industry... have surfaced over the past year.
- tobacco industry documents
- tobacco industry lobbyists
- tobacco industry and nicotine
The telecommunication companies, mark my words, it's they're using the playbook of the tobacco industry.
- The telecommunication companies, mark my words, it's they're using the playbook of the tobacco industry.
- Another one is the tobacco industry, I think really doesn't like their customers except for the fact that they like their their money.
- The moral disengagement in the gun industry, the tobacco industry that kills about half a million people annually in the United States.
Examples
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We found no evidence that the tobacco industry acted on any of Tozzi's suggestions.
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Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, invited by the tobacco industry to kick off the meeting, introduced everyone, then disappeared.
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But look at the tobacco industry.
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Some examples include the tobacco industry and the nuclear industry.
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This would be like learning about the benefits of smoking from the tobacco industry.
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This would be like the American Lung Association taking money from the tobacco industry.
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However, subsequent attempts to set such policies achieved limited results, in part because of the tobacco industry's influence on Congress.
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Our findings also point to the tobacco industry's broader interests in research into the social determinants of health.
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This Sunday, Wallace will broadcast a report... on the tobacco industry, including the tough tactics tobacco companies employ... to keep a lid on information that might be damaging.
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A Minnesota court suit against the tobacco industry was scheduled to begin today in St. Paul.
Synonyms
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People and companies that make goods and provide services in the same field
How Large
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun–noun compound whose meaning is directly built from 'tobacco' (the plant/product) + 'industry' (the sector producing/selling goods). This compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it refers to the business sector producing tobacco products.
Etymology
Tobacco industry comes from the plant tobacco and the word industry, meaning a large business with factories and many workers. Picture fields of tobacco leaves and big factories turning them into cigarettes and cigars — that's why tobacco industry means 'the business that makes and sells tobacco products'.