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Tobacco-containing smoking article

  • US 10,219,548 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2018
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrically-powered, aerosol-generating smoking article having a mouth end and an end distal to the mouth end, the smoking article comprising:

  • a battery at the distal end;

    a mouthpiece at the mouth end through which air can be drawn from by a user of the smoking article;

    a sensor adapted to sense draw through the mouthpiece by the user;

    a cartridge near the mouth end comprising a storage of an aerosol-forming material;

    a resistance heater powered by the battery, wherein current flows through the resistance heater in response to the sensor sensing draw through the mouthpiece by the user;

    an absorbent wicking material adjacent the storage through which the aerosol-forming material can be wicked to the resistance heater and heated to be volatilized and produce an aerosol in response to the draw by the user; and

    an air passageway through which the aerosol heated by the resistance heater passes through the cartridge and out of the mouthpiece.

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