Shag (tobacco)
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Shag (pronounced ʃɛk "Schäk") Shagtabak , fine-cut tobacco , fine cut , Wuzeltabak or rolling tobacco referred finely cut, sometimes gesoßten (with liquid flavor soaked) tobacco . Because of its cut, it burns down relatively quickly and is therefore used for cigarettes . Commercially available Shag is now mostly for self making use ( "Rotate") of cigarettes. As loose tobacco, it is subject to comparatively little tobacco tax , so that a self-rolled cigarette is cheaper than a ready-made cigarette.
In the past, shag was also smoked in a pipe, preferably in so-called shag pipes with relatively low and round heads; today pipe smokers mostly prefer special pipe tobacco .
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The term Shag comes from the Netherlands , which was very important in the tobacco trade and processing because of its colonies ; there it had again been taken over from the English . Etymologically , the term comes from the Norse word skegg for "beard".
Strengthen
Shag comes in different strengths, so a distinction is generally made:
- Markzware Shag ( Dutch "heavy shag"): very dark, flavorful tobacco, not very common in Germany
- Halfzware Shag (Dutch " semi -heavy shag"): light-colored tobacco, widespread throughout Europe
- Lichte Shag (Dutch "light shag"): very light tobacco with a rather mild taste, has recently become more and more common and is particularly popular with young smokers
The EU Directive 2001/37 / EC has forbidden terms such as "light", "ultralight", "mild" and equivalent expressions in other languages (e.g. in Dutch, among others "halfzware" and "lichte") for cigarette names since 2003, since these "mislead consumers into believing that these products are less harmful and lead to changes in consumption."
Individual evidence
- ^ Langenscheidt Pocket Dictionary Dutch (2005), ISBN 3-468-11233-5
- ↑ a b Merriam-Webster: shag