Tobacco-derived cellulose material and products formed thereof

A method of producing a fibrous material comprising:

• combining a tobacco input from a plant of the Nicotiana species with a strong base;
• heating the combined tobacco input and strong base to form a tobacco pulp;
• forming at least one layer of tobacco pulp;
• drying the at least one layer of tobacco pulp;
• pressing the at least one layer of tobacco pulp to form a paper material comprising a fibrous material comprising at least 5 dry weight percent of fibers derived from a plant of the Nicotiana species;
• wherein the paper material has a basis weight ranging from about 5 g/m2 to about 450 g/m2;
• wherein the paper material has a caliper ranging from about 0.01 mils to about 200 mils;
• wherein the paper material has at least one of a tearing index ranging from about 4.0 mN*m2/g to about 6.5 mN*m2/g, a tensile index ranging from about 35 Nm/g to about 70 Nm/g, and a Tensile Energy Adsorption ranging from about 0.1 J/g to about 1.0 J/g;
• and
• constructing at least one of a smoking article and a container that comprises the paper material.

A paper material comprising:

• a fibrous material comprising at least 5 dry weight percent of fibers derived from a plant of the Nicotiana species;
• wherein the paper material has a basis weight ranging from about 5 g/m2 to about 450 g/m2;
• wherein the paper material has a caliper ranging from about 0.01 mils to about 200 mils;
• and
• wherein the paper material has at least one of a tensile index ranging from about 35 Nm/g to about 70 Nm/g, a Tensile Energy Adsorption ranging from about 0.1 J/g to about 1.0 J/g, and a bursting index ranging from about 3.0 kPa*m2/g to about 5.0 kPa*m2/g.