Gamma cyclodextrin flavoring-release additives

A smoking article comprising:

• a tobacco rod including tobacco in a form of a tobacco plug and further includes an inner wrap, a tobacco mat, an over wrap, or any combination thereof surrounding the tobacco plug;
• and
• a flavoring-release additive present in or on at least one of the inner wrap, the tobacco mat, the over wrap, or the combination thereof, the flavoring-release additive including gamma cyclodextrin and a flavoring,
• the gamma cyclodextrin having a host ring structure, the flavoring including guest molecules incorporated within the host ring structure of the gamma cyclodextrin such that the guest molecules of the flavoring are configured to undergo a controlled release from the host ring structure of the gamma cyclodextrin upon exposure of the flavoring-release additive to heat, the flavoring is present in an amount of at least 30% by weight of the flavoring-release additive, and the flavoring-release additive is present in or on the at least one of the inner wrap, the tobacco mat, the over wrap, or the combination thereof in an amount of up to 8% by weight of the at least one of the inner wrap, the tobacco mat, the over wrap, or the combination thereof in or on which the flavoring-release additive is disposed.