Cigar ash, also known as cigarette ash, is the ash produced by tobacco products as it is smoking.
Smoking
of cigars disagree as to whether the
Product quality of a cigar may be determined from the appearance of its ash.
Uses
Cigar ash may be mixed with
chalk to make a
dentifrice or
tooth powder. It may also be mixed with
poppyseed oil to make
paint in shades of
grey.
Disposal
Usually, during smoking, the ash is an unwanted product that is to be disposed of. An
ashtray is used to dispose of ashes and butts without creating a fire hazard. Once it is certain that any burning has been extinguished, the ashtray contents are disposed of.
Sherlock Holmes
The fictional detective
Sherlock Holmes was an expert in the study of cigar ash and wrote a
monograph,
Upon the Distinction Between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccos, about it. This expertise was used in his cases such as
A Study in Scarlet,
The Boscombe Valley Mystery and
The Hound of the Baskervilles. This is often used as an example of deduction or the
Baconian method in philosophical accounts of science and reasoning.
See also
