Filter-tipped cigarette and filter for a cigarette
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsKazuyo Kaneki, Keigo Miura, Osamu Komatsubara
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AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsKazuyo Kaneki, Keigo Miura, Osamu Komatsubara
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A filter-tipped cigarette includes a tobacco portion having a tobacco material wrapped by a cigarette paper, and a filter portion which is connected to the tobacco portion. The filter portion has a filter body composed of a plurality of individual filter plug sections, a plurality of individual filter plug wrappers individually wrapping the filter plug sections and an integral filter wrapper integrally wrapping the filter plug sections wrapped by the filter plug wrappers. The tobacco filter portions are integrally connected by a tip paper. The tip paper has a plurality of ventilation holes. The individual filter plug wrapper corresponding to the ventilation holes has an air permeability lower than the integral filter wrapper.
A filter-tipped cigarette comprising a tobacco portion having a tobacco material wrapped by a cigarette paper, and a filter portion which is connected to one end of the tobacco portion;
A filter for a cigarette which is to be used in combination with a tip paper having a plurality of ventilation holes made therein, said filter comprising a filter body composed of a plurality of individual filter plug sections, a plurality of individual filter plug wrappers individually wrapping the respective filter plug sections, and an integral filter wrapper integrally wrapping the filter plug sections wrapped by the individual filter plug wrappers, and at least one of the individual filter plus wrappers is axially aligned with the ventilation holes on the tip paper and has an air permeability less than an air permeability of the integral filter wrapper.
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