A SMOKING ARTICLE AND A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SMOKING ARTICLES

摘要

One embodiment of the invention provides apparatus for manufacturing a smoking article. The apparatus includes an ecreteur having at least one trimming disk (10, 20, 510) configured to trim a tobacco rod (50) for a smoking article to have at least one end region of increased tobacco density. The at least one trimming disk is further configured to trim a body region of the tobacco rod such that the body region has a variable tobacco mass per unit length, where the body region is distinct from said at least one end region of increased density.