Why do cigarette papers have the corners cut off?
Question
You can three different types of cigarette paper – red, blue and green. The green ones have two of the corners cut off, but none of the others do. Why?
Neil, Charlton
Answer
** Definitive **
Name: Sandra, Hounslow
Qualification: I used to work for Rizla
Answer: In days gone by when you could smoke in the film cinemas, it was so you would lick the right side of the paper. The clipped corners from Rizla were shipped off to theatres in theatreland in the West End of London to make fake snow!
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