Electrically Heated Cigarette Including Control-Release Flavoring
First Claim
1. An electrically heated cigarette for an electrical smoking system, comprising:
- a tobacco plug surrounded by an inner wrap;
at least one sorbent; and
a flavoring-release additive including at least one flavoring releasable in the electrically heated cigarette upon the flavoring-release additive being heated to at a minimum temperature of about 60°
C. to about 125°
C.,wherein the flavoring-release additive is located in a tobacco mat comprising a base web and a layer of tobacco material, andwherein the flavoring-release additive is further disposed on an inner wrap surrounding the tobacco plug and/or on an over wrap surrounding the tobacco mat.
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Abstract
Electrically heated cigarettes used in an electrical smoking system include a flavoring-release additive and sorbent effective to remove one or more gas-phase constituents of mainstream tobacco smoke. The flavoring-release additive includes at least one flavoring. The flavoring is released in the cigarette upon the flavoring-release additive reaching at least a minimum temperature during smoking. The flavoring-release additive can have various forms including, for example, beads, films and inclusion complexes. Electrical smoking systems including the electrically heated cigarettes, methods of making the cigarettes, and methods of smoking the cigarettes are also provided.
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46 Claims
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1. An electrically heated cigarette for an electrical smoking system, comprising:
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a tobacco plug surrounded by an inner wrap; at least one sorbent; and a flavoring-release additive including at least one flavoring releasable in the electrically heated cigarette upon the flavoring-release additive being heated to at a minimum temperature of about 60°
C. to about 125°
C.,wherein the flavoring-release additive is located in a tobacco mat comprising a base web and a layer of tobacco material, and wherein the flavoring-release additive is further disposed on an inner wrap surrounding the tobacco plug and/or on an over wrap surrounding the tobacco mat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46)
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3. (canceled)
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6-21. -21. (canceled)
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27. (canceled)
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33. An electrical smoking system, comprising:
- a lighter; and
at least one electrically heated cigarette including;
a tobacco plug having an inner wrap;
at least one sorbent; and
a flavoring-release additive including at least one flavoring which is releasable in the electrically heated cigarette upon the flavoring-release additive being heated to minimum temperature of about 60°
C. to about 125°
C.,wherein the flavoring-release additive is located in a tobacco mat comprising a base web and a layer of tobacco material; and wherein the flavoring-release additive is further disposed on the inner wrap surrounding the tobacco plug and/or on an over wrap surrounding the tobacco mat.
- a lighter; and
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34. An electrically heated cigarette, comprising:
- a tobacco plug having an inner wrap;
at least one sorbent; and
at least one flavoring-release additive in a form inclusion complex, each flavoring-release additive including at least one flavoring releasable in the electrically heated cigarette upon the flavoring-release additive being heated to minimum temperature of about 60°
C. to about 125°
C.wherein the flavoring-release additive is located in a tobacco mat comprising a base web and a layer of tobacco material; and wherein the flavoring-release additive is further disposed on the inner wrap surrounding the tobacco plug and/or on an over wrap surrounding the tobacco mat. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
- a tobacco plug having an inner wrap;
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35. (canceled)
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43-45. -45. (canceled)
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