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I seem to remember that in Black Adder Goes Forth Stephen Fry (Colonel Melchit) remarked on BA's good line in Shag!!!!!!

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shag was also a pipe tobacco

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Just for you Drewpy :rolleyes:

Shag tobacco

Shag is fine-cut tobacco for handrolling cigarettes that is cut into strips with a width of up to 1.2 millimetres and a length that varies from a few millimetres to several centimetres. Shag cigarettes, or roll ups, usually have no filter, unlike regular pre-manufactured cigarettes. Shag is especially popular in The Netherlands and Belgium, but can also be found in countries such as The United Kingdom, Ireland and The United States. However, in countries where English is the native language, it is never referred to as such, because of the verb to shag, which is British slang for to fuck. The word shag is often regared as a typically Dutch name for regular tobacco.

Popularity in The Netherlands and Belgium

Shag became very popular in The Netherlands and Belgium in the 1960s and 1970s, because being able to make their own cigarettes, instead of having to smoke cigarettes with a predefined weight, taste and size, gave most people an extra sense of freedom. It is now very popular among lower class individuals. Recently, its popularity has increased because roll ups are cheaper than factory cigarettes, although both have become more expensive in the last few years, mainly due to an increasingly heavy anti-smoking sentiment.

How to make shag cigarettes

Shag can be smoked by wrapping it in rolling papers. Learning how to do this properly usually takes a couple of days.

Different kinds of shag

There are several kinds of shag. The most common kinds are heavy and half heavy. Other kinds are mild and three-quarter heavy. Shag cigarettes, even the mild ones, are often heavier than factory cigarettes. Heavy shag is the most natural kind of shag, since no chemicals are added to it to change the flavour or the heaviness.

Brands of shag

Brandaris

Drum

Javaanse Jongens

Samson

Van Nelle

Bali Shag

Taribi shag

Unic shag

Judo shag

Ducal shag

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