Definition of Filter tip

1. Noun. An air filter on the end of a cigarette; contains material that filters the smoke.

Generic synonyms: Air Cleaner, Air Filter
Group relationships: Filter-tipped Cigarette

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filter Tip

filter-tipped
filter-tipped cigarette
filter bank
filter bed
filter down
filter fabric
filter feeder
filter feeders
filter funnel
filter funnels
filter lane
filter lanes
filter out
filter paper
filter sterilisation
filter tip (current term)
filter up
filterabilities
filterability
filterable
filterbank
filterbanks
filtered
filtered down
filtered out
filtered up
filterer
filterers
filtergram
filtergrams

Literary usage of Filter tip

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"This serves to strengthen the filter tip. Fourth, in pouring the liquid on the filter, avoid throwing it directly on the tip, but gradually pour it upon one ..."

2. The Ftc Cigarette Test Method for Determining Tar, Nicotine & Carbon edited by Donald R. Shopland (1997)
"However, replacing one section of the filter tip with charcoal also leads to less reduction of TPM than can be achieved with ..."

3. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"... NF, without filter tip; F, with filter tip. 'Chewing tobacco and snuff also contain <200 ppb NNAL, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-l-(3-pyridyl)butan-l-ol. ..."

4. Cigars: Health Effects and Trends by Donald Shopland (1998)
"The pH of the smoke of blond type cigarettes varies between 6.15 (1st puff) and 5.7 (last puff); the pH of the French black cigarette with filter tip ..."

5. Health Consequences of Smoking for Women: A Report of the Surgeon General by DIANE Publishing Company (1985)
"Regarding type of cigarette smoked, the 1975 NCSH survey reported that more women than men smoked filter tip cigarettes (all types), 90.6 percent vs. ..."

6. Health Consequences of Smoking: Cardiovascular Disease: Report of the by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"The mainstream smoke of tobacco products represents a very dense aerosol. In the case of a cigarette without a filter tip, it contains about 5 ..."

7. The Small Hands of Slavery: bonded child labor in India by Human Rights Watch/Asia (1996)
"Though cheaper than manufactured filter-tip cigarettes, it is a relatively expensive product—a pack of twenty-four beedies costs between ten and twenty ..."

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