History Of Cigarette Filters

In 1925, Hungarian Aivaz invented a filter made of crepe paper or crepe paper with cellulose as a soft filler, along with the machine for producing such filters.

In 1930, the first cigarette filter using cotton as the filter material was introduced.

In 1935, a British machinery manufacturer launched a machine for producing cigarettes with filters, bringing the production and assembly of filters to a commercial stage.

In 1948, Phil Tranner established the first filter development and production plant in northeast England.

In 1952, the American Laurillard Company produced cigarettes with asbestos filters.

In 1956, the United States pioneered the development of cigarettes with filters using activated carbon as the filter material.

In 1959, my country launched its first cigarette with a filter.

In 1960, the first special filter appeared-a binary filter composed of a combination of cellulose acetate and Myria paper.

In 1970, the United States, Czechoslovakia, and other countries successfully developed a filter material using polypropylene tow.

In 1980, filter cigarettes became bestsellers in the global cigarette market, and China imported cigarette filters for the first time.

In 1982, my country launched its first cigarette using a binary carbon filter.