Patent ID: 6779530
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A24C,A24D,Y10T

Abstract:
A smoking article having reduced ignition proclivity characteristics comprising:a column comprising a smokable tobacco; and a paper wrapper surrounding the column of the smokable tobacco, the paper wrapper including discrete areas treated with a film-forming composition, the treated areas being separated by untreated areas, the treated areas having a permeability within a range sufficient to reduce ignition proclivity, the film-forming composition applied to the paper wrapper comprising a film-forming material contained in a solution in an amount sufficient for the solution to have a solids content of at least 6% by weight, the film-forming material having a viscosity of less than about 500 cP when present in a 3% by weight solution at 25Â° C., the film-forming material comprising an alginate.