Ultra-low nicotine smoking article
AssigneeKt&G Corporation
InventorsHan Saem Kim, Jae Woo Park, Yeon Seok Jung, Young Jin Choi
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an ultra-low nicotine smoking article. The smoking article includes a medium part and a filter part, in which the medium part includes a tobacco medium including flue-cured tobacco, dry ice expanded tobacco, and expanded stems, the tobacco medium includes 50% by weight (wt %) to 60 wt % of flue-cured tobacco, 20 wt % to 30 wt % of dry ice expanded tobacco, and 10 wt % to 30 wt % of expanded stems based on the total weight, and the tobacco medium has a nicotine content of 0.01% to 0.05%.
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An ultra-low nicotine smoking article consisting of a medium part and a filter part,
- wherein the medium part is a tobacco medium consisting of 50% by weight (wt %) to 60 wt % of flue-cured tobacco, 20 wt % to 30 wt % of dry ice expanded tobacco, and 10 wt % to 30 wt % of expanded stems based on the total weight,
- wherein the tobacco medium is obtained from Nicotiana tabacum L.,
- wherein the tobacco medium is a blend of leaf tobacco having a total nitrogen content of 0.05% to 1%, and
- wherein the tobacco medium has a nicotine content of 0.01% to 0.05%.
An ultra-low nicotine smoking article consisting of a medium part and a filter part,
- wherein the medium part is a tobacco medium consisting of 50% by weight (wt %) to 60 wt % of flue-cured tobacco, 20 wt % to 30 wt % of dry ice expanded tobacco, and 10 wt % to 30 wt % of expanded stems based on the total weight,
- wherein the tobacco medium is obtained from Nicotiana tabacum L.,
- wherein the tobacco medium is a blend of leaf tobacco having a total nitrogen content of 0.05% to 1%,
- wherein the tobacco medium has a nicotine content of 0.01% to 0.05%, and
- wherein tar and nicotine among smoke components in mainstream smoke of the smoking article have a content ratio of 80:1 to 400:1.
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