Actually, cigarettes rely on the acidity for quick absorption into the lungs, so Virginias are the base flavor for most cigarettes. But, they add a little to alot of burley for more and less robust flavors. But, cigarettes also use Turkish, orientals and a few even have latakia. But, then comercial cigarettes remove the flavor, oils, and juices from the leaf, and mix in other flavorings to give them more of an altogether artificial flavor. But, it just depends n what cigarette we are talking about. When you put it is a paper and smoke it, even pipe tobacco loses it's pipe-y-ness, especially without that warmed briar flavor of the pipe. (or that rotten corn taste of a corn cob).
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