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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Vladimir Hampl, Jr., Roswell, GA (US);
Alice Gu, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Kerry Mahone, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Vladimir Hampl, Jr., Roswell, GA (US);
Alice Gu, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Kerry Mahone, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to smoking articles having reduced carbon monoxide delivery are described. A carbon monoxide reducing agent is incorporated into the smoking article in order to reduce carbon monoxide levels in mainstream smoke. The carbon monoxide reducing agent may be, for instance, in metal oxide or in metal carbonate. The carbon monoxide reducing agent may be incorporated into a wrapper and/or into a column of smokable filler that are used to construct the smoking article.