Abstract: A cigarette filter tip comprises three filter elements disposed end-to-end within a tubular outer coating of transparent sheet material. The two filter elements at the ends of the filter tip are of fibrous material while the central element is granular and comprises an iron sulfate which changes color upon reaction with hydrogensulfide in the cigarette smoke to form an iron sulfide. A paper band which units the tip with the cigarette extends only around one of the fibrous filter elements of the tip, thus leaving the granular filter element wholly visible.