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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Products, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Andries Don Sebastian, Clemmons, NC (US);
Lisa Brown, Lexington, NC (US);
Frank Kelley St. Charles, Lewisville, NC (US);
Ercilia B. Hernandez Garcia, Cary, NC (US);
Pankaj C. Patel, Clemmons, NC (US);
Craig T. Demarest, Oak Ridge, NC (US);
Daniel V. Cantrell, Lewisville, NC (US);
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO PRODUCTS, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is a humidity control insert for packages such as cigarette packs. The humidity control insert comprises a porous nonwoven fibrous substrate and a hygroscopic powder material dispersed within the porous nonwoven fibrous substrate. Further provided is a package, such as a cigarette pack, comprising the humidity control insert, wherein the humidity control insert is adapted to release moisture retained therein into an internal air space of the cigarette pack.