Abstract: In order to reduce the material cost of cigarette manufacturing, tobacco scraps of 3 to 6 mm size were added to the tested cut filler and its influence on the filling power, cigarette weight, tar delivery, and smoking quality of cut filler was studied. The results showed that when the proportions of reconstituted tobacco, cut stem, and expanded tobacco in the cut filler remained unchanged with the addition of tobacco scraps in right proportion, the filling power of cut filler was increased, the cigarette weight and tar delivery were decreased and the smoking quality was scarcely influenced.