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| The Black Hawk Tobacco, Inc. Glossary |
| We have tried to compile a definitive
and comprehesive list of tobacco and
cigarette related terms to help our
customers understand exactly what they
are buying. We admit that it isn't a
complete list of cigarette and tobacco
terms and that some of the definitions
could be a little more exact. |
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| Consider it a work in progress. |
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| If you have any additions or suggestions
to add to our growing list of tobacco
related words and definitions, please
feel free to send us your suggestions
and thoughts to: glossary@blackhawktobacco.com |
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| 99s:
Cigarettes which are 99mm in length. |
| 100s:
Cigarettes which are 100mm in
length. |
| 120s:
Cigarettes which are 120mm in
length. |
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| All White:
A cigarette which is all white
and has no coloring. |
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| Box:
Common term for a package of cigarettes
in a hard rectangular cardboard
box, often with a flip top, also
called a hard
pack. |
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| Carbon Monoxide:
Carbon monoxide is a gas formed
when organic substances burn.
It is formed, for example, when
wood burns, and in cigarettes
when tobacco is burned. Some health
authorities have associated carbon
monoxide with the heart disease
risks from smoking. |
| Carton:
In the USA, a package containing
10 packs of cigarettes or 200
cigarettes. In Europe, a carton
of cigarettes may or may not contain
200 cigarettes depending on the
country of origin. See pack. |
| Cheek Hollowing:
The action of collapsing ones
cheeks when dragging. |
| Cigarette
Paper: Cigarette paper
is specially made, and influences
how the ash holds together and
how much air enters through the
paper, thus diluting the smoke.
Choosing papers of different porosity
(the ability to let air through)
can help in the design of low
tar yielding cigarettes. |
| Cigarillo:
A small, thin cigar. The Black Hawk Tobacco, Inc. does not sell
cigarillos, but has a similar
product known as the Little Cigar.
Both Smokin Joes and Gold Rush
manufacture Little Cigars, though
in very different and distinct
styles and flavors. |
| Cork Filter:
A cigarette with a filter coloured
to resemble a cork type pattern. |
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| Direct Inhale:
The action of dragging on a cigarette
by sucking with ones lungs and
not the mouth. Direct Inhale is
also known as Lung
Pumping. |
| Dopamine:
A neurotransmitter present in
regions of the brain that regulate
movement, emotion, motivation,
and the feeling of pleasure.Dopamine:
A neurotransmitter present in
regions of the brain that regulate
movement, emotion, motivation,
and the feeling of pleasure. |
| Double Pump:
The action of taking two full
drags in a row without exhaling.
Some double pumps may include
exhaling through the nose though. |
| Dragging:
The act of placing a cigarette
between (and sealing) ones lips
and causing smoke to be drawn
from the filter into the mouth. |
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| Exhaling:
The act of breathing inhaled smoke
out of the lungs. |
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| Filter:
A fibrous material wound to the
diameter of a cigarette and bound
to the cigarette in such a manner
as to filter out excess amounts
of tar in cigarette smoke. Filters
are designed to reduce the amount
of smoke reaching the smoker.
Most are made from a textile fibre
– cellulose. It has no taste,
and is firm enough to hold its
shape. Along with other design
elements such as ventilation,
different filters can result in
different yields of tar and nicotine,
resulting in different strengths
of the taste of the smoke. Native
American Cigarettes use all natural
cotton filters. |
| French Inhale:
The act of inhaling smoke that
is in the mouth through the nose
(and over the lips). |
| Full Flavor:
Cigarettes with the maximum tobacco
taste. |
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| Holder:
A long tube specially designed
to hold cigarettes. The cigarette
is dragged from one end of the
tube. Varying lengths, colors
and designs. |
| Holding:
1. The act of carrying a cigarette
in ones hand. 2. The act of keeping
inhaled smoked in the lungs. |
| Hookah: an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. |
| Hookah Tobacco: The tobacco used in a Hookah pipe is sometimes incorrectly referred to as Hookah Tobacco. Hookah (Huka, Hooka) Tobacco is called "shisha" as is prepared with dates, molasses and often fruit - apple, strawberry, banana, rose, cappuccino, melon, grape, cherry, apricot, peach and liquorice and many others. |
Hookah Water Pipes: Some call it a hookah (Egyptians), others nargileh (Lebanese), these ancient water pipes have been used for centuries to smoke away the day's stress, while relaxing with friends and relatives.
