Philip Morris Products S.a.

Benoit Mivelaz

Clement Besso

Patrick Charles Silvestrini

Stefan Lauenstein

Marie Farine

Aurelien Guyard

Sebastien Lanaspeze

Felix Frauendorfer

Jagoda Kuc

Christel Raphoz

Steve Tzimoulis

Matteo Biasioli

A method of producing a liquid tobacco extract is provided, the method including the steps of: preparing a tobacco starting material including natural tobacco material such that during the step of preparing the tobacco starting material, the tobacco is not subjected to any treatment adapted to alter the pH of the tobacco; heating the tobacco starting material in a flow of inert gas at an extraction temperature of between 125 degrees Celsius and 160 degrees Celsius for between 90 minutes and 270 minutes; collecting volatile compounds released from the natural tobacco starting material during the heating step; and forming a liquid tobacco extract comprising the collected volatile compounds.

Method of producing a liquid tobacco extract

A smoking article tube includes an elongated tube having a mouthpiece segment at a first end and an empty smokable material cavity defined by a second end of the elongated tube opposing the first end. A hydrophobic tube region includes hydrophobic groups covalently bonded to the elongated tube.

Hydrophobic smoking article tube

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Sion, Switzerland

Benoit Mivelaz