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AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorsJohn Lawson Beven, David John Dittrich, Colin Campbell Greig, Richard Geoffrey Hook, Kevin Gerard McAdam, Rosemary Elizabeth O'Reilly
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The invention relates to a smoking article (1) having a high proportion of non-combustible, inorganic material and a relatively low level of visible sidestream. The smoking article includes a substantially non-combustible, wrapper (5) which extends along the full length of the smoking material rod and enwraps a combustible fuel source (6) and aerosol generator (7), both of which extend substantially along the length of the smoking material rod. Various suitable fuel source systems and aerosol generating systems are described. The article has a visible burn line which advances along the article and produces an ash which can be removed by the smoker in the normal way.
A smoking article comprising a substantially non-combustible smoking article wrapper enwrapping a smoking material rod, said wrapper being comprised of predominantly non-combustible, particulate, inorganic filler material, a binder, optionally a plasticiser, wherein the wrapper is free of cellulosic fibre material, said inorganic filler material being at least 65% by weight of said wrapper and the binder is an organic binder selected from one or more of the group consisting of cellulose derivatives, cellulose ethers, alginic binders, gums, gels, pectins and starches.
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