R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Susan Marlene Adams

Jerry Wayne Marshall

Michael Francis Dube

Dwayne William Beeson

Darlene Madeline Lawson

Ernest L Cerny, Iii

Keisha Renee Willingham

A method of curing tobacco. The method comprises the steps of contacting a tobacco material with a curing additive comprising one or more salts and curing the tobacco material under conditions and temperature for a time sufficient to produce cured tobacco wherein the amount of the one or more salts contacted with the tobacco is at least 5 percent of the dry weight of the cured tobacco.

Tobacco products and processes

A cigarette is provided that includes a rod of smokable material circumscribed by an outer wrapping material and a filter element, which may include an adsorbent material such as activated carbon, attached to one end of the rod of smokable material. The smokable material includes at least about 5 percent by weight of a dark air-cured tobacco, based on the dry weight of the smokable material, blended with additional tobacco materials such as flue-cured tobacco, burley tobacco, Oriental tobacco, Maryland tobacco, and mixtures thereof.

Cigarette comprising dark air-cured tobacco

Growing community of inventors

Pine Hall, NC, United States of America

Susan Marlene Adams