Tobacco

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Tobacco


Introduction

• Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh

leaves of plants in the genus nicotiana . Tobacco leaves are

rolled into cigars, shredded for use in cigarettes, processed for

chewing and grounded to use as snuff powder.

• Although nobody knows for sure when the tobacco plant was

first cultivated, but its believed that Native Americans were the

first to use tobacco leaves for smoking. It did not come to the

notice of rest of the world until Columbus's voyage of 1492


Cultivation of tobacco• The seeds of the tobacco are planted in nurseries and tended

till the young plants are strong enough to be transplanted into the open fields. When they are about 6-8 inches high, they are transplanted carefully into fully fertilized and well-drained soil.

• The plant growth is monitored and pruned at regular intervals. This results in bigger and juicier leaves.


Cultivation of tobacco• Harvesting: Tobacco is harvested in two ways. In the oldest

method, the entire plant is cropped off the stalk at the ground with a sickle. In the other method, individual leaves are pulled off from the plant as and when they gets riped.

• Curing: Curing is the process of drying the leaves. This process improves flavor and aroma of tobacco leaves. There are four common methods of curing.

Air Curing: Fire Curing Flue Curing Sun Curing


Tobacco Products

• Cigarette

• Cigar

• Snuff

• Creamy snuff

• Gutkha


Cigarette

• A cigarette is a product,

manufactured from cured

and finely shredded

tobacco leaves, is often

combined with additives

and then rolled into a

cylindrical paper wrapper.


Manufacturing of Cigarette• Cigarettes are composed of three Components paper, tobacco blend, and a

butt that constitute tissue tube. Focus is on creation of each of these

components.

• Paper: the paper for holding the tobacco blend may vary in porosity to

control the burning rate of the cigarette and to stabilize the produced ash.

The paper used in tipping the cigarette and the surrounded filter stabilize

mouthpiece from saliva and moderate the delivery of smoke with the

presence of one or two rows of small laser-drilled air holes.


• Tobacco blend : the tobacco grown in different parts of a

country is carefully blended to produce a well-balanced

tobacco blend, which can be filled into cigarette wrappers.

The tobacco blend is mainly made from the leaves of flue-

cured bright leaf, burley tobacco, and oriental tobacco.

• Butt: the common name for the residual part of the cigarette

is ‘cigarette butt’ or simple ‘butt’ the butt consists of a tissue

tube which holds a filter. The Filter in the butt helps to

collect impurities and to make it less harsh to inhale.


Brand Names of Cigarettes

• Benson & Hedges

• Marlboro

• Dunhill

• Rothmans

• Viceroy

• Camel


Cigar

• Introduction: A cigar is

a tightly rolled bundle of

dried and fermented tobacco.

The word cigar comes from

the Spanish ‘Cigarro’.

Tobacco used to make cigar

is grown in Cuba, Brazil,

Russia, America, Mexico,

Cameroon and Philippines.


• TYPES

• Fillers : A filler forms the inner part of the cigar and makes

most of the cigar. It constitutes 85 percent of the cigar. Filler

of various strengths are usually mixed well to produce desired

cigar flavors. In the cigar industry. This is known as ‘blend’.

• Binder: Binders are the elastic leaves that hold the filler

tobacco together and constitute 10 percent of the cigar. The

filler with binder is known as bunch. Binder leaves are used

form the part of the plant usually, as they have high tensile

strength.


• Wrappers: A wrapper is the outer layer of the cigar. It dictates appearance of the cigar. It constitutes 5 percent of the cigar. A whole leaf of finest quality is chosen as wrappers. Wrapper leaves are fermented separately from other leaves to ensure that it is smooth, not too oily and has a subtle bouquet. Good Wrapper leaves have to be smooth and elastic and must have no protruding veins.

• The wrapper should have a good aroma since it is the most vital ingredient in the taste of the cigar.


OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS

• Snuff: Snuff is a generic term for fine- ground smokeless tobacco product. Originally the term refers only to dry snuff, a fine tan dust popular mainly in the 18th century.• Creamy Snuff: Creamy snuff or mishri is a tobacco paste,

consisting of tobacco, clove oil, glycerine, spearmint, menthol and camphor. It is sold in a tube like toothpaste. It is marketed in India under the brand of Ipco, Denobac, Tona, and Ganesh.


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