Apparatus for distributing tobacco comprises a vibratory conveyor forming a closed loop, means for feeding tobacco onto the vibratory conveyor to form a carpet of tobacco on the vibratory conveyor, and a number of fixed feed pipes extending downwards towards the vibratory conveyor and having tobacco inlet ends positioned near the vibratory conveyor at various positions across the vibratory conveyor, tobacco being sucked up from the vibratory conveyor through the feed pipes, and including on the vibratory conveyor a ramp upstream of each of the feed pipes to lift tobacco towards the feed pipes.