Disclosed herein is a degradable cigarette filter comprising a cellulose ester and including a catalyst comprising a basic material, an enzymatic material, or combinations thereof. The catalyst, when exposed to water, may deacetylate the bloomed cellulose acetate tow by at least 10% in 20 days or less. The filters described herein therefore degrade more rapidly than other known cellulose acetate tow filters.

A device for burning smoking material and inhaling the resulting smoke is disclosed. The device can include an truncated conical member formed from a material having an internal elongated cavity extending from an open end to a closed end. The elongated cavity can be configured to receive a smoking material. The smoking accessory can include a filter disposed within the truncated conical member and defining the closed end. The filter can have a recess formed in a surface of the body along a curved face extending from the first end to the second end, the recess extending radially into the body. The smoking accessory can include a capsule containing a flavoring agent disposed within the recess.

A device for burning smoking material and inhaling the resulting smoke is disclosed. The device can include an truncated conical member formed from a material having an internal elongated cavity extending from an open end to a closed end. The elongated cavity can be configured to receive a smoking material. The smoking accessory can include a filter disposed within the truncated conical member and defining the closed end. The filter can have a recess formed in a surface of the body along a curved face extending from the first end to the second end, the recess extending radially into the body. The smoking accessory can include a capsule containing a flavoring agent disposed within the recess.

Provided is an adsorbent which does not undergo the seeping of an oily component contained therein to an area surrounding the absorbent and has an excellent property to absorb a specific range of hydrocarbons. More specifically provided is a granular absorbent comprising a granular base material, an oil or fat having a melting point of 50° C. or higher and a polyol.

An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a tubular filter segment downstream of the heater. The tubular filter segment is operable to selectively filter aerosol particles and vapors from the aerosol.

An apparatus for manufacturing of rods of a continuous material strand comprising a feeding unit for feeding material strand, a guiding unit for guiding material strand, a compressing unit for compressing the strand and forming a continuous rod of the material strand, and an object feeding unit for feeding an object to the compressing unit. The apparatus is characterised by being provided with a cutting unit for lengthwise cutting of the material strand into at least two partial strands, whereas the partial strands are fed through the guiding unit to the compressing unit. It is provided with a system for adjusting the position of at least one cutting element in the cutting unit so as to adjust the widths of the partial strands thus determining the point of insertion of the object being inserted.

A filter element for use in a smoking article includes a filter material comprised of paper sheet having a crimped three-dimensional structure. Polyethylene glycol, triethyl citrate, or triacetin is interacted with the filter material to increase the selective removal of semi-volatile compounds from mainstream smoke being drawn through the filter element, over the filter material alone. An associated method of making a filter element for use in a smoking article is also provided.

A mouthpiece for an article for use in an aerosol provision system. The mouthpiece can have a section having a longitudinal axis and a cross sectional area measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the section including a fibrous material having a total denier of between 300 and 500 grams/9000 m per mm2 of said cross sectional area. The section can additionally or alternatively have a fibrous material having a total denier of between 200 and 600 grams/9000 m per mm2 of said cross sectional area and at least one of more than 75 fibers per mm2 of said cross sectional area and a denier per filament of less than 9.0 grams/9000 m. A section of fibrous material can have a denier per filament of less than 5.0 grams/9000 m and a capsule embedded within the fibrous material, wherein the section has an outer circumference of less than 21 mm.

An article for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system, the article comprising an aerosol generating material and a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol generating material, wherein the mouthpiece comprises a body of material in the form of a cylinder having a longitudinal axis and a capsule embedded within the body of material such that the capsule is surrounded on all sides by the material forming the body, the capsule having a shell encapsulating a liquid aerosol modifying agent, and wherein the largest cross sectional area of the capsule measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis is less than 28% of the cross sectional area of the body of material measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis. There is also provided a system including the article and a non-combustible aerosol provision device for heating the aerosol generating material of the article.

An article for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system comprising an aerosol generating material comprising at least one aerosol forming material and a mouthpiece connected to the aerosol generating material, the mouthpiece comprising an upstream end adjacent to the aerosol generating material and a downstream end distal from the aerosol generating material, wherein the mouthpiece comprises a hollow tubular element formed from filamentary tow at the downstream end of the mouthpiece. There is also provided a system including the article and a non-combustible aerosol provision device for heating the aerosol generating material of the article, and a method of manufacturing articles for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system.