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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2020
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Steven Lee Alderman, Lewisville, NC (US);
Leigh Ann Blevins Joyce, Lewisville, NC (US);
Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US);
Kenneth Allen Beard, Lexington, NC (US);
Timothy Brian Nestor, Advance, NC (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The invention provides an article, such as an aerosol-generating smoking article that does not combust tobacco, that includes a tobacco rod and a filter element connected to the tobacco rod, the filter element having an end proximal to the tobacco rod and an end distal from the tobacco rod, wherein the filter element includes a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material, and further includes a smoke-altering flavorant.