Patent ID: 9603385
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A24B,A24C,A24D,A24F,B01J

Claim:
1. A method of reducing tar generated from tobacco combustion, pyrolysis or distillation in tobacco smoke, comprising: heating a tobacco-containing portion of a smoking article; and releasing diluents immobilized within porous immobilizing particles in the tobacco-containing portion of the smoking article by heating the diluents immobilized within the porous immobilizing particles, wherein the released diluent alters the composition of the total particulate matter (TPM) in the tobacco smoke, wherein the diluents immobilized within the porous immobilizing particles are sealed with a coating, and wherein the porous immobilizing particles comprise silica gels, molecular sieves, activated carbons, or combinations thereof.