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Will “Nightshade” Kill You? The Process of Making Tobacco
What is Tobacco and What is it known for?
Tobacco is the common name of the plant Nicotiana tabacum and N. rustica, found in the Nightshade family. It is a green, leafy plant and is known for the nicotine that lies within its leaves. Tobacco has more than 70 different species, but only two are used today. The most popular is N. tabacum and it has never been found to grow in the wild. Today, tobacco is smoked, chewed, and snuffed. It is grown throughout both North and South America. In the United States, its grown in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia.
Cultivation and Harvesting
Germinating tobacco seeds are a very delicate thing to do. Seeds are spread out on the surface of a seedbed to be nursed until they are strong enough to be out in a field. The “nursery” takes about 2 months of supervising the growth of the plant and to control diseases and pests (Akehurst, 1968). Before replanting in a field, producers have to assess a field site. There needs to be a reliable
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The ingredients depend on the product that is being made; flavoring and other types of tobacco are some of the ingredients used. Computers in the factory keep track of the types of tobacco and the blends. Moreover, technology and machinery make the cigarettes and other various products. For example, when making cigarettes, the cutting of the tobacco, cigarette paper, and filters are fed continuously through a cigarette making machine (Van Willigin, Eastwood, 1998). Finally, the tobacco is packaged using packing machines. The machines put the products into brand packs, wrap the packs, and then put them into cartons and cases. The manufacturing sites distribute the tobacco to different companies to be sold, in the forms of cigarettes, snuff, cigars, and
Tobacco did not just appear in colonial America. The tobacco plant was introduced by John Rolfe to the people of Jamestown (Nobleman 12). John Rolfe also taught the colonists how to farm tobacco (Tunis 77). Though tobacco cultivation seemed to be flourishing, consumers were still getting their tobacco from the Spanish Indies, as the Spanish Indies grew milder tobacco than America (Weeks 1). This motivated John Rolfe to sail to the Spanish Indies and confiscate some of their tobacco seeds ("The Growth of the Tobacco " 2). The tobacco from the Spanish Indies boosted the economic growth of colonial America (2). However, John Rolfe was not the first person to have tobacco in the new world. The Native Americans were the first people to cultivate and smoke tobacco and taught their trade to the Spanish (1). The ...
There is no exact date to when the discovery of tobacco occurred, but tobacco dates as far back to the Mayans and Aztecs. The Mayans burned tobacco as incense on the tribute altars to please the gods. The Aztecs used the smoke of tobacco in ceremonies were captives were slain in sacrifice to the god Tezcatlipoca. Tobacco was believed to be a curing drug that would relive pain. The first European that saw tobacco ...
After the tobacco crop is harvested, the next step is to cure the crop. Curing is done in a very methodical manner. First, the tobacco leaves are strung together with a cotton thread. They are then hung out to dry for a few months. They are then considered cured. After "curing" the leaves, the plant goes through a series of natural fermentation steps. The tobacco at this stage is graded according to size and quality. The leaves at this point are ready to be wrapped and rolled into cigars. Before this is to occur however, the tobacco leaves are arranged according to thickness and length to match the type of cigar that is to be produced.
Nicotine is derived from the tobacco plant. Chemical name is 3-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolydinnyl)pyridine. Common forms are tobacco, cigarettes, and cigars.
Cigarettes are a product that has been around for a long time. Smoking Tabaco was the rave ever since the mynas started growing it, dating back to 600 – 900 A.D. The Europeans then found out about the plant when they traveled from Europe over the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. Ever since then Tabaco has been used for a lot of products including Cigars, dip, and most importantly Cigarettes. Cigarettes are a combination of tobacco and other additives that is rolled into a paper cylinder. Over 4000 chemicals are found in cigarettes and 60 of them are known to cause cancer. Even though cigarettes can cause all of this they are still advertised on a daily basis to the public, and the advertisements are mostly focused towards the youth; such
Tobacco is an american crop that is in the same family as the potato. It is said that tobacco began growing in the Americas around 6,000 B.C.E. and was used by native Americans as early as 1 B.C.E.! Tobacco was not commonly chewed, and not even smoked. For religious reasons it was burned and was danced around. The Native Americans believed it to be a gift from their creator. They also believed that tobacco had healing attributes, capable of healing anything, in addition to being a pain killer. It was very popular in remedying various ailments. The Native Americans were a people who praised tobacco not only of religious but also medical reasons. They also passed this on to the England pioneers looking for the journey into their lands. The Native Americans gladly gave them presents of this kind.
