I heard (again, by hearsay) that the mortality rate from smoking is the same percentage as the amount of sugar they let the tobacco companies put in the cigarettes.
The process of sun-drying the tobacco allows natural sugars to form, while "toasting" it (as it was called back then) allowed no time for the natural sugars, so they had to add some back in.
However, like the greedy money-grabbers they are, they can't stand the thought of doing things the slow and proper way, and have to take shortcuts at every opportunity...
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Date: 2009-12-02 07:28 am (UTC)The process of sun-drying the tobacco allows natural sugars to form, while "toasting" it (as it was called back then) allowed no time for the natural sugars, so they had to add some back in.
However, like the greedy money-grabbers they are, they can't stand the thought of doing things the slow and proper way, and have to take shortcuts at every opportunity...