portion 37 a is attached to the tipping 33 a and includes a free flow filter 39 a void 41 or open space and a tobacco plug 43 wrapped in a wrapper 45 that may include a tobacco web although other arrangements can also be used in the electrical smoking system heat is applied to the wrapper 45 to heat tobacco e g the tobacco web and the tobacco plug 43 during puffing of the cigarette to thereby generate smoke in addition to removing targeted constituents from smoke using the filter 23 instead of or in addition to conventional tubular free flow filters can facilitate adjustment of features of the cigarette such as resistance to draw rtd which can be useful in simulating the experience of smoking a traditional lit end cigarette fig1 b shows a cigarette 21 b with a tipping 33 b and tobacco rod portion 37 b wherein the free flow filter 39 from the cigarette 21 a is eliminated fig1 c shows a cigarette 21 c with a tobacco rod portion 37 c wherein the filter 23 is used together with a free flow filter 47 in the tipping 33 c between the filter 23 and the filter plug 35 the foregoing are only several illustrative ones of numerous possible variations there may be voids free flow filters filter plugs tobacco plugs and any other desired structures in the cigarette in the cigarette filter 23 the web 25 may include paper the web 25 may include a coated paper.