R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Matthew E Lampe

Michael F Davis

Billy Tyrone Conner

Pankaj C Patel

Evon Llewellyn Crooks

John-Paul Mua

Nicholas Harrison Watson

Dwayne William Beeson

Karen W Wallace

Samantha S White

Karter R Yutzy

Ronald Keith Hutchens

Cynthia Stewart Stokes

Luis Monsalud

Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra

Timothy Franklin Tilley

Paul G Hoertz

Yan Pu

Donna Walker Duggins

Jeffrey A Willis

Darrell D Williams

Steven D Flynn

Karen Womble Wallace

Stephen Cole

The present invention relates to a method of making a flavored menthol-containing solid object, which can be used as an input material for hot melt application to a smoking article component. The method generally includes the steps of combining and heating menthol and a flavorant to give a molten mixture; depositing the molten mixture onto a surface; allowing the deposited molten mixture to cool to give a solidified mixture; and removing the solidified mixture from the surface to afford a flavored menthol-containing solid object. The method can further involve melting the solid object and applying the melted material to a smoking article component to modify the flavor/aroma profile of a smoking article into which the coated component is incorporated.

Flavored menthol-containing objects for application to smoking article components

A container is provided that includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a body portion configured to engage the top cover and the bottom cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, wherein the body portion includes an intermediate wall that divides the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment, and a spittoon disposed within the second compartment.

Container with a spittoon

A smokeless tobacco gel product is providing, including a tobacco material in an amount of at least about 0.01 weight percent, based on the total weight of the smokeless tobacco gel product; at least about 50 percent by weight of one or more sugar alcohols; a humectant in an amount of at least about 0.1 weight percent; and water in an amount of at least about 10 weight percent. The tobacco material (e.g., particulate tobacco or a tobacco extract such as tobacco-derived nicotine) can be present in an amount of about 0.1 to about 10 weight percent. The humectant amount can be varied to vary the properties of the gel product, with more paste-like consistency achieved with a humectant amount of at least about 7 weight percent, and more syrup-like consistency achieved with a humectant amount of less than about 6 weight percent.

Tobacco-containing gel composition

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Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

Matthew E Lampe