The original water pipe came from India, but it was rather primitive as it was made out of coconut shell. Its popularity spread to Iran and then to the rest of the Arab world. But it was in Turkey that the Water Pipe completed its revolution, and did not change its style for the last few hundred years. |
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| Huffing: The act of taking full drags and very small inhales a multiple of times. |
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| Inhaling:
The act of breathing smoke that
has been drawn into the mouth
(see dragging) into the lungs. |
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| Kings:
Cigarettes which are 85mm in length (often falsely referred to as regulars or
regular-size cigarettes). |
| King Size:
Cigarettes which are 85mm in length (often falsely referred to as regulars or
regular-size cigarettes). |
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| Lighter:
A fuel source instrument used
to light cigarettes or other objects
to be burned. |
| Lighting:
The act of igniting a cigarette
by flame causing the paper and
tobacco to burn. Used in combination
with dragging. |
| Lights:
Cigarettes with a lighter tobacco
taste than full flavors. |
| Lung Pumping:
The action of dragging on a cigarette
by sucking with ones lungs and
not the mouth. Lung Pumping is
also known as Direct
Inhale. |
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Mainstream
Smoke: Mainstream smoke
is the cigarette smoke taken into
the mouth when the smoker "puffs"
or "drags" on a cigarette.
See Side Stream
Smoke. |
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Own: A term used to describe
the latest consumer trend of manufacturing
cigarettes. Refers to the filtered
tubes and injectors that, along
with a quality loose tobacco,
allows the consumer the ability
to produce a comparable, if not
superior, product to a premium
factory-made filtered cigarette. |
| Matches:
A sulphur tipped stick, made of
paper or wood, that usually ignites
when quickly struck against a
rough surface. |
| Multiples:
More than either 1. cigarette
or 2. exhales or 3. drags or any
combination therein. |
| MYO:
Make Your Own |
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| Nicotine:
The much beloved addictive substance
found in cigarettes and tobacco
products. Nicotine occurs naturally
in the tobacco plant and is a
constituent of tobacco smoke.
It can also be found in other
plants, but at much lower levels
than in tobacco. Nicotine has
mild pharmacological properties;
it is thought to have a mild stimulant
effect, similar to that of caffeine,
and to contribute to the reduction
in stress reported by many smokers.
Many public health authorities
believe nicotine is responsible
for promoting and maintaining
an addiction to smoking through
its effects on the central nervous
system. |
| Non-Filter:
A cigarette which does not have
a filter. |
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| Pack:
In the USA, a pack of cigarettes
contains twenty cigarettes. In
some European countries, a pack
of cigarettes can contain as few
as 17 cigarettes. This is because
the cigarette manufactures wish
to maintain a particular price
image for their tobacco products.
As the cigarette taxes go up,
the cigarette manufactures reduce
the amount of cigarettes in a
pack, instead of raising the price.
The effect: fewer cigarettes for
the same price. |
| Pumping:
The act of taking repeated drags
on a cigarette. |
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| Roll Your
Own: The assortment of
tobacco-related products that
allows the consumer to roll their
own cigarette -- cigarette papers
and loose tobacco. Black Hawk Tobacco, Inc. offers several different
types of Smokin Joes Loose Tobacco.
Please contact us if you would
like more information about our
RYO products. |
| RYO:
Roll Your Own |
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| Shisha (incorrectly spelled sisha, shissha) - Shisha is the tobacco used in Hookah Water Pipes. It is often prepared with dates, molasses and fruit. See Hookah |
| Shot Gunning: The act of placing the lit part of a cigarette into ones mouth and blowing, causing copious amounts of smoke to stream from the filter. |
| Slim:
A cigarette whos diametre is narrower
than a regular cigarette. |
| Smoke:
Do to all the chemicals and preservatives
added to commercial cigarettes,
cigarette smoke is probably one
of the world's most complex and
debated mixtures. It has also
been extensively studied with
conflicting results depending
on who is doing the research.
