Lightweight Separating Base Paper

Smoking article comprising a smokable material, which is capable of generating an aerosol upon combustion or heating, wherein the smokable material is wrapped with a paper serving as a wrapping material, said paper having a basis weight of at least 25 g/m2 and at most 40 g/m2, and is coated with a density of a at least 0.90 g/cm3 and at most 1.15 g/cm3, wherein the release base paper comprises at least 50% by weight softwood pulp and is coated on at least one side with at least two coatings,

• wherein the first coating is located between the paper surface and the second coating,
• wherein the second coating is the topmost coating and comprises a water-soluble film-forming polymer, nano-fibrillated cellulose, micro-fibrillated cellulose or nano-crystalline cellulose, and wherein the Cobb Unger (120 s) value for the surface with said first and second coating is at least 0.01 g/m2 and at most 0.90 g/m2.