That's a win for the American anti-smoking movement and its decades-long war against the tobacco industry's efforts to infiltrate children's brains
(Wikipedia, Burley Tobacco.) Burleys key trait for cigarette manufacturers is that it absorbs casings (sugars, humectants, cocoa, licorice) extremely well, up to 25% of its weight
Then filters became a marketing tool, designed to recruit and keep smokers as consumers of these hazardous products, according to research by Bradford Harris, a graduate scholar in the history of science and technology at Stanford University
Over the years, the brand has maintained its reputation for luxury and quality, often being sold in high-end tobacco outlets and online
Its a process so intricate that its equal parts science experiment and guilty pleasure