A combustible tobacco-containing product that is a cylinder formed of chopped tobacco encased in tobacco leaf.
The user sets one end alight and ingests smoke by sucking on the other end. The cylinder becomes shorter as the tobacco burns to smoke and ash until either the user extinguishes the burning tobacco or all the tobacco is burnt. This definition includes large panatelas and small cigars. Cigars typically produce smoke with a high concentration of nicotine so that a significant amount of nicotine can be absorbed through the lining of the mouth without the smoke having to be inhaled into the lungs.
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