Difference between cigarillos and cigarettes

Smoking is harmful - an indisputable fact. However, here we will not moralize about this, but will help people figure out what and how to "breathe" so that it is of high quality and brings the desired pleasure. Until now, some smokers do not understand the difference between cigarettes and cigarillos, believing that these are just different names for the same thing. But this is a misconception. Cigarettes and cigarillos are two completely different products, with their own rich history and interesting facts.

Definition

Cigarettes - the name comes from the French cigarette - small cigar. By their structure, they are a paper cylinder filled with shredded tobacco. Most often, the standard length of such a cylinder is 84 mm, and the diameter is 7-8 mm (the so-called king-size standard). In addition, often a cigarette contains a filter designed to reduce the concentration of toxic substances, but there are products without it. In a pack of such "cylinders" there are usually 20 pieces, but there are also varieties where there are from 10 to 25, but this is more an exception than a standard.

Cigarettes

If you look into history, the first cigarettes were invented by the American Indians, wrapping tobacco in straw, corn leaves or cane. In European countries, these products became widespread after the Crimean War, when Turkish and Russian soldiers began to wrap tobacco in gunpowder paper or in a newspaper.

Cigarillos - they are very similar in appearance to cigarettes, and even the word "cigarillo" itself also means "small cigar". However, there is a significant difference. First of all, these are tubes, rolled from tobacco leaves, in the filling of which there is cut tobacco. They look more like small thin cigars than cigarettes we are used to. Most often they include flavors: coffee, cherry, apple, cocoa and others. The length of such tubes, as a rule, is not more than ordinary cigarettes, but there are also noticeably longer. As for the packaging, it can also look like a cigarette or differ depending on the length of the cigarillos. Cigarillos do not have a filter, but sometimes a small plastic or wooden mouthpiece is present. And outside, not paper is used as a wrapping sheet, but a whole tobacco sheet, although sometimes it is homogenized - from a special foil rolled from tobacco dust. But inside there is still the same cut tobacco, which differs from the cigarette tobacco in the larger sizes of individual particles.

Cigarillos

Comparison

First of all, a cigarillo can be distinguished from a cigarette by its appearance. For cigarettes, specially processed paper is used as a wrapper, and in a cigarillo, a whole tobacco leaf or homogenized one.

The length of a regular cigarette is 84 mm (king-size standard), and cigarillos can be significantly longer depending on the brand.

The filter is common in cigarettes, while cigarillos are most often equipped with a special mouthpiece.

With regard to the content of nicotine and tar, cigarillos are the undoubted leader here, since both the tobacco wrapper and the filling.

The cutting of tobacco in cigarettes is much less, but in cigarillos, although the so-called "fine cutting" is used, it is noticeably larger than in cigarettes.

In addition, without constant craving, tobacco smokes poorly, therefore, substances are used in cigarettes that help the filling burn. There is no additional processing in cigarillos, therefore, without a constant flow of air, they can simply go out.

The aromatization of cigarettes is not so common, but cigarillos without additional aroma are not so common.

Conclusions TheDifference.ru

  1. Cigarettes use paper as a wrapper, and cigarillos use a whole or homogenized tobacco leaf.
  2. Cigarettes are on average 84 mm long, while cigarillos can be twice as long.
  3. Cigarettes are characterized by a filter, while cigarillos have a mouthpiece.
  4. The cigarette contains less nicotine and tar, and the cigarillo contains many times more.
  5. The cigarette contains shredded tobacco, and the cigarillo contains shredded tobacco.
  6. A cigarette does not need constant cravings, but a cigarillo can go out without it.
  7. Cigarettes are not often flavored, while for cigarillos it is common.
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