Abstract: A smoking article is provided, including: a combustible heat source having front and rear ends; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the rear end; an outer wrapper circumscribing the substrate and at least a rear portion of the heat source; one or more airflow pathways along which air may be drawn through the article for inhalation; one or more third air inlets downstream of the substrate for drawing air into the airflow pathways; and an airflow directing element downstream of the substrate, the third air inlets being provided between a downstream end of the substrate and a downstream end of the airflow directing element, the airflow pathways include an airflow pathway extending between the third air inlets and a mouth end of the article, and the heat source being isolated from the pathways such that air drawn through the article along the pathways does not directly contact the heat source.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an electronic cigarette with improved aerosol delivery characteristics. For example, an electronic cigarette consistent with the present disclosure may include a wick capable of enhanced delivery of electronic cigarette juice to a heating element. In particular, the wick may be a stainless-steel, wire mesh. In some specific embodiments, the wick may be coated to improve its electrically insulative characteristics.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a smoking article that contains, as members, at least a tobacco rod, a cooling segment, and a filter segment and in which a low-stiffness member L and a high-stiffness member H are adjacent to each other, the method includes (A) placing an adhesive on either surface of a tipping paper to form each portion of a high adhesive weight and a low adhesive weight per unit area after solidification, where the portion of a high adhesive weight is provided in a region for wrapping the member L; and (B) preparing a composite segment that contains at least the tobacco rod, the cooling segment, and the filter segment and wrapping the composite segment in the tipping paper.

Abstract: A modular apparatus is configured to cause received rods of smokable material to undergo a first sequence of operations. The modular apparatus can be reconfigured so as to cause received rods of smokable material to undergo a second sequence of operations, different to the first sequence of operations. The first and second sequences of operations respectively form at least part of first and second processes for assembling smoking articles, each smoking article comprising one of said rods of smokable material, which is smoked in use.

Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device comprises a body and a vaporizer. The body comprises a power cell and a processor, and the vaporizer is releasably connectable to the body. The processor is configured to enter a sleep mode when the vaporizer is connected to the body and the device is inactive for an inactive time. Furthermore, the processor is configured to leave the sleep mode and enter a usable mode when the vaporizer is disconnected from the body then reconnected to the body.

Abstract: An atomizer includes an e-liquid tank. The e-liquid tank includes an e-liquid chamber and an air vent communicating with the e-liquid chamber.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a battery, a heater for heating an aerosol generating material, a voltage converter, and a controller. An aerosol generating device is provided with a voltage converter that is arranged between a battery and a heater, and converts a voltage applied from the battery to a constant voltage to output a preset fixed voltage that is applied to the heater. A controller controls electric power supplied to the heater such that the preset fixed voltage is applied to the heater in a preheating mode.

Abstract: A capsule for an aerosol-generating device may include a first heater, a second heater, and a frame sandwiched between the first heater and the second heater. The frame may define open spaces therein and have a rigidity that is adequate to support the first heater and the second heater. The open spaces within the frame may be interconnected and sized for aerosol-permeability and capillary action. A nicotine-containing material, such as tobacco, may be disposed within the capsule.

Abstract: A high-frequency heating handle includes a heating assembly and a handle assembly. The heating assembly includes a heating cup for accommodating a tobacco material. The handle assembly includes a housing and a magnetic induction coil disposed in the housing. The housing includes a through hole, and the heating cup is disposed in the through hole. When alternating current passes through the magnetic induction coil, a magnetic induction effect is produced, and the heating cup is heated whereby a smoke material in the heating cup is heated to produce smoke.

Abstract: A tobacco roaster includes a heating rod which is retractable. The heating rod includes a through hole and an air passage communicating with the through hole. The heating rod is configured to heat a tobacco material to produce smoke, and the smoke enters the air passage via the through hole.

