Abstract: A papermaking agent exhibiting an excellent freeness and paper strength effect with little increase in viscosity after long-term storage. A papermaking agent including a (meth)acrylamide polymer containing two or more starches (a1) selected from the group consisting of unmodified starch, oxidized starch, esterified starch, etherified starch, amidated starch, cationic starch, amphoteric starch and crosslinked starch, a (meth)acrylamide (a2), a polymerizable monomer having an amino group (a3), a polymerizable monomer having a carboxy group (a4) and a polymerizable monomer having a sulfonate group (a5) as essential constituent components.

Abstract: A device for burning smoking material and inhaling the resulting smoke is disclosed. The device can include a tubular member formed from a dried leaf having an internal elongated cavity extending from an open end to a closed end. The elongated cavity can be configured to receive a smoking material. The smoking accessory can include a filter disposed within dried leaf and defining the closed end. The filter can have a recess formed in a surface of the cylindrical body along a curved face extending from the first end to the second end, the recess extending radially into the cylindrical body. The smoking accessory can include a capsule containing a flavoring agent disposed within the recess.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a solventless method of producing coated botanical substrates by (i) uniformly coating a known exact amount of an active ingredient on the botanical substrates until the ingredient is substantially adsorbed to the surface of the botanical substrate to produce a homogeneous primary coating of the ingredient on the botanical substrates, and optionally (ii) substantially incorporating a flavoring agent with the surface of the plurality of botanical substrates coated with the ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention describes articles, such as smoking articles, that can provide an inhalable substance in a form suitable for inhalation by a consumer. The article comprises a cartridge with an inhalable substance medium therein, control housing that includes an electrical energy source and an electrical power source, and a heating member that may be located in either the cartridge or the control housing. The control housing further may include puff-actuated current actuation components and current regulation components.

Abstract: A paper well suited for use as a wrapper in heat but not burn sticks is disclosed. The paper includes a base web made from cellulosic fibers combined with a flame retardant filler and/or can include a coating formed from a reduced ignition composition.

Abstract: A germ-repellent paper product contains a paper substrate and a germ-repellent overprint varnish. The germ-repellent overprint varnish contains a varnish and a germ-repellent agent. The germ-repellent overprint varnish is coated onto the paper substrate to form a germ-repellent paper product. A method for manufacturing such a germ-repellent paper product is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for use as a water pipe configured to be disassembled and assembled.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generation device that suppresses the effect that errors in the production of structural elements have on the accuracy with which shortage of an aerosol source is detected. An aerosol generation device that comprises: a power source; a load that has a temperature-variable electrical resistance value and atomizes an aerosol source by generating heat due to supply of power from the power source; a first circuit that is used for the load to atomize the aerosol source; a second circuit that is connected in parallel to the first circuit, has a higher electrical resistance value than the first circuit, and is used to detect voltage that changes as a result of changes in the temperature of the load; an acquisition part that acquires the value of voltage that is applied to the second circuit and the load; and sensors that output the value of the voltage that changes as a result of changes in the temperature of the load.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing; a cavity to receive an aerosol-generating article; an aperture at least partially defined by the housing and disposed at an end of the cavity for insertion of the article through the aperture; a cover element to move relative to the housing between a closed position and an open position; a sensor to provide an electrical signal indicative of a position of the cover element with respect to the aperture and including an optical sensor; and an indicator element to move relative to the sensor when the cover element is moved between the closed and the open positions and including an optical surface, the signal being determined by a position of the indicator element relative to the sensor, and the optical surface being configured to move relative to the optical sensor when the cover element moves between the closed and the open positions.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generation device that suppresses the effect that errors in the production of structural elements have on the accuracy with which shortage of an aerosol source is detected. An aerosol generation device that comprises: a power source 110; a load 132 that has a temperature-variable electrical resistance value and atomizes an aerosol source by generating heat due to supply of power from the power source 110; a first circuit 202 that is used for the load 132 to atomize the aerosol source; a second circuit 204 that is connected in parallel to the first circuit 202, has a higher electrical resistance value than the first circuit 202, and is used to detect voltage that changes as a result of changes in the temperature of the load 132; an acquisition part that acquires the value of voltage that is applied to the second circuit 204 and the load 132; and sensors 112B, 112D that output the value of the voltage that changes as a result of changes in the temperature of the load 132.

