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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1989
Thomas A Perfetti, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Gary W Worrell, Tobaccoville, NC (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a smoking article having a fuel element, a physically separate aerosol generating means, a mouthend piece, and improved means for delivering one or more flavorants to the user which comprises a carbon filled sheet material longitudinally disposed behind the aerosol generating means in a non-burning portion of the smoking article which carries or otherwise contains one or more flavorants. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a carbon filled sheet of tobacco employed as at least as a portion of the mouthend piece of such articles to carry flavorants, particularly highly volatile flavorants like menthol.