British-American Tobacco Company Limited

Frederick J Dashley

Colin Campbell Greig

Richard R Baker

Anthony D McCormack

David John Dittrich

Smoking articles comprise a smoking material rod wrapped with a paper wrapper including aluminum hydroxide and an organic acid salt of a group I or II metal. The article exhibits at least 30% reductions in visible sidestream smoke when lit.

Smoking articles

A smoking article such as a cigarette comprising a smoking-material rod enwrapped in a wrapper paper with an inherent air permeability of 3 to 45 Coresta units and comprising at least one hydroxide compound and at least one organic compound of the group comprising lithium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, potassium formate, sodium formate and sodium acetate, at a total loading level of the compounds of not less than two g/m.sup.2 whereby the total particulate matter (TPM) in the side-stream-smoke emanating from the lit end of said article during the smoking thereof is reduced by at least 30% in relation to the TPM which emanates from the lit end of an otherwise identical smoking article comprising conventional wrapper paper and smoked under the same smoking conditions.

The smoking articles, such as cigarettes, comprise smoking material wrapped in a low side stream wrapper paper incorporating or being coated with a stain resist substance, such as EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate).

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Frederick J Dashley