How were the first paper-wrapped cigarettes made in Seville?
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Dried tobacco leaves.
The first paper-wrapped cigarettes were improvised in Seville early in the 16th century by beggars. These individuals would collect discarded cigar butts, shred the remaining tobacco, and roll the pieces in scraps of paper—known in Spanish as papeletes—to create what became known as cigarrillos, or "little cigars."1