abstract |
The present invention provides a cigarette having a tabacco rod containing tobacco filler. The tobacco filler contains a shredded tobacco with stalk removed, and contains a carboxylic acid metal salt selected from the group consisting of lactic acid metal salt, tartaric acid metal salt, succinic acid metal salt, 3-hydroxybutyric acid metal salt, acetic acid metal salt and formic acid metal salt, the content of the carboxylic acid metal salt is 0.5 to 6.0 wt.% relative to the weight of the shredded tobacco with stalk removed. |