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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2012
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cigarette includes a tobacco rod in which a tobacco filler containing cut tobacco is wrapped with a cigarette paper, the tobacco rod being constituted by a distal end portion, a proximal end portion and a center portion, and a filter, the proximal end portion being connected to the filter. The distal end portion includes a volatile flavor-containing material incorporated in a gel of a polysaccharide, the center portion includes or does not include the volatile flavor-containing material, the proximal end portion includes or does not include the volatile flavor-containing material, and there is no case where both the center portion and the proximal end portion include the volatile flavor-containing material.