Why do people pack cigarettes before they smoking?!


Question: By packing I mean smacking the pack against the palm. Does it influence the taste?
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Brings the tobacco to the end of the cig.

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I dont smoke, but my friends do, and they say that it brings the tobacco down further to the end of the cigarette.
So the tobacco is tight within the paper. They want all the nicotine goodness they can get haha.
It does taste better and it keeps the tobacco from falling out of the end.
Packing cigarettes causes all the tobacco to be compounded which makes for a smother smoke. It also burns slower because you've packed out all air bubbles that would cause faster burning.
cuz more compacked means you need to in hale hard for a better taste of cancer
It packs down the tobacco.
It burns more consistently as it removes some of the air between the tobacco. It also makes it last longer because it burns slower.
It is so freakin cool.

Look, I'm prepping my cancer tubes.
it creates a slower burning ciggie.
i do it because everyone does it lol j/k i guess to make it last longer( thats what my brother says.)
When I smoked I pack my cigarettes. Packing seemed make them burn slower.I didn't notice a taste difference.
Though the above may be true, one should not forget the principal motive behind all smoking: vanity.
yes it packs down the tobacco but some do it becasue they saw somoene else do it and thought it was cool
not sure but i have wondered the samr thing.
It makes the Cigarette last longer but I always forget to do it
It smokes slower. Thats why it is packed, the looser the tobacco, the quicker it burns. Ever notice how a cigar takes forever to burn? its because its wrapped so tightly.

Plus I think some people just think they look cool packing thier smokes.
People pack cigarettes to "pack" the tobacco tighter into the smoking paper, it allows for a smoother burn and it makes the cigarette burn slower. It just allows people to get more for their money. After all what smoker wants a cigarette that burns down in one minute?
also, it makes the cherry less likely to fall off
-in a convertable
-in a windy situation
I asked my mom (a smoker) the same thing. She said that if you don't do it, then when you light the cigarette the burning part (the cherry of the cigarette) might fall out. Very dangerous, but smoking is dangerous anyways.
back in the day the machines that were used to make the cigarettes didnt work too well, so there was also space by the filter, so people packed the cigarettes. now a day there is no point in it, the machines run efficent enought that there is no point. if you pack you mess with the air tabacco ratio and thus ruin the taste and the burn of the cigarette. besides i think it looks pretty lame when people do it, fight the mass, dont pack!

p.s i know these things cause about 80% of my family used to work in cigarette factories

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