"Method and apparatus for making banded smoking article wrappers - US Patent 5342484"
The rolling tobacco is typically portioned into 12.5, 25, and 50-gram bags
In our 2017 report, Tobacco Nation: The deadly state of smoking disparity in the U.S., we highlighted a group of 12 states in this region, all of which had higher smoking prevalence than the national average: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia
These sticks appear to be compatible with heated tobacco devices, but much like E-Cigarettes, they don't contain tobacco so don't include the many chemicals found in the tobacco plant known to be harmful and they also prevent the formation of harmful chemicals like tar and carbon monoxide by avoiding the combustion process