A method of manufacturing smoking articles including supplying a smoking article manufacturing machine with dual length filter rods, each dual length filter rod containing a first and a second type of capsule, using the machine to cut patches of tipping paper from a web, using the machine to wrap one of the patches about each dual length filter, and using the machine to cut each wrapped dual length filter rod to form first and second smoking articles, each having first and second filter rod segments, where the first filter rod segment includes the first type of capsule and the second filter rod segment includes the second type of capsule, where the web includes first and second lateral portions, the first lateral portion having different visual or tactile mark or indicia than the second lateral portion.