METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROL OF BY-PRODUCTS FROM CIGARETTE SMOKE

A tobacco-smoke filter comprising a compacted polyolefin-fiber-containing filtering substrate, and a modifying additive that enhances filtering efficiency, a method for making such filters, and the use of the filter as the filter-tip part of a tobacco cigarette are disclosed; the modifying additive...

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Hauptverfasser: DAVID J. GIBBONI, RICHMOND R. COHEN
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Zusammenfassung:A tobacco-smoke filter comprising a compacted polyolefin-fiber-containing filtering substrate, and a modifying additive that enhances filtering efficiency, a method for making such filters, and the use of the filter as the filter-tip part of a tobacco cigarette are disclosed; the modifying additive is one or more additive salts consisting of zinc chloride, ferrous bromide, calcium bromide, zinc thiocyanate, sarcosine hydrochloride, manganese sulfate, manganese acetate, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, or magnesium acetate, and it optionally contains glyceryl triacetate.