Abstract: An environmentally friendly cartridge of an electronic cigarette unit whose mouthpiece is composed of a bioplastic and is antimicrobial is described herein. The cartridge, described as a cartridge unit, connects to a battery and electrical component casing to form an electronic cigarette.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aerosol production assembly. The aerosol production assembly may include a reservoir that contains an aerosol precursor composition and an atomizer that receives the aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir and heats the aerosol precursor composition to produce an aerosol. The aerosol production assembly may additionally include a body that directs the aerosol through an outlet. The body may include a surface including a micro-pattern that defines at least one of hydrophobic and anti-microbial properties. The surface including the micro-pattern may not include a chemical coating that provides these properties. Rather, the surface may define a three-dimensional structure that provides hydrophobic and/or anti-microbial properties. A related assembly method is also provided.

Abstract: A high-frequency heating device includes a housing, a thermal insulation sleeve and a magnetic induction coil. The housing includes a central through hole and an enclosure surrounding the central through hole. The enclosure includes a cavity and the magnetic induction coil is disposed in the cavity. The thermal insulation sleeve is fixed in the magnetic induction coil. When in use, the neck of a hookah passes through the central through hole, and a heating cup containing tobacco material is disposed around the neck. The enclosure is disposed around the heating cup so that the high-frequency heating device is able to heat the tobacco material in the heating cup.

Abstract: A breakable capsule such as a seamless breakable capsule useful in a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco product includes an outer shell formed of a cross-linked agar matrix including at least one filler, and an inner core surrounded by the outer shell which comprises a liquid or gel based composition of a flavorant and/or non-flavorant. The cross-linked agar matrix is reinforced with carboxymethyl cellulose that is dispersed throughout the agar matrix so as to fill empty spaces in the agar matrix and inhibit the composition from passing through the empty spaces of the agar matrix.

Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-soluble polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-soluble polymer matrix, and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the mouth-soluble polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.

Abstract: A tip device for an electronic vaping device may include a first conduit structure and a second conduit structure. The first conduit structure may be configured to direct a generated vapor through a first conduit. The second conduit structure may be configured to direct an air flow from an ambient environment through a second conduit. The second conduit structure may include an additive material on a surface of the second conduit structure, the additive material including an additive, the additive material configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit. An interposing structure of the first conduit structure and the second conduit structure may physically isolate the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material is configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit.

Abstract: An atomizer includes an elastic member. The elastic member includes an atomization core, a support base, an air regulation ring, and a seal ring. The support base includes an e-liquid inlet. The atomization core is disposed on the support base to atomize e-liquid. The seal ring is disposed in the support base and below the atomization core. The air regulation ring is disposed around the support base; when the air regulation ring is pulled down, the atomization core is ejected from the top of the atomizer for replacement, and the e-liquid inlet of the support base is automatically sealed by the seal ring so that no e-liquid leaks out of the atomizer.

Abstract: Described is an aerosol provision system including a device part and a removable cartridge part, wherein the cartridge part is coupled to the device part for use; and wherein the device part includes a heater; and the cartridge part includes a reservoir for source liquid and a vaporization surface arranged to be in fluid communication with the reservoir for source liquid, wherein the vaporization surface is brought into thermal communication with the heater when the cartridge part is coupled to the device part for use such that the vaporization surface is heated when the heater is activated to cause vaporization of at least a portion of source liquid in fluid communication with the vaporization surface. There has also been described a cartridge part, a device part, and a method of producing a vapor for inhalation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The cartridge may include a base, a reservoir substrate, and an atomizer. The reservoir substrate may define a cavity therethrough. The atomizer may comprise a liquid transport element and a heating element extending at least partially about the liquid transport element. The atomizer may extend through the cavity through the reservoir substrate such that the heating element is positioned proximate an end of the reservoir substrate. Ends of the liquid transport element may extend to an opposing end of the reservoir substrate. A related method for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article is also provided.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette and its host device and cartridge detachably attached to the host device, and a method of operating the same. When the cartridge is detachably attached to the host device a communication magnet provides a connecting force between the host device and the cartridge and at the same time establishes and electrically conducting connection between the host device and the cartridge allowing the transmission of data through the communication magnet to authenticate the cartridge and read operating parameter from the cartridge for optimized controlling.