Smoking material and process for making same
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1. A smoking material consisting of an open-structured substrate of cellulosic material having a crystallizable or semi-crystallizable coating including at least one sugar, the proportion of the coating to the weight of the smoking material being in the range of 50-95%.
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A smoking material consists of an open-structured cellulosic substrate having a crystallizable or semi-crystallizable coating that includes a sugar such as lactose or glucose or a mixture of lactose and glucose. The coating may be in the range of 50-95% of the weight of the smoking material, and the sugar may be 20-90% by weight of the coating.
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- 1. A smoking material consisting of an open-structured substrate of cellulosic material having a crystallizable or semi-crystallizable coating including at least one sugar, the proportion of the coating to the weight of the smoking material being in the range of 50-95%.
- 25. A process for making a smoking material comprising treating an open-structured cellulosic web with a crystallizable or semi-crystallizable preparation containing at least one sugar, drying the treated web, and subsequently storing the dried treated web until a spontaneous curing process which involves crystallization or semi-crystallization is substantially complete, the proportion of the treating material to the weight of the smoking material after curing being in the range of 50-95%.
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