Philip Morris Inc.

Philip Morris Products Inc.

Robert N Ferguson

Gordon H Bokelman

Sheryl D Baldwin

Robert M Rogers

Barbro L Goodman

Susan S Tafur

Edward B Sanders

Jeffrey I Seeman

Henry V Secor

Charles R Howe

Barton Floyd

The sidestream smoke associated with a cigarette or cigarette-like smoking article is reduced by wrapping the tobacco in a paper wrapper having an additive, such as an organic acid, an acidic or neutral salt or an organic acid in combination with an acidic salt or neutral salt added thereto.

Wrapper for a smoking article

This invention provides novel organic acids which exhibit utility as liquid ion exchanges suitable for use in an invention solvent extraction process. Illustrative of an invention organic acid is a compound corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## where each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is a C.sub.3 -C.sub.16 branched alkyl group.

Extraction process using a novel organic acid as a liquid ion exchanger

The sidestream smoke associated with a cigarette or cigarette-like smoking article is reduced by wrapping the tobacco in a paper wrapper having a burn modifier, such as an acidic salt, added thereto. Preferably the paper wrapper has a high basis weight and low porosity.

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Richmond, VA, United States of America

Robert N Ferguson