Patent ID: 7647932

Claim:
A smoking article comprising: a lighting end and a mouth end; a smokable portion disposed at the lighting end, said smokable portion comprising a smokable material circumscribed by wrapping material; a mouth end piece disposed at the mouth end; and an aerosol-generation system disposed between the smokable portion and the mouth end piece, the aerosol-generation system including (i) a heat generation portion adjacent to the lighting end portion and including a heat source, and (ii) an aerosol-generation portion incorporating aerosol-forming material, the aerosol-generation portion being disposed between the heat generation portion and the mouth end; wherein the smokable portion is in a heat exchange relationship with the heat generation portion such that the smokable material is configured to, when ignited and at least partially burned, activate the heat source included by the heat generation portion; wherein the heat source includes a lighting end side that substantially faces toward the lighting end and faces substantially opposite the mouth end; and wherein the smokable portion extends distally past, and substantially covers, the lighting end side of the heat source.