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The tobacco-free herbal cigarette is not a modern invention. Its trail runs back more than two thousand years – from the Ayurvedic smoke ritual, through the asthma cigarette of European pharmacies, to the Schwiizer Chrüterzigi. This compendium tells the story of a category that was once medicine, then vanished – and returns today as a product of pleasure.
Two traditions. One idea.
Inhaling the smoke of burning medicinal plants to ease breathing is a very old idea. The Egyptian Ebers Papyrus describes heated stones covered with herbs, their smoke drawn in through a reed. In India and in Europe, the practice arose independently – and endured for centuries.
The decisive transfer came by way of colonial India. British observers saw datura smoked against asthma there – and brought the practice home. It fell on fertile ground.
General Gent brings back from southern India a remedy for asthma attacks, prepared from the roots of the wild thorn apple. Through Dr Sims, the practice enters the Western pharmacopoeia.
Five years earlier, the physician Samuel Cooper had already introduced smoked stramonium in the United States. Both dates are documented – they do not exclude each other.
When supplies of Indian datura ran out, an asthmatic surgeon turned to the native common thorn apple instead. With that, the plant’s European career began.
The practice met a society in which some 80 % of men and 40 % of women already smoked. The medium was familiar – only the content was new.
At first, stramonium was smoked in ordinary pipes. By way of the cigar – in 1846 Mr Butler introduced stramonium cigars in Covent Garden – the ready-made asthma cigarette emerged in the 1850s and 1860s. A dense product landscape followed: advertised in daily papers, sold in pharmacies from Paris to Chicago.
Paris, from 1862 at the latest. The international market leader, distributed in more than two dozen countries. Main active ingredient, by contemporary analysis: belladonna.
France, from 1858. The main competitor – belladonna, thorn apple and henbane leaves, plus a small pinch of opium.
Great Britain. One of the most popular brands: stramonium, belladonna, atropine. Manufactured until 1988 – longer than any other.
USA. Sold as a powder, as cigarettes and as an incense, in packs of 24 – expressly labelled «contains no tobacco».
Asthma cigarettes were available in Swiss pharmacies. From 1901 they were covered by the «Concordat against secret remedies»: the first list, dated 15 April 1901, held 611 preparations, among them the Berlin bronchial cigarettes. The Pharmacopoea Helvetica listed a «Pulvis Stramonii compositus», expressly as an asthma powder. According to the Pharmazeutische Zeitung, such cigarettes remained available through pharmacies into the 1970s.
The decline was not an event but a slow fading. Several forces worked together – and reinforced one another.
In over 300 years of Swiss tobacco tradition much has been refined, but one thing had never existed: a herbal cigarette developed and made in a Swiss manufactory. It is built from carefully selected Swiss organic herbs – without a single tobacco leaf, without nicotine, without artificial additives, made as pre-rolls in packs of 20.
Carefully selected and blended. Not one tobacco leaf – the herbs carry the character alone.
No tobacco, no nicotine, no artificial additives. What is inside is printed on the pack.
Where the asthma cigarette wanted to be medicine, the Chrüterzigi is pleasure – regulated under Swiss tobacco products law as a plant-based smoking product, not as a medicine.
Developed and produced in a Swiss manufactory, as pre-rolls in packs of 20. The first of its kind.
Two thousand years in ten dates.
Over 300 years of Swiss tobacco tradition. Now we’re writing the next chapter – with the Swiss Herbal Cigarette: the first tobacco- and nicotine-free herbal cigarette from a Swiss manufactory, developed and made in Steinach on Lake Constance.
🇨🇭 Seven Swiss organic herbs
A carefully balanced blend of leaves, herbs and flowers – natural in character and clear in origin.
🌿 Finely balanced like a good blend
Mullein, marshmallow leaf and raspberry leaf give the blend body. Peppermint adds freshness, while chamomile, linden blossom and rose petals round it off with delicate floral notes.
🚫 No artificial flavours or additives
What you taste comes from the herbs themselves. No artificial flavouring, no unnecessary extras.
📍 Clear origins. Honest recipe.
We know what goes into it and why. Each of the seven herbs has its place and purpose in the blend.
🛠️ Made in Steinach
At our manufactory on Lake Constance, the blend is mixed and crafted into the finished Swiss Herbal Cigarette Original. Swiss craftsmanship instead of anonymous mass production.
What’s inside?
Mullein · Marshmallow leaf · Raspberry leaf · Peppermint · Chamomile · Linden blossom · Rose petals
7 organic herbs. 0% tobacco. 0.0 mg nicotine.
Up in the Alps, many things become simpler.
The day follows the weather, the animals and nature. What seems important down below suddenly loses its significance. It’s about the simple things. About calm. About a clear moment. And about being content with what’s there. That’s exactly the feeling behind our Älpler.
