PIPE SMOKING AND CHEWING 

 TOBACCOS 



For pipe smoking mixtures the tobacco loaf 

 used is of various kinds. Preferred strains of 

 leaf from Virginia, North and South Carolina, 

 Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, and East 

 Ohio, to which is added sometimes Turkish, 

 Latakia, Perique, and a little Havana. The 

 blend is made while the tobacco is in leaf form, 

 portions of the desired kinds being assembled 

 in accordance with a formula followed by the 

 manufacturer. The leaf is then put through 

 the required mechanical processes. 



The qualities necessary in pipe smoking to- 

 baccos are that it must burn evenly, slowly, 

 smoothly and thoroughly; it must have an 

 agreeable aroma; it must not cause a burning 

 or acrid sensation in the mouth when smoked; 

 it is desirable that its nicotine contents should 

 be low. Appearance is not of any consequence, 

 but the manufacturer looks for leaf that, in ad- 

 dition to the above qualities, is free from gum- 

 miness as this interferes with granulation and 

 cutting; also that the leaf may be a good 

 absorbing kind in order that it may imbibe the 

 juices with which this class of manufactured 

 tobacco is treated both for chewing and pipe 

 smoking. 



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