Patent ID: 8807140

Claim:
An electronic cigarette having: a conduit that extends the entire length of the electronic cigarette; a single outer wrapper coupled to the conduit and adapted to cover the entire length of the conduit, wherein the outer wrapper comprises paper having: a first portion configured to simulate cigarette paper wrapped about a tobacco rod portion of a traditional cigarette; a second portion configured to simulate a filter portion of a traditional cigarette; an overlap portion located along the entire length of an inner surface of the outer wrapper and adjacent to the first portion and second portion; a texture layer coupled to an entire inner surface of only the first portion of the outer wrapper, wherein the texture layer comprises a layer of particulate; and a laminate layer coupled to an entire outer surface of only the second portion of the outer wrapper; wherein the texture layer and the first portion of the outer wrapper together are configured to provide a surface of the electronic cigarette device that is non-smooth to the touch and that simulates a surface of a tobacco rod in a tobacco cigarette; and wherein the first portion of the outer wrapper and the texture layer have a combined thickness that is equal to a combined thickness of the second portion of the outer wrapper and the laminate layer.