PAY-PAY Rolls KS ‘Ultrathin’ Papers | 5m

Pay-Pay Rolls 5m

Paypay Rolling Paper as a roll with 5m length. The paper has a width of 50 mm.

About Pay Pay:

Pay-Pay the manufacturer of the world's first unbleached paper comes from Alcoy, Spain. Pay-Pay is the oldest cigarette paper brand in the world and was founded in 1764. Pay-Pay papers were originally traded by Spanish sailors for cotton and tobacco in North America. This is the earliest record of commercially produced pay-pay paper entering the North American market.

Furthermore, the papers are manufactured in production facilities that are powered by 100% renewable energy, the adhesive surface is made of organic rubber and contains neither chemical additives nor chlorine.

The history of Paypay

1764

The first cigarette paper factory is installed in Alcoy

By the middle of the 18th century, the custom of smoking tobacco brought from America had spread in Spain. In Europe, however, tobacco was an extremely expensive product to smoke on the plant's own leaves, so many people chose to consume it in the form of powder or wrapped in newspaper.

To prevent this thick paper from being smoked with ink, the entrepreneurs of the time developed a thinner paper than usual, 40 g/m2, white, made of large sheets the size of the leaf (double leaf), which the smoker could cut according to his taste and needs. Soon this paper, designed exclusively for smoking, a wonderful discovery, begins to enjoy great success worldwide. This is the primitive PAY-PAY of Alcoy.

1815

The cigarette paper booklet is invented

With the beginning of the 19th century, the fashion for tobacco powder declined, the habit of rolling it spread and with it soon came the need to serve paper in a size more suitable for cigarettes. A Dominican friar from the Valencian town of Xátiva, Father Jaime Villanueva Estingo, invented the cigarette paper booklet: a delicate object and a great invention whose use continues to this day. Workshops on cigarette paper are increasing in Alcoy, the PAY-PAY workshop being one of them. The covers were engraved with beautiful allegorical engravings and the name of the maker - Pascual Ivorra. They were also printed in long series about the history of Spain, about famous figures and characters, about customs, costumes, allegories, sayings... and today they offer us a complete vision of the social development and customs of that time.

1883

Gummed paper is invented

A small line of gum arabic is applied to one of the larger sides of the cigarette paper, making it easier to roll the cigarette.

1894

The zigzag

A method for crimping the sheets is recorded: the zigzag shape used in the current brochures.

More on the history of the paper in our blog.