Abstract: An improved flavored cigarette is provided which consists of a cylindrical paper sheet wrapper. Processed tobacco is disposed within the cylindrical paper sheet wrapper. A filter is at one end that is intended to be inserted in the mouth of a smoker. A structure is for supplying a flavor to sweeten the breath of the smoker, when the smoker uses the cigarette in a normal manner.

Abstract: An automatically extinguishable cigarette includes: a tobacco section in which tobacco is rolled up; a filter section; and an extinguishing member consisting of a cylindrical member provided between the tobacco section and the filter section and formed of a flame-resistant material. The front and rear openings of the cylindrical member are sealed by members formed of a material which is gas permeable but not water permeable. Further, the cylindrical member contains water or a fibrous material impregnated with water, thereby enabling the cigarette to go out by itself if left unextinguished.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nicotine-impermeable container including a barrier layer of acrylonitrile and methyl acrylate and a method for fabricating same. Additionally, the invention relates to a nicotine inhaling device which allows a user to ingest nicotine vapors orally. The nicotine inhaling device of the present invention is primarily directed to a device which can be used as a smoking cessation aid.

Abstract: A smoking article includes a flexible casing which is liquid-tight and tubular, a mouth portion formed at one end of the casing, a cylindrical plastic container which can be elastically deformed and is arranged within the casing, a flavour solution housed in the plastic container and having a viscosity of 520 cP or less, a thin wall portion formed at one end wall of the plastic container, the thin wall portion being broken when the plastic container is elastically deformed upon receipt of force applied from outside the casing so as to permit release of the flavour solution, and a water absorbing layer formed adjacent to the end wall having the thin wall portion formed therein so as to hold the flavour solution released from the plastic container. Various kinds of flavour solutions can be used in the smoking article. The amount of the volatile aromatic components can be controlled easily. Further, it is possible to suppress the loss of the aromatic component during preservation of the smoking article.

Abstract: A flavor source to be used as a thermally releasable flavorant for smoking articles that do not combust tobacco. The flavor source includes tobacco particles, an aerosol precursor that forms an aerosol upon exposure to heat, and a gelling agent that imparts sufficient structural framework for rigidity to the flavor source. The material is mixed, extruded through a die, and cut into the shape of a one-piece flavor source. The flavor source is loaded into a chamber for inclusion in a smoking article as a flavor generator.

Abstract: A flavoring granule for tobacco products comprising, a solid substrate granule of which comprises natural polysaccharides or derivatives thereof, and a flavor for tobacco products which is contained in said solid granule and is encapsulated in said solid granule so as to be released upon breakage of said solid granule, wherein said solid granule further contains casein as a diluent. Also disclosed is a preparation method thereof, by which the flavoring granule of large size and excellent sphere shape can be obtained.

Abstract: A cigarette includes a cigarette portion, a filter portion and a fire extinguishing portion installed therebetween. The fire extinguishing portion has a doughnut shape cross-section and includes a thinner outer peripheral wall and a thicker inner peripheral wall which are radially spaced from each other to form a water storage therebetween. When a smoker wants to extinguish the light after smoking and presses the fire extinguishing portion by applying thereto a force with his fingers, the outer peripheral wall will be broken and then the stored water will fall over the outer surface of a combustible wrapper material of the cigarette portion towards the lower end of the cigarette so that the light of the cigarette can be timely put out by wetting the end portion of the lit cigarette.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nicotine-impermeable container and a method for fabricating same. Additionally, the invention relates to a nicotine inhaling device which allows a user to ingest nicotine vapors orally. The nicotine inhaling device of the present invention is primarily directed to a device which can be used as a smoking cessation aid.

Abstract: With the article, smoking is simulated by inhalation of nicotine without the action of heat. A carrier device (14), for example, a packing of spheres (20), for a nicotine preparation capable of volatilizing at room temperature is incorporated in a container (10) with air inlet (11) and air outlet (12). The carrier device (14) forms a plurality of uninterrupted flow channels (21). The nicotine preparation (e.g., pure nicotine) is applied on the free and nonabsorbent surface of the carrier as a thin layer (22) leaving the channels (21) open. Glass of other sufficiently impervious, inert materials, metals or metal alloys, such as aluminum, dense or glazed ceramics, or especially dense plastics such as polytetrafluoroethylene or polybutyleneterephthalate come into consideration as the material for the carrier device (14). Various shapes of carrier devices are described.

Abstract: A heat conductive capsule which carries or contains an aerosol forming material for use in smoking articles which upon heating ruptures or otherwise undergoes a change in structure to release at least a portion of the aerosol forming material, which aerosol resembles tobacco smoke, but preferably contains no more than a minimal amount of incomplete combustion or pyrolysis products.The preferred smoking article of the present invention provides an aerosol "smoke" which is chemically simple, consisting essentially of air, oxides of carbon, water, and the aerosol which carries any desired flavor or other desired volatile materials, and trace amounts of other materials.One especially preferred embodiment of the present smoking article comprises a short combustible carbonaceous fuel element, encapsulated aerosol forming substance, and a relatively long mouthend piece. The capsule is preferably formed from a heat conductive metal such as aluminum foil.