According to British American
Tobacco, tobacco, like any natural
substance "contains thousands
of different constituents (approximately
2,500 have been identified in
tobacco). Approximately 4,000
constituents are formed when the
tobacco burns, at varying temperatures
with varying concentrations of
oxygen. Many of these are found
in very low concentrations". |
| What is unsure to us is whether
the testing was done before or
after the commercial cigarette
industry processed the tobacco
plant with their many diverse
chemicals. Native American Tobacco
contains no added chemicals. Native
American cigarettes are 100% all
natural. And like anything that
burns, Native American tobacco
products, as do commercial cigarettes,
contain carbon
monoxide in their cigarette
smoke. |
| Smoke Rings:
The act of creating a ring of
smoke on exhale. |
| Soft Pack:
A package designed to carry cigarettes
that is made from a thick paper
that is easier to transport but
offers significantly less protection
for the cigarettes contained within
than does a hard
pack. |
| Side Stream
Smoke: Side stream smoke
is the smoke that comes off the
lit end of the cigarette. See
Mainstream
Smoke. |
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| Tar:
A thick by product of tobacco
smoke. |
| Tight Stream:
An exhale that is pushed through
lips that are barely separated. |
| Tobacco:
The tobacco in a cigarette often
contains a selection of different
types of tobacco from different
countries, blended for aroma,
taste and character to meet
smokers' taste preferences.
There are three main types of
tobacco used in cigarettes -
Virginia or Flue-cured, Burley
and Oriental. Smokers' preferences
vary considerably around the
world. For example, in the UK
most people prefer cigarettes
with mainly Virginia tobaccos,
while in the US most people
prefer American-blended styles
that include Virginia, Burley
and Oriental tobaccos. |
| Triple Pump:
The action of taking three full
drags in a row without exhaling.
Some triple pumps may include
exhaling through the nose though. |
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| Ultra Lights:
Cigarettes with a minimized tobacco
taste. |
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| Ventilation:
A cigarette can be ventilated
to dilute the smoke, which in
turn reduces delivery of tar,
nicotine and carbon monoxide.
All cigarettes are ventilated
through the paper, through which
air can penetrate, and many commercial
cigarettes are also ventilated
through small air holes on the
filter tip. When a smoker inhales,
air is drawn in through these
small holes, and mixes with air
drawn in through the lit end,
diluting the smoke. |
| Native American
Cigarettes do not, however, use
the "holes in the filters"
method to produce their Light
and Ultra Light cigarettes. Instead,
the tobaccos used are specifically
blended to attain a Full Flavor,
Medium, Light or Ultra Light cigarette. |
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Slang terms for cigarette
Cigarettes have accumulated a variety of nicknames such as "smokes", "butt", "square" (from the shape of the box), "cigs", "ciggies", "stogs", "stogies", "stokes", "snouts", "tabs" (especially in NE England), "loosey" (a single cigarette), "backwards", "bogeys", "boges", "gorts", "ciggy wiggy dilly's", "darts", "refries" (already used cigarettes being relit and smoked), "straights" (for factory rolled ones), "dugans" (especially in NYC), "hairy rags", "hausersticks", "jacks", "joes" (taken from the "Camel Joe", an old Camel Cigarettes mascot), "grits", "grants" (A common phrase used for asking someone for a cigarette is "Can you grant me a grant?"), "tailies" (short for "tailor made", only in New Zealand) and "fags" (the term "fag" is used more commonly in the United Kingdom and Australia, whereas in the United States and Canada, it is primarily a derogatory term for a male homosexual).
Cigarettes have also attracted somewhat fatalistic nicknames related to their effect on the smoker's health, such as "coffin nails", "cancer sticks", "lung darts", "Sweet cancer", "gaspers" or even "black lungs" in terms of the "smoker".
In Australia, cigarettes are sometimes called "Doogans" or "Durries".
A relatively new term emerged with the release of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones after Obi-Wan Kenobi was offered a "death stick" in a nightclub, even though the 'death sticks' were some form of glowing liquid rather than anything smokable.
Self-rolled cigarettes are called "rollies", in the UK they are called "ronnies", "prison rolls"(which are particularly thin, as tobacco needs to be used sparingly) and "gyppo fags". |
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