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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mohammad R. Hajaligol, Midlothian, VA (US);
A. Clifton Lilly, Jr., Chesterfield, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 1/510 ; A24B 1/512 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 1/510 ; A24B 1/512 ;
Abstract
A tobacco smoking mixture is provided that includes tobacco and at least one inorganic particulate material. The at least one inorganic particulate material is effective to reduce the temperature of a burning portion of the tobacco smoking mixture upon combustion/pyrolysis thereof. The at least one inorganic particulate material can be an inorganic carbonate, an inorganic hydrate, an inorganic oxide, an inorganic phosphate, a carbon material or combinations thereof.