Hand rolling, pipe tobacco

Many varieties of tobacco, including Burley, Virginia, sun cured and fire cured are used to produce the sophisticated blends in Gallaher’s hand rolling and pipe tobaccos. The tobacco particles in the blend are both longer and finer than those used in cigarettes. In the case of hand rolling tobacco, smokers themselves add cigarette papers, or paper tubes, sometimes attached to a filter in order to smoke these.

As with other tobacco products there are a number of permitted ingredients used in the manufacture of the Company’s pipe and hand rolling tobacco. Ingredients are used to aid processing and in order to give individual products their distinctive smoking characteristics.

During 2003, and following a number of years in development, an International Standards Organisation standard was established for the measurement of tar and nicotine in hand rolling tobacco. In countries where regulatory approval has been given, the tar and nicotine smoke yields are shown on packs.

The smoke yields are shown in the form of a matrix. Two weights of tobacco – 400 mg and 750 mg, are used, together with two types of rolling paper. These papers are referred to as Paper ‘A’ and Paper ‘B’. Paper ‘A’ has a greater porosity than Paper ‘B’ which means that more air is drawn in during smoking, which has the effect of reducing tar and nicotine yields. The smoke yields shown on pack are therefore those that have been measured under laboratory conditions. However, as no two smokers will make or smoke a hand rolled product in the same way, the smoke yields will vary from those shown on pack.

Follow this link for details of actual ingredients used in the manufacture of Gallaher’s brands.

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