Smoking article with reduced tobacco
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsMunmaya K. Mishra, Shaoyong Yu, Bernard S. Appleton, Weiling Li
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Abstract
An exemplary smoking article including a smoking rod filled with a combination including tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material. The tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material can be arranged such that the constituent material particles are generally distributed throughout the smoking rod, the tobacco filler material at least partially surrounds the cellulose filler material along a length of the smoking rod, and/or the cellulose filler material particles have a higher concentration along a central axis of the smoking rod than the tobacco filler material particles.
Claims57
A method of making a smoking article, comprising:
- forming a smoking rod filled with particles of tobacco filler material and particles of cellulose filler material free of tobacco, wherein the tobacco filler material at least partially surrounds the cellulose filler material along a length of the smoking rod and the cellulose filler material includes cut cellulose filter paper, shredded cellulose filter paper, or cut cellulose filter paper and shredded cellulose filter paper.
A method of making a smoking article, comprising:
- forming a smoking rod filled with filler material including particles of tobacco filler material and particles of cellulose filler material free of tobacco, wherein at least some of the cellulose filler material is arranged in a higher temperature burn area of the smoking rod in relation to at least some of the tobacco filler material, and the cellulose filler material includes cut cellulose filter paper, shredded cellulose filter paper, or cut cellulose filter paper and shredded cellulose filter paper.
A method of making a smoking article, comprising attaching a filter portion to a smoking rod, the smoking rod including a blend of particles of tobacco filler material and particles of cellulose filler material free of tobacco, the blend containing a higher concentration of cellulose filler material than tobacco filler material in a central area along a length of the smoking rod, and the cellulose filler material includes cut cellulose filter paper, shredded cellulose filter paper, or cut cellulose filter paper and shredded cellulose filter paper.
A method of making a smoking article, comprising forming a smoking rod including a filler comprising a mixture including particles of tobacco filler material and particles of cellulose filler material free of tobacco, wherein the tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material are distributed throughout the mixture along a length of the smoking rod, and the cellulose filler material includes cut cellulose filter paper, shredded cellulose filter paper, or cut cellulose filter paper and shredded cellulose filter paper.
A method of making a smoking article, comprising forming a smoking rod including a filler comprising a mixture including particles of modified tobacco filler material and particles of cellulose filler material free of tobacco, wherein the modified tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material are distributed throughout the mixture along a length of the smoking rod, and the cellulose filler material includes cut cellulose filter paper, shredded cellulose filter paper, or cut cellulose filter paper and shredded cellulose filter paper.
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