Abstract: Rare or specialty cigar-type and pipe tobaccos can be uniformly applied within a blend of smokable material for use as cigarette cut filler. The rare or specialty tobacco is divided into a finely divided powder, suspended in liquid, and applied as a casing to one or more relatively major components of the blend. This invention provides for cigarette cut filler having low (e.g., less than about 5 weight percent) amounts of unique tobaccos contained uniformly throughout.

Abstract: The present invention preferably relates to a smoking article which is capable of producing substantial quantities of aerosol, both initially and over the useful life of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and without the presence of substantial pyrolysis or incomplete combustion products or sidestream aerosol.Preferred embodiments of the present smoking article comprise a short combustible carbonaceous fuel element, a physically separate aerosol generating means including an aerosol forming substance, a physically separate tobacco jacket around at least the aerosol generating means, and a relatively long mouth end piece.The articles of the present invention provide the user with taste, feel and aroma, associated with the smoking of conventional cigarettes. Tobacco in many embodiments of this invention is burned to provide a sidestream aroma and smoke. In other embodiments, tobacco does not burn, but still provides tobacco flavors to the aerosol delivered to the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoking article, preferably in cigarette form, which produces an aerosol that resembles tobacco smoke. The article preferably comprises a short combustible fuel element having a density greater than 0.5 g/cc, a separate substrate bearing an aerosol forming material, a heat conducting member recessed from the lighting end of the fuel element, which preferably encloses the substrate, a resilient insulating jacket encircling at least a portion of the fuel element, and an optional tobacco jacket encircling at least a portion of the aerosol forming material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoking article which has the appearance of a conventional pipe. The pipe of the present invention is capable of producing substantial quantities of aerosol, preferably without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and without the presence of substantial pyrolysis or incomplete combustion products.These and other advantages are obtained by providing a pipe which includes a disposable cartridge containing a short, i.e., less than about 30 mm long, preferably carbonaceous, fuel element, a physically separate aerosol generating means including an aerosol forming substance, and means for retaining the cartridge within the pipe bowl.