| abstract |
Disclosed are: a process for producing a sheet tobacco, which enables the production of cigarettes having unchanged flavor even when the amount of a Burley leaf tobacco used is reduced, requires no specialized processing, and is reduced in the space for installation and cost; a process for producing a cigarette containing the sheet tobacco; and a cigarette. A sheet tobacco raw material is separated into a fibrous material and a liquid material, a flavoring agent is added to the liquid material, the liquid material to which the flavoring agent has been added is mixed with the fibrous material to form a mixture, and the mixture is dried. In the sheet tobacco production process, the flavoring agent is added in advance during the shaping of the sheet tobacco. Therefore, the process enables the production of a sheet tobacco having the same flavor as those of sheet tobaccos produced using a Burley leaf tobacco, without applying any specialized processing to the sheet tobacco. |