embodiment adhesive applicator 5 takes up a liquid adhesive such as those adhesives known in the cigarette making art from adhesive tank 7 onto roller 8 which transfers the adhesive to roller 6 in a more preferred embodiment roller 6 is constructed to apply strips of adhesive 16 fig2 to the web of band paper 1 such strips being applied in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the web of band paper and having a length measured in a direction orthogonal to said strip of adhesive less than the length of a segment of band paper after application of the adhesive the web of band paper is drawn around rollers 9 10 from roller 10 the web of band paper is drawn around roller 14 roller 14 is positioned in relation to roller 12 such that each of a plurality of cutting blades 13 which are affixed to roller 12 will cut the band paper into segments 15 along an axis perpendicular to the direction of travel of the web of band paper as it rotates into contact with roller 14 in a preferred embodiment roller 14 is a vacuum roller such that the vacuum force will hold segment 15 on roller 14 as segment 15 is rotated into contact with web of cigarette wrapper paper 17 also in a preferred embodiment the rotational speeds of rollers 14 and 12 are adjusted such that each cutting blade 13 both cuts the web of band paper 1 into segments 15 and.