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Bondo 287 · 02-03-2013, 05:45 AM

"Recon" is also an industry term for reconstituted tobacco. The cigarette industry is very thrifty. It consists of "Second hand", rejected, returned or stale tobacco, scrap leafs, any extra filler from tobacco debris swept up off the floor or scraped off processing assemblies. It can contain grease, dust, paint, plastics, basically anything found in a vacuum cleaner bag. It is then loaded in large vats, chemicals are added like ammonia, dye, and ( unbelievably enough, fire retardant) and fermented like a tea. And finally the the resulting brown juice is sprayed on paper. The paper is then cut into shrivels. The finished product mimics the look of typical cigarette tobacco. 30% of the average cigarette is "recon" tobacco.

Why someone would try to market a cigar by naming it 'recon" after this garbage (non) tobacco is far beyond any wisdom of mine.

02-03-2013, 05:45 AM	#8
Bondo 287 Runaway Train Join Date: Jan 2013 First Name: Mikael Location: Unstable, PA Posts: 389 Trading: (0)	Re: Recon Cigar "Recon" is also an industry term for reconstituted tobacco. The cigarette industry is very thrifty. It consists of "Second hand", rejected, returned or stale tobacco, scrap leafs, any extra filler from tobacco debris swept up off the floor or scraped off processing assemblies. It can contain grease, dust, paint, plastics, basically anything found in a vacuum cleaner bag. It is then loaded in large vats, chemicals are added like ammonia, dye, and ( unbelievably enough, fire retardant) and fermented like a tea. And finally the the resulting brown juice is sprayed on paper. The paper is then cut into shrivels. The finished product mimics the look of typical cigarette tobacco. 30% of the average cigarette is "recon" tobacco. Why someone would try to market a cigar by naming it 'recon" after this garbage (non) tobacco is far beyond any wisdom of mine. Last edited by Bondo 287; 02-03-2013 at 05:57 AM.