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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Anthony Luke, Southampton, GB;
Philip John Kinnard, Southampton, GB;
Assignee:
British-American Tobacco Company Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131349 ; 131351 ; 131360 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a smoking article having reduced sidestream smoke in the inter-puff period. A smoking article according to the invention may comprise a lengthwise, axially extending, tobacco-containing or non-tobacco fuse portion which sustains smoulder in the inter-puff period when surrounding tobacco material is substantially extinguished and which re-ignites the extinguished material on puffing of the smoking articles.