Abstract: An inductive heating assembly is provided for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-forming liquid, the assembly including: a ring-shaped liquid retention element configured to hold and to transport the aerosol-forming liquid; and a ring-shaped susceptor element coaxially arranged at an axial end face of the ring-shaped liquid retention element and being configured to heat the aerosol-forming liquid within the ring-shaped liquid retention element, the ring-shaped susceptor element including an inductively heatable susceptor material exclusively confined within an inner ring portion having an outer radial extension of at most 50 percent of an outer radial extension of the ring-shaped liquid retention element. An aerosol-generating article including the inductive heating assembly is also provided.

Abstract: The smoking material rolling paper is a containment structure. The smoking material rolling paper is configured for use with a smoking material. The smoking material is defined elsewhere in this disclosure. The smoking material rolling paper contains the smoking material in preparation for consumption. The smoking material rolling paper comprises a sheeting structure, a pocket structure, and an adhesive coating. The adhesive coating is applied to the sheeting structure. The pocket structure is formed in the sheeting structure. The adhesive coating holds the sheeting structure in a closed position that fully contains the smoking material within the smoking material rolling paper.

Abstract: A refining member including a refining body with a refining surface including first and second refiner bars separated by first and second refiner grooves. The first and second refiner bars extend from respective first and second radially inward positions to respective first and second radially outward positions. The first and second refiner bars have a respective first and second height extending upward from a floor of a respective, adjacent first or second refiner groove. The second height is a minimum height of the second refiner bars and is spaced apart from the second radially inward position, with the second height being at least about 0.35 mm less than the first height. The first refiner bars are adapted to refine wood fibers and the second refiner bars are adapted to break up fiber bundles.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed an aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol through microwaves, the device including a microwave heater generating microwaves; a microwave cavity located in the aerosol-generating device, configured to accommodate a cigarette containing an aerosol-generating substrate, and including at least one outlet for passing an aerosol generated from the cigarette heated by the generated microwaves; and a microwave antenna located outside the microwave cavity and configured to transmit the generated microwaves to a predetermined effective area range in the microwave cavity.

Abstract: A wrapping material for a smoking article is formed from a web that includes extracted pieces of cannabis combined with web building fibers. The web has a basis weight of from about 20 gsm to about 80 gsm and a permeability of from about 10 Coresta to about 100 Coresta. The wrapping material has a natural cannabis smell and taste. The wrapping material is tobacco and nicotine free and can be used as a carrier for flavorings or aerosol delivery compositions.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a first body of aerosol forming material, a first tubular member surrounding the first body of aerosol forming material which is inductively heatable in the presence of a time varying electromagnetic field, a second body of aerosol forming material surrounding the first tubular member and a second tubular member surrounding the second body of aerosol forming material. The second body of aerosol forming material includes at least one sheet of aerosol forming material wrapped around the first tubular member and/or the second body of aerosol forming material includes foam material and/or at least part of the second body of aerosol forming material is adhered to the first tubular member and/or the second tubular member. Methods for manufacturing aerosol generating articles are also described.

Abstract: In various embodiments of the present disclosure, vaporizable alkaloid compositions are described that are capable of forming an inhalable vapor when dispensed from an electronic device such as an e-cigarette. The compositions herein comprise a substituted pyridine compound in combination with a chemosensory irritant, which in certain examples comprises a spice additive having a spiciness of from about 1,000 to about 20,000,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). A series of vaporizable alkaloid compositions having decreasing (w/v) amounts of substituted pyridine compound are provided as part of a smoking cessation program.

Abstract: A refining member comprising a refining body with a refining surface comprising first and second refiner bars separated by first and second refiner grooves, respectively. The first refiner bars extend from a radially inward position to a first radially outward position. The second refiner bars extend to a second radially outward position that is nearer to an outermost part of the refining body than the first radially outward position. The second refiner bars have a longitudinal length from about 0.6 cm to about 10 cm. The first and second refiner bars have a respective first and second maximum height extending upward from a floor of a respective, adjacent first or second refiner groove. The second maximum height is at least 0.35 mm less than the first maximum height. The first refiner bars are adapted to refine wood fibers and the second refiner bars are adapted to break up fiber bundles.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a technique that enables a status of a battery in a smoking substitute device to be monitored through a portable communication terminal (e.g. mobile phone). The smoking substitute device is configured to communicate wirelessly with the portable communication terminal, e.g. via a wireless personal area network, to transmit status information concerning the battery. The status information is processed either locally or in the cloud to provide feedback or other notifications to a user of the device. Usage data may also be transmitted, whereby the battery status can be expressed in terms of a predicted remaining usage, e.g. predicted number of remaining activation events.

Abstract: A structured rolled sanitary tissue product having at least two plies, wherein the structured rolled sanitary tissue product has a crumple resistance of less than 30 grams force, a caliper of at least 450 microns/ply, and a bulk softness (TS7) of 10 or less.