Tricks To Roll Tobacco

Cigarettes and smoking, beginning with the civilizations and events that contributed to the evolution of tobacco smoking from ancient times to the modern industrial age--when tobacco began large-scale production and use worldwide. Indians began smoking rolled tobacco leaves, and were believed to be the first real cigar smokers. A cigarette is a tobacco product manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves, which is rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder, generally less than 120 mm in length and 10 mm in diameter.

There are a number of reasons, as a smoker, to smoke hand rolled loose tobacco. Quality is one reason. Good hand rolling tobacco is generally vastly superior to the majority of pre-packaged cigarettes. Hand rolling allows a smoker to remove stems and other trash from your tobacco, and also allows you to choose the paper, size, and density in your cigarette. Most pre-packaged cigarettes are impregnated with thousands of chemicals, but notably, sulphur and salt peter in the paper to ensure that it burns whether you're actually actively smoking the cigarette or not. This ensures that you smoke and buy more cigarettes, and makes saving a portion of a cigarette unpalatable. Many brands of cigarettes also use sheet tobacco which is comprised of reconstituted factory floor sweepings and other trash.

The second most important thing is the rolling paper used. The papers included with better hand roll brands are usually adequete, but some people prefer to buy specialty papers. Rolling 'leaves' made of rice or hemp paper is a good start.There are more brands of rolling paper available than there are brands of tobacco, in an amazing array of sizes, colors, shapes, and materials.

There are quite a few different techniques for rolling cigarettes. Here is another one. Once again, filters are completely optional.

Instructions:

· Take some handrolling tobacco (tabac à rouler in France, where I learned all this). I recommend Amsterdamer. Other brands include Drum and Old Hornsby.

· Get a rolling paper. Place it flat on the table in front of you, with the glue side up and the strip of glue facing away from you.

· Take a chunk of tobacco that is approximately the length of your paper and half of its width.

· Roll the tobacco between your fingers for a little while as described above.

· You should now be able to fold the bottom edge of the paper up to the fold in the middle. Do this, and then flip the glue edge over the bottom edge and under the cigarette. Then, flip the edge back up behind your cigarette.

· Lick the glue and press the edge down, making sure not to leave any air pockets. If you do, that part of the paper will burn right away, giving you an unsmokable cigarette with giant holes.

· It's a good idea to either let the cigarette dry, or to dry it with your lighter.

This will leave you with a slightly flat cigarette that smokes very easily. If you do this in public, expect odd looks. Some people will think you're rolling a joint, which is much more involved.