A professional who removes stems from tobacco leaves to prepare tobacco for use as filler, binder, or wrapper for cigars, plug, or twist chewing tobacco. Respnsibilities include:

• Strips leaf from stem, starting at tip end of leaf.
• Spreads and stacks wrapper leaves in piles, keeping leaves separated into left- and right-hand books.
• Places filler tobacco and stems in box or can.
• May be designated according to tobacco stripped as Binder Stripper, Hand; Scrap Stripper, Hand; Wrapper Stripper, Hand.