Smoking article with reduced tobacco

Abstract

An exemplary smoking article includes a smoking rod filled with a combination including tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material. The tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material can be arranged such that the constituent material particles are generally distributed throughout the smoking rod, the tobacco filler material at least partially surrounds the cellulose filler material along a length of the smoking rod, and/or the cellulose filler material particles have a higher concentration along a central axis of the smoking rod than the tobacco filler material particles.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of making a smoking article, comprising:
 forming a smoking rod, the smoking rod including,
 tobacco filler material, and 
 cellulose filler material free of tobacco, the cellulose filler material including cut cellulose filter paper, shredded cellulose filter paper, or both cut cellulose filter paper and shredded cellulose filter paper.