A cigarette or Cigaretter (Swedish language) is 120 mm long and 10 mm diameter paper-wrapped cylindrical shaped structure containing shredded, cured or cut tobacco leaves. Used for inhaling the smoke produced by burning non-filtered end of cigarette, by keeping filtered end in mouth. The above stated size of cigarette is normal size but it may differ with different brands of cigarette. The main function of cigarette is to make the inhalation of tobacco smoke through mouth.
Cigarettes of different brands are available in market or it can be prepared by hand. Strands of hand-rolling tobacco are also available in market. The filter of different brands of cigarette is made up of cotton, acetate or cellulose through which tobacco smoke is inhaled in mouth. This filter helps to purify and decrease the temperature of smoke generated by burning tobacco.
The main function of cigarette is to deliver the tobacco smoke in mouth and from mouth inside body. Cigarette is also used for marijuana smoke delivery.
Tobacco used in commercial cigarette is generally pure form of tobacco and some additives are also used to make the better taste of tobacco. The commercial Tobacco is prepared by drying the leaves of tobacco and then treated with number of chemicals and many additives are also added to enhance the taste of tobacco. These processing of tobacco results in the addition of more than 4000 chemicals many of them are cancerous (carcinogenic), mutagenic and toxic, which are very harmful for our body. The main contain of tobacco is nicotine which exerts stimulant effects on heart and nervous system.
Cigarette is different from cigar, in cigarette processed and crushed leaves of tobacco is rolled in paper, forming a cylindrical shaped structure having filter at one end, whereas cigar is made up of entire tobacco leaf rolled to form cylindrical shape. Cigars contain very less process and also contain very less additives as compared to cigarette. Cigar is quite costlier than cigarette. Some of the famous brands of cigarette are:-
Gold Flake Wills Marlboro KOOL Benson and Hedges Ducados Rothmans Pall Mall .etc Now we will see some of the harmful effects of cigarette:-
Smoking cigarette kills one person every 6.5 sec.
40.5% of chances of heart attack in smoking person is more, as compared to non-smoker one.
WHO estimated that smoking cause 4.5 millions of death every year.
Some tips which will be helpful to decrease smoking cigarette:-
Take a deep breath during urge.
Drink at least 8 cups of water.
Do some different work at the time of urge.
Make family members to co-operate you.
Try to improve your will
Author is Sweden based and operating an online shopping site http://www.billigacigg.se for several popular branded cigarettes and tobacco products.
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