Papirosa Explained

A papirosa (Russian: папироса, plural: papirosy) is an implement for tobacco smoking, a variant of cigarettes. It consists of a hollow cardboard tube extended by a thin paper tube filled with tobacco.[1] [2] The cardboard tube acts as a cigarette holder and is called in Russian as such: Russian: мундштук, from German Mund+Stück, literally, "mouthpiece"

Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary claims that the word is borrowed from Polish papieros for "cigarette", where it is a portmanteau word "papier-" ("paper") + "-ros", the tail of "cigarros".[3]

The inner end of the mouthpiece is cut into dents which are bent to keep tobacco from travelling into the mouth. Modern papirosy can also contain a filter inside the mouthpiece.[4]

The two paper tubes: the mouthpiece and the tube for tobacco are called together "(papirosa) sleeve" (Russian: Гильза папиросы). Papirosa sleeves may be sold separately to be filled by tobacco of choice using a special device, (Russian: набивочная машинка); it may also be used for stuffing any kind of cigarette tubes.[5]

While smoking, the mouthpiece is usually compressed to create two separate perpendicular flat surfaces, with one of them going into the mouth.

Papirosy was a unique Russian form of cigarettes invented in the 19th century. By 1914, 49,5% of all tobacco products produced in Russia was papirosy.[1] [2]

It is claimed that Joseph Stalin's favorite tobacco to stuff his pipe was from papirosy.[6] It is possible that this is just a legend: the pipe requires a large cut of tobacco, otherwise it burns quickly. Film chronicles show that Stalin smoked cigarettes in a usual way.[7] [8]

Other popular types include .

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  1. [Tricia Starks|Tricia A. Starks]
  2. [Tricia Starks]
  3. https://lexicography.online/etymology/vasmer/%D0%BF/%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0 "папироса"
  4. https://docs.cntd.ru/document/1200029221 МЕЖГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ СТАНДАРТ. ПАПИРОСЫ. Общие технические условия
  5. https://patents.google.com/patent/RU42398U1/ru Гильза папиросы
  6. https://aif.ru/society/science/eti_sigarety_kuril_stalin_reportazh_iz_vserossiyskogo_instituta_tabaka «Эти сигареты курил Сталин»: репортаж из всероссийского института табака
  7. https://autogear.ru/article/166/650/chem-znamenityi-papirosyi-gertsegovina-flor-i-pochemu-oni-tak-nazvanyi/ Узнаем чем знамениты папиросы «Герцеговина Флор» и почему они так названы
  8. https://tltaudit.ru/laboratory-tests/eti-sigarety-kuril-stalin-reportazh-iz-vserossiiskogo-instituta-tabaka-chto/ «Эти сигареты курил Сталин»: репортаж из всероссийского института табака. Что курил сталин Как работает курительная машина