It was a simple way of smoking. You didn't have to carry around a bulky pipe. The same tobacco, the papers were easier to carry than leaves to roll the tobacco in. The cigarette was a way to make a 'small' cigar without the size usually needed when using a tobacco leaf. And they were not likely to get broken like a larger cigar.
A bushel of cigarettes.
Approximately 10,000,000,000 cigarettes are made every week in USA.
No, cigarettes are made to be held in either hand
The first cigarettes were made in Central America in the 9th century.
The first commercial cigarettes were made in 1865 by Washington Duke in Raleigh, North Carolina. His hand-made cigarettes were sold to soldiers at the end of the Civil War.
Tobacco
No, cigarettes are not made with butane. Cigarettes are typically made from tobacco leaves that are treated and processed, then rolled into a cylindrical shape. Butane is a highly flammable gas that is not used in the production of cigarettes.
1933-today
yes
South Korea
the first cigarettes were smoked in the 1860's so it must be some time round there
I've never heard of cigarettes made with fish, but it's a big crazy world so you never know.