No loud blend. No gimmicks. Just a mild, delicately spiced blend of eight selected organic herbs – calm in character, natural in taste and made for those moments when less simply is more.
Mild. Herbal. Delicately spiced.
We wanted to create a genuine alternative for everyone who enjoys the ritual of a cigarette – but doesn’t always want tobacco and nicotine.
For some, the herbal cigarette is simply a conscious change. For others, it can be a companion when reducing their tobacco consumption or leaving it behind altogether.
For us, there’s no contradiction in that. Quite the opposite: HEIMAT stands for enjoyment and self-determination. And sometimes, Heimat also means rethinking what we’re used to.
That’s why we took the cigarette back to its roots: plants, leaves and flowers. No tobacco. No nicotine. With a ritual that remains familiar.
Because for many people, a cigarette isn’t just about nicotine.
It’s also a shared moment.
Stepping outside after a meal. Sitting together at a festival. Having a conversation outside a bar. Going out together during a break.
Choosing to go without tobacco or nicotine doesn’t automatically mean wanting to give up these moments.
That’s exactly why our herbal cigarette looks and works like what you’re familiar with: light it, hold it in your hand, step outside together and share the moment.
Only the foundation is different.
Herbs instead of tobacco. 0.0 mg nicotine. And still part of the moment.
Because sometimes, when you give up cigarettes, nicotine isn’t the only thing you miss.
It’s being part of it.
No loud blend. No gimmicks. Just a mild blend of eight carefully selected organic herbs – smooth in character, floral at its heart and with a touch of freshness on the finish.
Lavender, chamomile, linden blossom and rose petals give it its fragrant, floral soul. Mullein, marshmallow leaf and raspberry leaf form the calm botanical base. Peppermint adds exactly the fresh accent it needs at the end.
Nothing pushes itself to the forefront.
Everything has its place.
Just like up in the Alps.
Mild. Floral. Delicately fresh.
Mullein
Mild and subtle – it forms a calm part of the botanical foundation.
Marshmallow leaf
Gives the blend its soft, gentle character and brings the individual notes together.
Lavender
The Älpler’s signature note: delicately aromatic, floral and unmistakable in its fragrance.
Chamomile
Adds a gentle, warm floral note and rounds off the blend.
Linden blossom
Delicate, fragrant and subtly sweet in character.
Raspberry leaf
Gives the blend body and a pleasantly green, botanical base.
Rose petals
Add an elegant floral highlight and complement the lavender without overpowering the blend.
Peppermint
Adds a clear, fresh accent to the finish and keeps the blend lively.
Eight herbs and flowers with distinctly different characters.
Mild. Floral. Delicately fresh. A true Älpler.
For many people, a cigarette is about more than what’s inside. It’s also a moment.
Stepping outside. Lighting up. Taking a moment for yourself. A conversation. A break. A familiar ritual between two things that matter.
That’s exactly the moment we wanted to preserve.
We simply wanted to give it a different foundation.
With the Älpler, the focus isn’t on the nicotine kick, but on the blend itself: its aroma, its soft floral notes, its delicate freshness and the moment you take for yourself.
Unhurried. Conscious. Your own moment.
The ritual remains. You decide what belongs in it.
A good blend isn’t created simply by putting a few herbs together.
It’s about balance.
About which leaf forms the foundation. Which flower gives it character. And how much freshness it needs for everything to come together.
That’s exactly how we develop our blends at the HEIMAT manufactory in Steinach on Lake Constance.
Here, mullein, marshmallow leaf, lavender, chamomile, linden blossom, raspberry leaf, rose petals and peppermint become our Swiss Herbal Cigarette Älpler.
A mild blend with a floral soul.
8 organic herbs. 0% tobacco. 0.0 mg nicotine. 100% herbal cigarettes
| Contents |
20 Swiss herbal cigarettes with our finely balanced organic herbal blend |
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Herbs |
Mullein, marshmallow leaf, lavender, chamomile, linden blossom, raspberry leaf, rose petals & peppermint |
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Tobacco |
0% tobacco – completely free from the tobacco plant
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Nicotine |
0.0 mg nicotine |
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Taste |
Mild and smooth, with delicate lavender and floral notes and a fresh peppermint note on the finish |
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Recipe |
Seven herbs, carefully balanced – each with its own place in the blend |
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Additives |
No artificial flavours – the character comes from the herbs themselves |
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Production |
Blended and crafted into the finished herbal cigarette at our manufactory in Steinach on Lake Constance
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Ritual |
For everyone who enjoys the familiar ritual of a cigarette – but doesn’t always want tobacco and nicotine |
| Character |
Seven organic herbs. 0% tobacco. 0.0 mg nicotine. 100% herbal cigarette. |
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