3. CIGARETTE
• A cigarette (French "small cigar", from cigar + -ette)
is a small roll of finely-cut tobacco leaves wrapped in
a cylinder of thin paper for smoking.
4. History
The earliest forms of cigarettes were similar to
their predecessor, the cigar. Cigarettes appear
to have had antecedents in Mexico and Central
America around the 9th century in the form of
reeds and smoking tubes. The Maya, and later
the Aztecs, smoked tobacco and various
psychoactive drugs in religious rituals and
frequently depicted priests and deities smoking
on pottery and temple engravings. The
cigarette and the cigar were the most common
methods of smoking in the Caribbean, Mexico
and Central and South America until recent
times.
5. MANUFACTURING
Commercially manufactured cigarettes are
seemingly simple objects consisting mainly of a
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Tobacco blend,
Paper,
Glue to bond the outer layer of paper together,
and
Often also a cellulose acetate–based filter.
6. 1. Filter made of 95% cellulose acetate.
2. Tipping paper to cover the filter.
3. Rolling paper to cover the tobacco.
4. Tobacco blend.
7. TOBACCO BLEND
The process of blending, gives the end product a
consistent taste from batches of tobacco grown in
different areas of a country that may change in
flavor profile from year to year due to different
environmental conditions.
8. PAPER
The paper for holding the tobacco blend may vary
in porosity to allow ventilation of the burning ember
or contain materials that control the burning rate of
the cigarette and stability of the produced ash.
9. FILTER
This helps in reducing the amount of nicotine that
goes along with the smoke to the person’s body is
made up of cellulose fibers which are very fine.
10. Brand Names With There Countries
Cigarette Brands Origin
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Benson & Hedges
Camel
Classic
Dunhill
Gauloises
Hollywood
L&M
Lambert & Butler
Longbeach
Marlboro
Mild Seven
Parisienne
China
United Kingdom
United States
India
United Kingdom
France
Brazil
United States
Great Britain
Australia and Indonesia
United States
Japan
Switzerland
12. BEEDI
A beedi is a thin, Indian
cigarette filled with tobacco
flake and wrapped in atendu or
possibly even Piliostigma
racemosum leaf tied with a
string at one end. The name is
derived from
the Marwari word beeda — a
leaf wrapped in betel nuts,
herbs, and condiments.
13. HERBAL CIGARETTE
Herbal cigarettes are cigarettes that do not
contain any tobacco, instead being composed of
a mixture of various herbs and/or other plant
material. Such cigarettes are not to be confused
with non-additive or natural tobacco cigarette
varieties.
14. MENTHOL CIGARETTE
A menthol cigarette is
a cigarette flavoured with the
compound menthol, a
substance which triggers the
cold-sensitive nerves in
the skin without actually
providing a drop in
temperature.
15. KRETEK
Kretek /ˈkrɛtɛk/ are cigarette
made with a blend
of tobacco, cloves and other
flavours. The word "kretek"
itself is an onomatopoetic term
for the crackling sound of
burning cloves.
16. ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
An electronic cigarette, personal
vaporizer or electronic nicotine delivery
system is a battery-powered vaporizer which
feels similar to tobacco smoking. Electronic
cigarettes produce an aerosol, commonly
called vapour, rather than cigarette smoke.
17. CIGAR
Cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and
fermented tobacco.
18. History
Explorer Christopher Columbus is generally
credited with the introduction of tobacco to
Europe. Three of Columbus's crewmen during
his 1492 journey, Rodrigo de Jerez, Hector
Fuentes and Luis de Torres, are said to have
encountered tobacco for the first time on the
island of Hispaniola, in what is present
day Dominican Republic, when natives
presented them with dry leaves that spread a
peculiar fragrance. His sailors reported that
the Taínos on the island of Cuba smoked a
primitive form of cigar, with twisted, dried
tobacco leaves rolled in other leaves such as
19. MANUFACTURING
Cigar is made up of three types of Tobacco
leaves.
a) Fillers – broken or crushed leaves which forms
the centre of cigar
b) Binders- small leaves are bound around the filler
and a special type of glue is used to bind these
leaves in cigar
c) Wrappers- big leaves that are soft & elastic
wrapped to give the final smooth surface
20.
21. Brand Names With There Countries
Cigar Brands Origin
Arturo Fuente
Cohiba
Gurkha
King of Denmark
Louixs
Macanudo
Oliva
Padrón
Perdomo
Rocky Patel
Stradivarius
United States
United States
North America
Europe
California
America
North America
Florida
North America
Florida
North America
25. SIZE
Size of a Cigar is measured by 2 dimensions
a) Ring Gauge - 64th of an inch
b) Length (inch)
26. PAREJO
They have a cylindrical body, straight sides,
one end open, and a round tobacco-leaf
"cap" on the other end which must be sliced
off, have a V-shaped notch made in it with a
special cutter, or punched through before
smoking.
29. B) PANANTELES
These are thinner than Coronas
1. Small Pananteles - 5” * 33 gauge
2. Pananteles - 6” * 38 gauge
3. Long Pananteles - 7 ½ * 38 gauge
30. FIGURADO
Irregularly shaped
higher quality and more expensive because
they are more difficult to make.
a) Torpedo
b) Pyramid
c) Perfecto
d) Presidente