How Smoking Kills

How are cigarettes made? Cigarette production starts with the processing of tobacco leaves. The leaves are first stripped of their stems and veins, and then flattened out, cut into small pieces, and shredded. The shredded tobacco is then blended with curing agents and other additives to create a homogeneous mixture. This mixture is then sent to a machine that creates a continuous ribbon of tobacco. The tobacco ribbon is then cut into small pieces and placed into a hopper. The hopper is connected