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CIG069 - Edition 2,000
Nelson Navy Cut
Cigarettes were described as Navy Cut, in keeping with a
traditional way of cutting tobacco plugs in the Navy. Seamen in the
Royal Navy were allowed to buy tobacco leaf duty free. They formed the
leaf into a roll and pressed it by coiling a thin rope tightly round it.
When they wanted a smoke, they unwound the rope a turn and sliced off a
pipeful of pressed plug hence the name. We thought it fitting to slot
this into the range to coincide with the anniversary of the Battle of
Trafalgar.
