Salts provided from nicotine and organic acid as cigarette additives

A cigarette having nicotine levulinate incorporated therein as an additive.

A cigarette having incorporated therein as an additive at least one salt consisting of nicotine and an organic acid such that the ratio of FTC "tar" to FTC nicotine of the cigarette is less than about 7.

A cigarette having incorporated therein as an additive at least one salt consisting of nicotine and an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH of the mainstream aerosol provided during use of the cigarette.

Tobacco cut filler including a nicotine levulinate additive.

A cigarette having incorporated therein as additives (i) at least on salt consisting of nicotine and an organic acid, at least one of the salts having a molar ratio of nicotine to organic acid of 1:3, and (ii) nicotine.

A cigarette including smokable filler material and having incorporated therein as additives (i) nicotine and (ii) levulinic acid, wherein the nicotine and levulinic acid additives are incorporated in the cigarette such that the molar ratio of nicotine additive to levulinic acid additive is about 1:3, and such that the amount of nicotine and levulinic acid additives incorporated in the cigarette is graater than or equal oo about 3 percent, based on the weight of the nicotine additive, the levulinic acid additive and the filler material of the cigarette.

A smoking article having nicotine levulinate incorporated therein as an additive.

A cigarette having incorporated therein as additives (i) at least one salt wherein one said is nicotine levulinate, and (ii) nicotine.

Synthetically produced substantially pure nicotine levulinate.

The cigarette of calm 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 14, 18, 23, 24, 27, 31, 32 or 36 including smokable filler material wherein at least a portion of the smokable filler material is selected from burley tobacco, flue-cured tobacco, volume expanded tobacco and reconstituted tobacco.