Starch-based adhesive
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1. In a cigarette characterized by a rod of an amount of tobacco wrapped in a paper tube, the paper tube being glued along a longitudinal edge with an adhesive, the improvement comprising the use as the additive of an adhesive composition devoid of alkali and comprising a dispersible unmodified starch that heat thickens on heating to a temperature greater than about 50°
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The present invention relates to a starch-based adhesive composition for use in cigarette manufacture. The adhesive composition includes at least about 2 percent of a dispersible starch that thickens on heating to a temperature greater than about 50° C.
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- 1. In a cigarette characterized by a rod of an amount of tobacco wrapped in a paper tube, the paper tube being glued along a longitudinal edge with an adhesive, the improvement comprising the use as the additive of an adhesive composition devoid of alkali and comprising a dispersible unmodified starch that heat thickens on heating to a temperature greater than about 50°
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