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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1988
Tilford F Riehl, Louisville, KY (US);
Robert R Johnson, Louisville, KY (US);
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A smoking article includes a tobacco column with a gas impermeable tube concentrically located in the tobacco column. The tube is filled with a granular material which is coated with an aerosolizing material. A first chamber is located at one end of the tobacco column with its inlet end in gas flow communication only with the tube, a tobacco rod is located with its inlet end at the discharge end of the first channel, and a second chamber is located in gas flow communication with the discharge end of the tobacco rod. The discharge end of the second chamber is open for discharging gas into the smoker's mouth.