(19)
(11) EP 0 419 974 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.08.1991 Bulletin 1991/32

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.04.1991 Bulletin 1991/14

(21) Application number: 90117776.6

(22) Date of filing: 15.09.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A24B 15/16, A24B 15/42, A24D 1/18, A24F 47/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 29.09.1989 US 414833
15.08.1990 US 567519

(71) Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
Winston-Salem North Carolina 27102 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Jakob, Stephen Walter
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104 (US)
  • Shannon, Michael David
    Lewisville, North Carolina 27023 (US)
  • Furin, Olivia Dawn
    Clemmons, North Carolina 27012 (US)
  • Bernasek, Paul Fischer
    Lexington, North Carolina 27292 (US)
  • Blakley, Richard Lee
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106 (US)
  • Brooks, Johnny Lee
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103 (US)
  • Womble, Karen Marie
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104 (US)
  • Shelar, Gary Roger
    Greensboro, North Carolina 27410 (US)
  • Resce, James Lee
    Yadkinville, North Carolina 27055 (US)
  • Gentry, Jeffery Scott
    Pfafftown, North Carolina 27040 (US)
  • Lehman, Richard Long
    Belle Mead, New Jersey 08502 (US)
  • Hayden, Rhonda Fae
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103 (US)
  • Norman, Alan Benson
    Clemmons, North Carolina 27012 (US)
  • Perfetti, Thomas Albert
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103 (US)

(74) Representative: Hoeger, Stellrecht & Partner 
Uhlandstrasse 14 c
70182 Stuttgart
70182 Stuttgart (DE)


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    (54) Cigarette and smokable filler material therefor


    (57) A smokable filler material (20) includes an aerosol forming material (e.g., glycerin) and a binding agent. Tobacco extracts and/or pieces of tobacco laminae can be incorporated into the smokable filler material, and/or the smokable filler material can be blended with tobacco cut filler. The amount of aerosol forming material within the smokable filler material typically is at least about 20 percent, based on the weight of that smokable filler material. Cigarettes are provided by wrapping the smokable filler material in a paper wrapping material (25). A typical paper wrapping material has a porosity of less than about 5 CORESTA units.







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