PIPE SMOKING AND CHEWI‘\G 
TOBACCOS 
For pipe smoking mixtures the tobacco ivaf 
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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