Redried tobacco being packed iri a hogshead by hyaraul i c press 

 for storage. 



Manufacturing Process 



Cigarettes are by far the leading manufactured tobacco product 

 in this country. The production of cigarettes utilizes about 95 

 percent of the crop of flue-cured tobacco in making more than 550 

 billion cigarettes annually. If all of these 550 billion cigarettes 

 were laid end to end around the world at the equator, there would be 

 enough to reach around the world more than 700 times. This is an 

 average of more than 2,500 cigarettes for every man, woman and child 

 in the United States annually. 



The modern cigarette machines will make 1,500 to 2,000 cigar- 

 9ttes per minute. The following diagram outlines the general process 

 of making cigarettes. 



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