Over the last decade, the technology of blended cigarettes of the American-type has progressed to a great extent in the U.S.A. and several developed countries in Europe and Asia. This tremendous progress was necessitated by both smoking quality as well as economic factors and was materialized through adequate application of high-tech processes in all sections of the cigarette industry, from the leaf primary to the finished product (cigarette) to the final product consumed, mainstream smoke. Todate,"ready-made"packages for know-how transfer introduced to the developing countries have failed to recognize the vast differences in the intrinsic as well as the extrinsic variables prevailing in said countries compared with the developed countries. An in-depth study of the socio-economic factors and the political structure with regard to financing indicates that the mere transfer of know-how is not the solution. Experience shows that EACH transfer must be adapted to the specific conditions in EACH host country and must allow for (A) maximum utilization of the natural resources and (B) minimum expenditure of that country's limited foreign exchange. Hence, proper assistance in the development of the host country's infrastructure and the improvement of productivity at the local level should go parallel with each step in know-how transfer. A Modus Operandi is presented for a successful transfer of know-how on a long-lasting basis.