Provided is a material (cigarette component) that enables the elimination or minimization of illicit cigarette production. Specifically, related is a cigarette filter tow band including a crimped bundle of filaments. The tow band includes a detectable marker for identifying the source of the tow band.

An element for use in a smoking article, the element comprising a longitudinally extending core; wherein the longitudinally extending core comprises a filtering material; wherein the filtering material comprises a paper and/or other biodegradable material; and wherein the filtering material further comprising a hydrophobic material.

The present disclosure provides a cooling block for an aerosol generating article including a cooling agent A, a cooling agent B, and a cooling agent C in a specific combination, and an aerosol generating article including the same.

There is provided an aerosol-generating article (10, 100), particularly for generating an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the aerosol-generating article (10, 100) comprising: an aerosol-generating substrate (12), a downstream section (14) extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate (12) to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article (10, 100); and an upstream section (16, 116) extending from an upstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate (10, 100) to an upstream end of the aerosol-generating article (10, 100), wherein the upstream section (16, 116) comprises an aversive agent.

The present application provides a filter tip including a filter element material and a surface layer. The filter element material includes a non-woven wire mesh layer and a paper-pulp layer. The non-woven wire mesh layer includes a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of mesh holes, wherein the first fibers are combined with each other, and each mesh hole is located between the first fibers. The paper pulp layer includes a plurality of plant fibers, a portion of the plant fibers are located on one side of the non-woven wire mesh layer, and a portion of the plant fibers pass through the mesh holes and entangle with the first fibers. The surface layer is wrapped around the periphery of the filter element material.