Why do smokers tap their cigarette packs?
Why do smokers tap their cigarette packs? Cigarette tobacco is somewhat loosely packed in the tube. Tapping the filter end of the pack (or even the filter end of an individual cigarette), called “packing”, packs the tobacco tighter in the tube, resulting in a more even, consistent burn of the cigarette.
Why do people flip one cigarette in the pack?
When filtered cigarettes become the norm in the 1950s, you couldn't smoke the stamped end first anymore, so they flipped just one with the same tradition have saving it for last, and if you got to smoke it, you were lucky.