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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2003
David John Dittrich, Southampton, GB;
Joseph Peter Sutton, Southampton, GB;
Steven Coburn, Southampton, GB;
James N Figlar, Clemmons, NC (US);
David John Dittrich, Southampton, GB;
Joseph Peter Sutton, Southampton, GB;
Steven Coburn, Southampton, GB;
James N Figlar, Clemmons, NC (US);
British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to a smoking article incorporating a smoking material comprising three main components, namely a non-combustible inorganic filler, an alginic binder and aerosol generating means. The smoking material is combined with tobacco material, which may be treated with additional humectant, to provide a smoking article that has an aerosol transfer efficiency ratio of greater than 4.0.