denicotinize

present singular third person denicotinizes · participle present denicotinizing · participle past denicotinized · past denicotinized

1. transitiveto remove some or all of the nicotine from tobacco.

   Smokes incessantly Caporals, using a denicotinizing holder. At frequent intervals inhales from benzedrine inhaler.

   1953, Ian Fleming, “Dossier for M”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 20

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   My invention relates to a chemical preparation, compound, or mixture to be used in pipes, pipe-stems, and cigar-holders, in any convenient mode or form, to denicotinize and deodorize tobacco-smoke,

   1873, United States. Patent Office, Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office, page 200

   The solution of the problem how to denicotinize without destroying flavour is extraordinarily difficult and appears to be only partially solved.

   1933, Bulletin of Hygiene

   Kessler was extremely careful to avoid any suggestion that FDA was prepared to take radical action to prohibit — or denicotinize — cigarettes.

   2001, Michael Pertschuk, Smoke in their eyes: lessons in movement leadership from the tobacco wars, Vanderbilt Univ Pr