Smoking product

A smoking product having a smoking quality closely approximating that of a cigarette having a conventional paper wrapper, which comprises:

• a tobacco filler rod, and
• a wrapper enclosing the tobacco filler rod,
• said wrapper comprising an inner binder layer and an outer wrapper layer of reconstituted tobacco sheet,
• said reconstituted tobacco sheet being formed by a paper-making process in which water-soluble material extracted in the sheet making process is not added back to the sheet unless in an amount which does not exceed about 20 wt % of the reconstituted sheet,
• said cigarette exhibiting a decrease in sidestream smoke production of about 30 to about 60% in comparison to a cigarette having the conventional cigarette wrapper.

A smoking product having a smoking quality closely approximating that of a cigarette having a conventional paper wrapper, comprising:

• an elongate cylinder comprised of tobacco, and
• a tobacco smoke filter at one end of the elongate cylinder,
• said elongate cylinder comprising a tobacco filler rod and a wrapper enclosing said elongate cylinder and comprising an inner binder layer and an outer wrapper layer,
• at least one of said inner binder layer and outer wrapper layer being formed of reconstituted tobacco sheet formed by a paper-making process in which water-soluble material extracted in the sheet-forming process is not added back to the sheet unless in an amount which does not exceed about 20 wt % of the reconstituted sheet,
• whereby said smoking product exhibits a decrease in sidestream tobacco smoke production of about 30 to about 60% in comparison to a cigarette having a conventional paper wrapper.

A smoking product, comprising:

• a tobacco filler rod enclosed within an inner binder layer and an outer wrapper layer of reconstituted tobacco sheet, wherein said outer wrapper layer has overlapping circumferential extremities which are adhered to each other along a longitudinal glue line parallel to the axis of the filler rod,
• said reconstituted tobacco sheet in said inner binder layer and outer wrapper layer having the following characteristics:
• (a) a porosity of at least about 50 Coresta units,
• (b) being formed by a paper-making process in which water-soluble material extracted in the sheet making process is not added back to the sheet unless in an amount which does not exceed about 20% of the reconstituted sheet, and
• (c) a content of conventional chalk-type filler of about 10 to about 20 wt %.

A smoking product having a smoking quality closely approximating that of a cigarette having a conventional paper wrapper and exhibiting a significant reduction in sidestream smoke production in comparison with a cigarette having a conventional paper wrapper, comprising:

• a tobacco filler rod enclosed within an inner binder layer and an outer wrapper layer of reconstituted tobacco sheet, wherein said outer wrapper layer has overlapping circumferential extremities which are adhered to each other along a longitudinal glue line parallel to the axis of the filler rod, and
• a tobacco smoke filter at one end of said tobacco filler rod, said tobacco filler rod comprising up to about 5 wt % of processed stem material and about 20 to about 25 wt % of expanded tobacco,
• said reconstituted tobacco sheet in said inner binder layer and outer wrapper layer having the following characteristics:
• (a) a porosity of at least about 50 Coresta units,
• (b) being formed by a paper-making process in which water-soluble material extracted in the sheet making process is not added back to the sheet unless in an amount which does not exceed about 20% of the reconstituted sheet, and
• (c) a content of conventional chalk-type filler of about 10 to about 20 wt %.