Cigarette
Disclosed is a cigarette including a tobacco rod, a supporting segment positioned at a downstream end of the tobacco rod, a cooling segment positioned at a downstream end of the supporting segment, and a mouthpiece positioned at a downstream end of the cooling segment. The cigarette according to the present embodiment may include a plurality of air channels formed along a longitudinal direction of the cigarette and the cooling segment having porosity of 50% or less.
1. A cigarette comprising:
a tobacco rod;
a supporting segment positioned at a downstream end of the tobacco rod;
a cooling segment positioned at a downstream end of the supporting segment; and
a mouthpiece positioned at a downstream end of the cooling segment,
wherein the cooling segment includes a plurality of air channels formed along a longitudinal direction of the cigarette, and porosity of the cooling segment is less than 50%,
wherein the cooling segment includes a bundle of fibers arranged along the longitudinal direction of the cigarette, thereby forming the plurality of air channels, and
wherein the bundle of fibers comprises at least one sub-bundle of fibers which include straight fibers of a polymer material arranged along the longitudinal direction of the cigarette; or
the bundle of fibers comprises at least one sub-bundle of fibers which include crimped fibers of a polymer material arranged along the longitudinal direction of the cigarette; or
the bundle of fibers is comprised of fibers made of a polymer material and includes at least one sub-bundle of straight fibers arranged along the longitudinal direction and at least one sub-bundle of crimped fibers arranged along the longitudinal direction.
2. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the cooling segment is wrapped by a wrapper having a basis weight of 60 g/m 2 or more.
3. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the cooling segment is made through a extrusion method or a textile weaving method.
4. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the cooling segment is coated with a flavoring liquid.
5. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the crimped fibers are crimped at a constant interval or at an irregular interval.
6. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein a length of the cooling segment is 5 mm to 30 mm.
7. The cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the tobacco rod is made of sheet, strands or tobacco fragments obtained by finely cutting a tobacco sheet.