Concentric smoking filter having cellulose acetate tow periphery and carbon-particle-loaded web filter core

摘要

A concentric smoking filter 12 in which the peripheral filter 20 medium is a fibrous tow, such as fibrous cellulose acetate tow, and the core filter 21 medium is a web material, such as paper, loaded with carbon particles 24, is provided. The filter improves the taste, particularly, of "ultra-light" cigarettes.