The invention provides a production method of a cigarette with the low content of heavy metal. By adding tea polyphenols and chitosan for tobacco to be mixed with tobacco shreds which contain one or acombination of cut tobacco, stems, expanded tobacco shreds and flakes in a production process of cigarette tobacco shreds, cutting the cigarette tobacco shreds into the length of 1-5 mm, adding activated carbon particles in a process of cigarette holder shaping, adjusting the proportion of the tea polyphenols to the chitosan for the tobacco, selecting activated carbon of proper particle sizes, and selecting proper structural composition and the proper length of the cigarette tobacco shreds at the same time, the optimal effect of removing the heavy metal in smoke is achieved.