Tobacco can be found two ways, it can be dried brown leaves of various sizes or it can be a grown form of tobacco. When extracted from the leaves, nicotine is colorless, but quickly turns brown when exposed to air. It then becomes a poisonous, pale yellow, oily liquid with a pungent odor and acrid taste. The amount of nicotine contained in tobacco leaves ranges from 2% to 7%. There are four ways in which you can use tobacco. They are cigarette smoke, dry or wet snuff, and chewing tobacco. The cigarette smoke is inhaled through the mouth. Most cigarettes in the US contain 10 milligrams or more of the nicotine. Since most of the nicotine is destroyed by the heat of burning the actual concentration of nicotine in smoke is low. So, when inhaling the smoke you actually only take in 1 to 2 mg of nicotine per cigarette. Nicotine is absorbed through the skin, lining of the mouth and nose, or by inhalation in the lungs. Depending on how the tobacco is taken, nicotine can reach peak levels in the bloodstream and brain rapidly. Cigarette smoking, for example, results in quick dis...
Every year cigarette smoking is responsible for 500,000 premature deaths (Nugel), you do not want to be just another statistic, do you? America’s first cash crop was tobacco. That means that tobacco has been around for a really long time. It was not until 1865, though, that cigarettes were sold commercially. They were sold to soldiers at the end of the Civil War (Dowshen). From then, cigarettes spread like wildfire, and it was not until 1964 that anyone made a stand about the negative effects of tobacco and cigarettes. People start smoking for all different reasons, some to fit in and some to “escape”. Regardless, it is a horrible habit. 3900 children will try their first cigarette today. Amongst adults who currently smoke, 68% of them began at age 18 or younger, and 85% at 21 or younger (American Lung Association). And of all those people, 70% say if they were given another chance they would never have picked up that first cigarette (Tobacco Free Maine). Smoking is responsible for 1 and 5 deaths in the united states, and is the number one preventable cause of death (NLH). Smoking burns and there is no doubt about that, but before one picks up that cigarette, understand the negative effects on not only oneself, but others affected by ones poor choices, like second-hand smoke. Because of smoking cigarettes, many types of cancer, decrease of life quality, and negative health effects have become all too common in the world today.
Smoking cigarettes is a detrimental practice not only to the smoker, but also to everyone around the smoker. According to an article from the American Lung Association, “Health Effects” (n.d.), “Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., causing over 438,000 deaths per year”. The umbrella term for tobacco use includes the use of cigarettes, cigars, e-cigs and chewing tobacco. While tobacco causes adverse health consequences, it also has been a unifying factor for change in public health. While the tobacco industries targets specific populations, public health specifically targets smokers, possible smokers, and the public to influence cessation, policies and education.
Cigarettes were made in an unrefined, hand-moved frame since the early 1600s, yet did not get to be distinctly well known in America until after the common war. Cigarette deals surged with presentation of the cigarette-rolling machine by James Bonsack in 1883, in a challenge supported by tobacco organization Allen and Ginter, who guaranteed $75,000 to the principal individual to develop a quick cigarette-moving machine
In America, the most common cause of avoidable disease, illness, and death is the abuse of tobacco(). Tobacco is a plant that carries a highly addictive substance known as nicotine that creates smokers to be unable to stop the habit. Numerous chemicals within tobacco like carbon monoxide, tar and formaldehyde are all believed to be harmful to the human body and cause superb health issues (abovetheinfluence). Smoking tobacco can have extreme negative effects on physical appearance, body organs and systems and the people that surround the smoker because of the dangerous chemicals it consists of.
The tobacco industry has developed a rather large array of products. Companies such as Philip Morris, Lorillard, RJ Reynolds, and Brown and Williamson, as well as the other smaller competitors, all provide the same product- cigarettes. The tobacco industry is filled with fierce competitors. But underneath the brand names and images, the product is relatively the same. All tobacco companies produce an inhalant that is made with tobacco, tar, and nicotine. These materials are rolled in a special kind of slow-burning paper for longer smoking time.
Tobacco, as we use it, is a preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of the tobacco plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation and later used for smoking, chewing or as snuff. It is the primary ingredient in cigarettes, gutkha and bidis. The botanical name of the tobacco plant is nicotiana tobaccum.
Tobacco is made from dried up tobacco leaves prepared with chemicals to create products such as: chewing tobacco, dip, and loose tobacco to be smoked on cigarettes and pipes. There is a demand for tobacco and if companies were to stop making tobacco, then another company will sell it due to supply and demand. Even though people do choose to buy tobacco products on their own free will. Tobacco companies are partly to blame for smoking related illnesses and deaths since they knowingly create a product that is harmful, in addition, they try to appeal to a younger audience, and lastly, tobacco products are highly addictive.