Patent ID: 6202651
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A24D

Abstract:
A smoking article comprising a rod of combustible material wrapped in a wrapper, which rod is provided with an inter-puff region capable of maintaining smoulder in an inter-puff period of time between puffs whilst adjacent material is extinguished, the inter-puff region comprising a fuse portion which extends substantially along the full length of said rod of combustible material and said fuse portion comprising tobacco-containing material comprised of tobacco material and one or more non-tobacco materials selected from the group consisting of binders; inorganic fillers, and one or more materials selected from the group consisting of carbon, carbonized material and activated carbon wherein the amount of carbon is about 30% by weight of each inter-puff region; chemical additives which decompose on heating to release oxygen; and compounds which release volatile substances, said region being capable of re-igniting adjacent smoking material when the article is drawn upon in a puff.