This is a snippet from the history of the Hudson's Bay Company and their use of substandard fur trade products in 1811...
"A considerable portion of the HBC's trade goods was inferior: tobacco that wouldn't light despite attempts to improve it with small doses of molasses, and guns that exploded in hunter's hands."
It would appear it aids combustion which thinking about it makes sense knowing that most if not all sugars are combustible due to being ~75% carbon.
It would be interesting to hear what such folks as Russ has to say on this matter as it pertains to tobacco manufacture of modern times.
Regards,
Jay.
"A considerable portion of the HBC's trade goods was inferior: tobacco that wouldn't light despite attempts to improve it with small doses of molasses, and guns that exploded in hunter's hands."
It would appear it aids combustion which thinking about it makes sense knowing that most if not all sugars are combustible due to being ~75% carbon.
It would be interesting to hear what such folks as Russ has to say on this matter as it pertains to tobacco manufacture of modern times.
Regards,
Jay.