A cigarette (colloquially known in British English as a FagCambridge Dictionary defintion "fag (CIGARETTE)": http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=27573&dict=CALD) is a product manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves, which are rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder (generally less than 120 mm in length and 10 mm in diameter). In recent years, the tax policies of governments has led to the practice of using not just the leaves, but the plant stem also.http://uk.geocities.com/
[email protected]/polonium210radiationpoisoning.htm The stem is first crushed and cut to resemble the leaf before being merged or blended into the cut leaf.http://www.dickinsonlegg.com/STS/STSframeset.htm The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder for the purpose of inhalation of its smoke from the other (usually filtered) end, which is usually inserted in the mouth. They are sometimes smoked with a cigarette holder.