Cytrel
Encyclopedia
Cytrel is a cellulose
-based tobacco
substitute used in some low-tar cigarette
brands, famously comprising 25% of the Silk Cut
brand.
Development began on a replacement for tobacco in cigarettes in the 1950s, to reduce 'undesirable tobacco smoke components' present in cigarettes. Cytrel was developed by Celanese
Fiber Marketing Company.
The fiber went through a difficult development, with scientists struggling to achieve acceptable smoking, taste, and manufacturing properties. However, the product was of a lower density than tobacco and useful as a bulking agent so development continued. After five revisions the Celanese Fiber Marketing Company released Type 308 to the market.
It was one of the NSM (New Smoking Materials) that came into popularity in the 1970s.
Cellulose
Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand β linked D-glucose units....
-based tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
substitute used in some low-tar cigarette
Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
brands, famously comprising 25% of the Silk Cut
Silk Cut
Silk Cut is brand of low tar cigarette produced by the Gallaher Group. The packaging is characterised by a distinctive stark white packet with the brand name in a purple, blue, red, silver, white or green square....
brand.
Development began on a replacement for tobacco in cigarettes in the 1950s, to reduce 'undesirable tobacco smoke components' present in cigarettes. Cytrel was developed by Celanese
Celanese
Celanese Corporation is a Fortune 500 global technology and specialty materials company with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The company is a leading producer of acetyl products, which are intermediate chemicals for nearly all major industries, and is the world's largest producer of vinyl...
Fiber Marketing Company.
The fiber went through a difficult development, with scientists struggling to achieve acceptable smoking, taste, and manufacturing properties. However, the product was of a lower density than tobacco and useful as a bulking agent so development continued. After five revisions the Celanese Fiber Marketing Company released Type 308 to the market.
It was one of the NSM (New Smoking Materials) that came into popularity in the 1970s.