unit of cigarette

English translation: one cigarette - 20 to a pack

14:35 Jun 26, 2005
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English term or phrase: unit of cigarette
What do you call a unit of cigarette?(Smaller than a packet)
Did you call piece? or roll, or sth else?
adda
Selected answer:one cigarette - 20 to a pack
Explanation:
If I remember correctly
I haven't smoked in 10 years

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-06-26 14:51:06 GMT)
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ut as I understand it, a tobacco stick is a product which is not immediately usable as a cigarette -- and therefore doesn\'t qualify as a cigarette --
http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/hansard/36th2nd/h0506pm.htm
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RHELLER
United States
Local time: 08:45
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +9one cigarette - 20 to a pack
RHELLER
4 +2piece
Andrey Belousov (X)
3 +2stick
Ken Cox
3 +1fag
Balasubramaniam L.


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one cigarette - 20 to a pack


Explanation:
If I remember correctly
I haven't smoked in 10 years

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-06-26 14:51:06 GMT)
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ut as I understand it, a tobacco stick is a product which is not immediately usable as a cigarette -- and therefore doesn\'t qualify as a cigarette --
http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/hansard/36th2nd/h0506pm.htm

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marian Greenfield
14 mins
  -> thanks Marian :-)

agree  Can Altinbay
40 mins
  -> thanks Can :-)

agree  Robert Donahue (X): In Germany they don't have 20 cigarettes. The price will remain the same, but the number of cigarettes will vary. Not uncommon to get 17 or 19. : )
1 hr
  -> what do they call them in Germany? in France they are called ...cigarettes - yes French word for small cigar(Fr. cigare)

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
4 hrs
  -> thanks Marju :-)

agree  jennifer newsome (X)
10 hrs

agree  Saiwai Translation Services
12 hrs

agree  gtreyger (X)
21 hrs

agree  Refugio
2 days 59 mins

agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
5 days
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
piece


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 mins (2005-06-26 14:38:23 GMT)
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http://www.kidon.com/smoke/int-prices.htm

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-06-26 14:53:36 GMT)
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Assuming now that a mass per unit length of a rod cigarette is small, ... mass per
unit length of the filler, to wit, the mass per one piece of cigarette, ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/4036238.html

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Note added at 23 mins (2005-06-26 14:58:29 GMT)
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Definition : The cigarettes you carry around with you is termed a \"Pack\" normally
containing 16 or 20 pieces of cigarettes. Depending on the cigarette brand ...
www.very-cheap-cigarettes.com/

Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 10:45
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margaret Lagoyianni
15 mins
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agree  juvera
22 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
stick


Explanation:
see e.g.

PDF] Table of Contents
Taxes and prices for cigarettes sticks across Canada …………...63. Table C. Taxes and prices for fine-cut tobacco across Canada ………...…63 ...
www.nsra-adnf.ca/DOCUMENTS/PDFs/contents.pdf

Single Stick Tobacco Sales
... sale or distribution of single stick cigarettes or packages containing fewer than 20 cigarettes. The sale of single sticks was known to target children. ...
www.lungaction.org/Lungaznm/ alert-description.tcl?alert_id=2002892

ETSL7 Changes in Federal Excise Taxes on Tobacco Products for Sale ...
Cigarettes, $0.02763 per five cigarettes. Tobacco sticks, $0.00165 per stick. Manufactured tobacco, $8.748 per kilogram. ...
www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/et/etsl7/etsl7-e.html

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Note added at 30 mins (2005-06-26 15:05:28 GMT)
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Rita: I agree with you with regard to \'tobacco stick\', but AFAIK \'stick\' is common industry parlance for a single cigarette.

further refs:

PDF] Form CG-6.3: February 2002, Schedule D - Sales, Transfers, and ...
include all sales and transfers of unstamped cigarettes (sticks) to persons located within New York. State. Enter number of cigarettes (sticks) in the ...
www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/2002/altab/cg6_3_202.pdf


Indonesia Gudang Garam Aug Cigarette Sales 7.2 Bln Sticks (fwd)
Indonesia Gudang Garam Aug Cigarette Sales 7.2 Bln Sticks by Dow Jones ... The industry sold a total 126.95 billion sticks of cigarettes for the first eight ...
lists.essential.org/intl-tobacco/msg00245.html

Ken Cox
Local time: 15:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jakub Szacki
5 mins

neutral  RHELLER: not a cigarette - see legislative assembly http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/hansard/36th2nd/h0506pm.htm ; hopefully, the asker will post add'l info - I admit never having heard stick except "cancer stick"
7 mins
  -> you're right with regard to 'tobacco stick', but see my added note

agree  Vladimir Dubisskiy
3 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fag


Explanation:
But I believe it is a slang word.

Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 20:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gtreyger (X): It is a slang word, but you will not hear it used in the US in that connotation. I believe it's used in GB and Australia, and possibly Canada, but I am not sure about Canada.
7 hrs
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