why doesn't it burst into flames like everything else?????
just always wondered this....
2007-05-17 14:09:41 · 20 answers · asked by itty 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It has glycerine added to make it moist and burn slow, plus it's tightly wrapped.
2007-05-17 14:16:01 · answer #1 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Okay...just for you, I did an official scientific experiment. I went out in my yard, and held a lighter to a branch on my dead Crape Myrtle, to see what happened. It did not burst into flames, and after what seemed like HOURS, still had not burst into flames. Then, I held the lighter to a dry pine nugget, and it also didn't burst into flames. Then last, but not least, I held the lighter to a freshly watered living luscious green leaf on a Tiger Lily plant, and it fried to a crisp. I remembered my Grandaddy growing tobacco in the hills of Tennessee, and that didn't help either. So...my official conclusion is...hell if I know!
2007-05-19 21:18:32 · answer #2 · answered by persnickety1022 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tobacco is dried and herefore smolders.It's also the paper. It is usually treated with chemicals that control the burning rate of the cigarette and stability of the produced ash.
The papers used in tipping the cigarette stabilizes the burning of the cigarette as well as the delivery of smoke . Cigarette paper is often bleached with chlorine.
2007-05-18 20:04:05 · answer #3 · answered by Honey monster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for the same reason a stick doesn't just burst into flames....it's wrapped so tight.
2007-05-17 14:12:32 · answer #4 · answered by Nagitar™ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because of the massive amount of chemicals in cigarettes
2007-05-17 14:12:20 · answer #5 · answered by realangst 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
very good question. I'm sure there is some scientific explanation, some chemical compound that keeps that from happening. I don't know what it is, but I could make up something for you! :-)
2007-05-18 11:38:20 · answer #6 · answered by sexychik1977 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it did, Phillip Morris wouldn't be a billion dollar company.
2007-05-18 06:46:05 · answer #7 · answered by Brian 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. All I think about when I light up is how good the first drag feels..............
2007-05-18 19:10:35 · answer #8 · answered by Busy Lizzie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They put that slow burning stuff in them so they dont go out .
2007-05-17 14:15:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Light it from the other end lol. When I light up all my troubles go away.
2007-05-17 14:13:26 · answer #10 · answered by PushSucharaX 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