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- noun Plural form of
cigarette .
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Examples
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He called for a package of French cigarettes -- _cigarettes jaunes_ -- and proceeded to color his moustache
The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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He punched the pedestrian and took a wallet and cigarettes from the pedestrian's pockets.
Anne Arundel County and Howard County crime report Post 2010
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Thing about cigarettes is that their harmful effects have been ludicrously overstated.
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I also think the benefits of quitting cigarettes is partially offset by the increased risk of diabetes from weight gain.
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The fading fashion for cigarettes, in other words, might be dragging cannabis down with it.
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He punched the pedestrian and took a wallet and cigarettes from the pedestrian's pockets.
Anne Arundel County and Howard County crime report Post 2010
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He took a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his sweatshirt.
Visiting 2010
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The corporatization concern is real: additives in cigarettes pose as much of a risk as nicotine.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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He took a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his sweatshirt.
Visiting 2010
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The corporatization concern is real: additives in cigarettes pose as much of a risk as nicotine.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word cigarettes
Cigarettes are probably radioactive. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "The tobacco leaves used in making cigarettes contain radioactive material, particularly lead-210 and polonium-210. The radionuclide content of tobacco leaves depends heavily on soil conditions and fertilizer use."
The EPA helpfully explains as follows: "Soils that contain elevated radium lead to high radon gas emanations rising into the growing tobacco crop. Radon rapidly decays into a series of solid, highly radioactive metals (radon decay products). These metals cling to dust particles which in turn are collected by the sticky tobacco leaves. The sticky compound that seeps from the trichomes is not water soluble, so the particles do not wash off in the rain. There they stay, through curing process, cutting, and manufacture into cigarettes.Lead-210 and Polonium-210 can be absorbed into tobacco leaves directly from the soil. But more importantly, fine, sticky hairs (called trichomes) on both sides of tobacco leaves grab airborne radioactive particles."
June 20, 2010