Smoking article with encapsulated flavourant
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorsAnne Wyss-Peters, Yves Jordil, Charles Kuersteiner
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Abstract
A filter cigarette comprises a tobacco rod and a filter attached to the tobacco rod by a band of tipping paper. The surface of the band of tipping paper is coated with a solution of cells having at least one flavorant encapsulated therein. In use, when the filter cigarette is placed in the mouth of a consumer, moisture from the consumer's saliva causes the cells provided on the surface of the tipping paper to release the encapsulated flavorant. The cells are preferably yeast cells. The solution of cells may be applied to the band of tipping paper by gravure printing.
Claims10
A smoking article having a plurality of yeast cells provided on an outer surface of a mouth end portion thereof, the cells having at least one flavourant encapsulated therein.
A method of making a smoking article comprising:
- applying a solution of yeast cells in ethyl acetate to a tipping paper;
- and
- circumscribing at least a mouth end portion of a filter with the tipping paper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.