Abstract:The non-wood fiber materials will still play a very important role in the foreseeable future in the pulp and paper industry of China. Non-wood fibers are widely used in tobacco industry as raw materials of cigarette auxiliary parts, such as cigarette paper, plug wrapper, filter tow, inner backing paper and packet. This paper provides a summary of currently available knowledge in the area of pulping and paper making with non-wood fiber materials. This paper also discusses the potential application of non-wood fibers in tobacco industry, especially bast-fibers, and also discusses the problems in its commercialization. |