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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Jean-marc Renaud, Peseux, CH;
Jean-jacques Pladé, Hauterive, CH;
Jacques Zuber, Vétroz, CH;
Fabien Zuchuat, Sion, CH;
Anu Ajithkumar, Neuchâtel, CH;
Samuel Bonnely, Cormondréche, CH;
Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg, Neuchâtel, CH;
Jean-Marc Renaud, Peseux, CH;
Jean-Jacques Pladé, Hauterive, CH;
Jacques Zuber, Vétroz, CH;
Fabien Zuchuat, Sion, CH;
Anu Ajithkumar, Neuchâtel, CH;
Samuel Bonnely, Cormondréche, CH;
Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg, Neuchâtel, CH;
Phillip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
Strands of homogenized tobacco material include at least one aerosol former, An aerosol-generating substrate includes a plurality of those strands of homogenized tobacco material. A smoking article may further include the aerosol-generating substrate. Those strands of homogenized tobacco material preferably have a mass-to-surface-area ratio of at least about 0.09 mg/mmand an aerosol former content of between about 12% and about 25% by weight.