Cigarette:A small roll of finelycuttobaccoenclosedina wrapper of thin paper designed for smoking.
"Cigarettes are the only product sold on the free market that, when used as directed, can kill people." (LChasan-Taber & M Stampfer,New Engl J Med2001;345:1841-2)
The word "cigarette" is the French diminutive of "cigare" (cigar), from the Spanish "cigarro."
