What are tobacco leaves & their origins?

These are the prized part of what botanists call the nicotiana tabacum plant. What you may not know is that tobacco leaves are enormous when they are picked. They can reach up to a metre in length, not to mention 50cm wide.

The finest quality tobacco leaves are what you’ll find inside Mevius tobacco sticks.

It’s thought that tobacco leaves were first smoked more than 12,300 years ago in the areas where tobacco plants are native, like the southwest of North America, Mexico as well as parts of South America.

From there, the early seagoing explorers transported it across the globe. For example, in the early 1500s, it arrived in Europe courtesy of the Spanish conquistadores and Japan, thanks to Portuguese sailors. It made its way to Australia in the early 1700s in the hands of visiting Indonesian fishermen. Along the way, it made it to both China and India, which remain big producers of tobacco even now.

Today, as a result of those seafaring explorers, the cultivation of tobacco takes place in more than 100 countries around the world. And at Mevius, we source only the finest quality tobacco leaves to create our distinctive range of tobacco sticks - from smooth and subtle to rich and intense, you’ll find a flavor to suit your tastes. Find out All About Mevius  Tobacco Sticks and their flavors.

From seed to stick, the cultivation of tobacco is a process that needs skill and care. At Mevius, we are committed to the highest standards of care in our leaf supply chain for our people and our planet and to sustainable tobacco farming practices.

That’s why:

● We work with directly contracted growers for the supply of half of our tobacco leaves

● Our tobacco seedlings are cultivated in greenhouses or open fields for 60 days before planting

● Our harvest includes only mature leaves picked at the perfect moment by hand or machine

● Our buyers use their skills and experience to buy premium leaves

Our Mevius tobacco stick contains a blend of three types of tobacco. Each tobacco variety is cured differently and sampled continuously to ensure consistent quality and taste:

● Virginia – a flue-cured tobacco famous for its bright-leaf tobacco curing

● Burley – a light-air cured variety that is lower in sugar than some

● Oriental – our sun-cured, highly aromatic, small tobacco leaf

Ploom X Advanced works with our exclusive Mevius tobacco sticks. It gently heats the tobacco stick using our unique HeatFlow technology. It doesn’t burn it like a cigarette, which is why there’s no smoke, no ash and less tobacco smell. For more tech talk, take a look at Ploom X – A Unique Heated Tobacco Technology.

Our Mevius tobacco sticks may look like cigarettes, but we’ve transformed these too – and they are not for smoking. Our signature ActivBlend was created exclusively for Ploom. We take tobacco leaves and cut them to achieve the optimum surface area for heating, so you can enjoy a rich tobacco taste.

With Ploom X Advanced, less is more.

Ploom X Advanced leaves less visible stain on your teeth and it leaves less smell on clothes and breath. That means that the next time you share your car on the way to work, you can enjoy your favorite tobacco routines without bothering everyone else. Check out Ploom X Advanced and Mevius sticks.