Patent ID: 9119418
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A24D

Abstract:
1. A smoking article comprising a rod of smokable material, a wrapper circumscribing said rod of smokable material and a patch of web material, said patch of web material comprising an adsorbent material and being positioned towards a mouth end of the smoking article, wherein the patch of web material is formed of a sheet having a perimeter which extends over only a portion of about 10 -80% of the length of the rod of smokable material, and over at least a portion of the circumference of the rod of smokable material, such that the web material adsorbs smoke constituents from air drawn into the smoking article in a manner which provides the smoking article with a flatter puff profile that is able to deliver a similar level of smoke constituents in both the first and last puffs, wherein said patch of web material does not comprise a flavourant therein.