DSFH/JRW
STRICTLY PRIVATE & COFFIDENTIAL.
9 th September, 1959.
ZaBACCO AS A FILT-_-R_.H-EDIU1- FOR
C I rAffEff-M.
Extensive tests have been carried out to
investigate the possibility of using finely cvt
tobacco
for the manufacture of filter rods for cigarettes.
These tests have shown that the vse of such
filters
presents possibilities of importance. Some of the
advantages and attributes of such a filter are:-
W Great;L enhanced Tobacco Taste and
jr7e . Lt:~.~r Eo7
pjY63T._ =.d~.ijg.
A criticism of nornal filter
material has always been that the
smoke drawn through such a filter is
insirid and tasteless. The -se of
tobacco as a filter material gives the
smoke considerably greater tobacco
character than that which is ra-,sed
through a normal filter. The nature
of the tobacco used as a filter has a
pronounced influence on the taste.
This fact opens up a large field of
possibilities: the high grade tcbacco
used in the filter tip may iorrove the
smolr_ing qualities of a lol! grale blend
or disguise the unpleasant character
of some local type of leaf.
Alternatively, the use of Oriental
leaf in the filter tip iri--arts a
pronounced Oriental flavour to the
smoke. It is thus possible that it
may be found preferable in blended or
American-tyl,e ci,arettes to usc a
filter tip made of Oriental tn',7tcco
and to ouit the usual pcrccnt;~Ee of
Oriental leaf from the blend. A
large number of combinations ray be
tried, such as the use of an Oriental
filter tip irith a Virginia flue-clired'
cigarette, the use of a Virginia flue-
cured tip with a blended cigarette,
the use of a fer-mented blac', filter
tip with a Virginia or blended
cigarette or vice versa. arthermorc,
experiments may be made flavourinr~ the
tobacco used for the filter red '~)ut
not necessarily that used -in the
cigarette. This vould make it possi~!_e
to experiment with flavours v!Uc1- have
an unsuitable aroma when burnt but which
might affect the smoke in a pleasing
way when vsed on the tobocco in the tip. C:)
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(b) gjiLke of Manufacture.
Filter rods made according to these
details may be made on most Cigarette
Making Machines and filter tipped
cigarettes, using these rods, tray be
made up on any conventional filter
tipping unit.
In territories where ir.lport
restrictions or lack of local manu-
facturing facilities make the use of
materials such as cellulose acetate
or crimped paper difficult or expensive
or impossible, this type of filter may
be readily made.
(c) Good Filtratio_n,_KLLiqiL!tijc
_y .
This coripares favourably rith a
cellulose acetate filter of 51100,000
denier of the same length -hen the leaf
tobacco to be used in the filter is
converted into rag at 200 cuts A-er inch.
Finer cr-ts incrPase tl~e filtration
efficiency but at the sa-me time also
increase the drLq.,, resistance. For
this reason it may be found that the
optimum cuts to the inch are 200.
For acceptable dra,.! resistance using
this tobacco, it has been found that
the filter rods should have a density
of arproximately .39 9- rer cc.
For instance, filter rods r.,easnring
90 mm. x 25.75 mm. ray be Trade at
15 to the ounce. The Paper used
as a i-rra~per for the filter rods may
be Crompton's Verge .2122.
(d) :&ttractive Ap:)eELrance and Sales Value.
The appearance of cigarettes made
up with a tobacco filter is particularly
attractive when the tobacco used i-n the
filter is of a sharply contrasting shade
to that used in the cigarette; for
instance, the use of a bright Flue-cured
tip on a blended cigarette. There
would seen to be -:iuch sco-j7e in
advertising such cigarettes; its
enhanced and "full" tobacco taste, its
effective but unobtrusive smoke
filtration, the fact that its composition
consists entirely of tobacco, are some
of the points whic?l miglht be used.
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