Shag, also known as
rolling tobacco,
loose tobacco,
baccy and
rollies is fine-cut
tobacco, used to make self-made
cigarettes by hand rolling the tobacco into
rolling paper or injecting it into filter tubes. It got its name from the finely cut strands appearing like '
shag' and was originally considered poor quality. Various types of cut are used; most shag blends use a simple mixture of cutting styles, consisting mostly of loose cut but also krumble kake, ribbon cut and flake may be used. Some shag blends use cuts reminiscent of pipe tobacco.