Abstract:
A smoking article such as a cigarette (10) comprises a tobacco rod (12) and a filter component (14) having a cavity (22) filled with spherical beaded carbon (24). As mainstream tobacco smoke is drawn through the filter component (14), targeted gas phase smoke constituents are removed as the smoke passes through the carbon (24). During the filter manufacturing process, the spherical beaded carbon (24) flows like a liquid and substantially completely fills the cavity (22). Point-to-point contact between the spherical beads (24) together with substantially complete filling of the cavity (22) produces minimal channeling of ambulatory gas phase as well as maximum contact between the gas phase and the carbon surface of the spherical beads (24) during smoking.
Abstract:
A cigarette (30) includes an ignition element (36) in contact with tobacco (40, 42), surrounded by a composite outer wrapper (38). The outer wrapper (38) is impervious to oxygen causing the tobacco (40, 42) to extinguish between puffs. The ignition element (36), however, has a longer static burn time than the tobacco (40, 42) and remains smoldering between puffs. Upon a subsequent puff, the smoldering ignition element (36) reignites the tobacco (40, 42). One or more initially occluded perforations (34) in the outer layer (38) maintain the uniformity in combustion of the tobacco (40, 42) and the ignition element (36).
Abstract:
A smoking article composition and a method of making a smoking article composition comprising tobacco cut filler, cigarette paper and/or cigarette filter material further comprising a catalyst capable of converting carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide, wherein the catalyst comprises nanoscale catalyst particles dispersed within a porous aluminosilicate matrix. The catalyst can be formed by combining nanoscale catalyst particles or a metal precursor solution thereof with an aluminasilica sol mixture to form a slurry, gelling the slurry to form the co-gel, heating the co-gel to form a catalyst comprising nanoscale catalyst particles dispersed within a porous aluminosilicate matrix. The catalyst can be incorporated in tobacco cut filler, cigarette paper and/or cigarette filter material by spraying, dusting and/or immersion.
Abstract:
A filter includes at least two monolithic sorbent segments and a mixing segment between the two monolithic sorbent segments. The monolithic sorbent segments comprise porous sorbent materials that are capable of selectively removing one or more selected gaseous constituents from a gas flow. The filter can be incorporated in a smoking article, such as a cigarette, to remove one or more selected constituents from mainstream smoke. Methods for making the filter and smoking articles including the filter, as well as methods for smoking a cigarette comprising the filter, are also provided.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a tobacco smoking article wrapper which selectively reduces the content of gaseous components in the smoke delivered during the use of the smoking article. The gaseous components can be low molecular weight aldehydes in the smoke produced during combustion/pyrolysis of the smoking article. The wrapper can comprise cigarette paper having an ammonium-containing compound filler therein for reducing the aldehyde content in the smoke. The ammonium-containing compound filler evolves ammonia upon combustion/pyrolysis of the smoking article which can chemically react with aldehydes in tobacco smoke and/or modify the combustion/pyrolysis reactions thereby reducing the initial formation of aldehydes to selectively reduce such aldehydes from the smoke inhaled by a smoker. The ammonium-containing compound can be magnesium ammonium phosphate used alone or in combination with one or more other fillers such as calcium carbonate.
Abstract:
Cigarettes are provided which contain a filtering system (180) and flavorants encapsulated with polyvinyl acetate (150), wherein deactivation of a sorbent by the flavorant is reduced through the encapsulation of the flavorant within the polyvinyl acetate. A preferred flavorant is menthol. The encapsulated flavorants are prepared by mixing at least one flavorant with polyvinyl acetate and a solvent, such as ethanol, and forming the encapsulated flavorants. Methods of making cigarettes and smoking the articles are also provided.
Abstract:
A surface-modified activated carbon is provided to reduce the amount of free fine carbon particles among the activated carbon. By surface-modifying the activated carbon with a layer, the activated carbon can have increased mechanical strength and the fine carbon particles among the activated carbon can be fastened to the layer. Therefore, the layer allows for the level of free fine carbon particles among the activated carbon to be reduced. Surface-modified activated carbon can be used in smoking articles so as to allow for adsorption by the activated carbon with reduced free fine carbon particles in the smoking article and the smoke produced.
Abstract:
Delivery of additives in a smoking article (200) is provided through thermally degradable, robust immobilized additive inserts (100). Additives can be immobilized in an elongated device (110) or an insert, wherein the elongated device (110) or the insert is sufficiently robust to allow the elongated device (110) or the insert to be manually or machine inserted into a smoking article (200) while maintaining the structure of the elongated device (110) or the insert. By providing additives in the form of thermally degradable immobilized additive inserts (100), migration and/or loss of the additives in a smoking article (200) prior to smoking can be reduced.