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Cigarettes What it is? A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco(生切烟丝) leaves wrapped in a cylinder(圆筒) of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited(燃烧) at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled(吸气，吸入) from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder（烟斗，烟嘴） may be used as well. The term cigarette, as commonly used, refers to a tobacco cigarette but can apply to similar devices （装置，设备）containing other herbs（药草，草本植物）, such as cloves（丁香） or cannabis（大麻烟原料）. A cigarette is distinguished from a cigar by its smaller size, use of processed leaf, and paper wrapping, which is normally white, though other colors are occasionally available. Cigars are typically composed entirely of whole-leaf tobacco. History The earliest forms of cigarettes were largely indistinguishable from their predecessor（前任，前趋）, the cigar. Cigarettes have been attested in Central America around the 9th century in the form of reeds and smoking tubes（烟管）. The South and Central American cigarette used various plant wrappers; when it was brought back to Spain, maize wrappers were introduced, and by the 17th century, fine paper. History By 1830, the cigarette had crossed into France, where it received the name cigarette; and in 1845, the French state tobacco monopoly（垄断，专卖权） began manufacturing them. The widespread smoking of cigarettes in the Western world is largely a 20th century phenomenon . German doctors were the first to identify the link between smoking and lung cancer（肺癌） which led to the first anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany. Manufacturing Diagram of a cigarette.1. Filter（滤嘴） made of 95% cellulose acetate.2. Tipping paper to cover the filter.3. Rolling paper（卷烟纸） to cover the tobacco.4. Tobacco blend. Modern commercially manufactured cigarettes are seemingly simple objects consisting mainly of a tobacco blend, paper, PVA（聚乙烯醇） glue to bond the outer layer of paper together, and often also a cellulose acetate–ba