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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2007
Jerry Wayne Marshall, Stokesdale, NC (US);
Susan Marlene Adams, Pine Hall, NC (US);
Dwayne William Beeson, Kernersville, NC (US);
Ernest L. Cerny, Iii, Clemmons, NC (US);
Keisha Renee Willingham, Rural Hall, NC (US);
Jerry Wayne Marshall, Stokesdale, NC (US);
Susan Marlene Adams, Pine Hall, NC (US);
Dwayne William Beeson, Kernersville, NC (US);
Ernest L. Cerny, III, Clemmons, NC (US);
Keisha Renee Willingham, Rural Hall, NC (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A cigarette is provided that includes a rod of smokable material circumscribed by an outer wrapping material and a filter element, which may include an adsorbent material such as activated carbon, attached to one end of the rod of smokable material. The smokable material includes at least about 5 percent by weight of a dark air-cured tobacco, based on the dry weight of the smokable material, blended with additional tobacco materials such as flue-cured tobacco, burley tobacco, Oriental tobacco, Maryland tobacco, and mixtures thereof.