Abstract: An automatic cigarette extinguishing apparatus includes a tank portion located at an arbitrary position inside tobacco and made of a material having a melting point lower than a combustion temperature of the tobacco, and an extinguishing agent stored in the tank portion. The tank portion is arranged to supply the extinguishing agent inside the tobacco upon combustion of the tobacco.

Abstract: A tobacco smoking article including smoking tobacco held in a container and an alcohol supported by the container. The alcohol has two or more carbon atoms and is capable when the vapor thereof is inhaled by the smoker of inhibiting the selective localization of nitrosamines and metabolites thereof in the smoker's tissues, such as those of the bronchial epithelium. The alcohol is associated with the smoking tobacco such that, when the tobacco is smoked, the vapors of the alcohol are inhaled in the tobacco smoke stream. The alcohol is present in an amount sufficient to inhibit the selective localization but not to produce any toxic side effects in the smoker.

Abstract: Disclosed is a filter for tobacco smoking which comprises a filter tip having a space therein, with flavor-sealed particles being contained in the space. The flavor-sealing particles are composed of a natural polysaccharide, or its derivative, and diluent agent, and are destroyed, in order to release the flavor sealed therein, by the application of a force to the outer surface of the filter which is greater than a force normally applied to the filter in a smoking action. According to the present invention, the flavor sealed in the particles can be released without the particles being burnt at the time of smoking.

Abstract: An easily breakable plastic capsule according to the present invention comprises a hollow cylindrical body capable of elastic deformation. The body is packed with a fluid material. An end wall of the body is formed with a plurality of radially extending grooves. When the body is deformed elastically, the bottom walls of the grooves are broken, so that the material flows out of the body through tears in the grooves. A water filter according to the present invention comprises a casing, made of paper and coupled to a cigarette, and a filter member and the capsule arranged in the casing. The grooved end wall of the capsule is situated in close vicinity to the filter member.

Abstract: In a smoking article comprising a smoking rod and a mouthpiece, the rod may comprise a wrapped body, of particles of tobacco and/or other smoking material, of which body the packing density is in a range of from 100 to 400 mg cm.sup.-3, a passage extending within the rod and in gas-flow communication with the mouthpiece and the article comprising menthol or other vapor-release material at the mouthpiece and/or at a mouthpiece-end zone of the passage.The passage, which may extend substantially to the mouthpiece end of the rod, may be closed at the end thereof remote the mouthpiece end.The passage may be provided by a tube of combustible material or as a bore extending within said body of particles.A portion of the cross-section of the mouthpiece end of the rod not occupied by said passage may be in gas-flow communication with the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece may comprise a filter.

Abstract: A novel composition for flavoring smoking articles contains a soluble flavoring material, an appropriate solvent for the flavoring material, triacetin and a moisture-releasing hydrophilic polymer. Smoking articles containing the composition and methods for making such smoking articles are disclosed.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus and composition used in the reduction of the incidence of tobacco smoking and which comprises an aerosol for application to the oral cavity and respiratory tract of an individual. The aerosol contains a food acid, such as citric acid, which is present in non-toxic amounts and capable of being inhaled. The aerosol may be in the form of a liquid spray or a finely divided solid. The droplets or particles contained in the aerosol are of proper size and have the food acid sufficient in content to simulate the sensations in the upper respiratory tract caused by tobacco smoke. In this way, the oral cavity sensations and the respiratory tract sensations simulate those created by tobacco smoke to replace the need for tobacco smoke. In another embodiment of the invention the food acid aerosol contains tobacco smoke of proper particle size so that the food acid particles migrate to the respiratory tract and the tobacco smoke remains in the oral cavity.

Abstract: A nicotine-enhanced smoking article having a first tobacco portion and a second filter portion attached thereto. The filter portion containing filter fibers and a nicotine solution having 5-15%, by weight of total solution, nicotine or a nicotine salt in a solvent. The interaction of the combination products from the first portion with the nicotine solution results in the absorption by the combustion products of nicotine from the solution providing increased nicotine to the user.

Abstract: An aspiration device for delivering a controlled dosage of a drug to a smoker's mouth and lungs comprises an elongated container adapted to be positioned within a cigarette or other smoking article adjacent the end intended to be held in the smoker's mouth. The container holds a supply of a drug which is aspirated directly into the smoker's mouth as a result of the suction applied by the smoker to the end of the cigarette. An air inlet port communicates with the outer surface of the cigarette and permits air to enter the container in response to the partial vacuum created by the applied suction. The drug held within the container is discharged through an exit orifice thereof which is coplanar with the end of the cigarette, so that mixing of the drug with the tobacco smoke occurs within the mouth of the smoker, at reduced temperature and lower smoke concentration.

Abstract: A filter cigarette is provided which is adjustable to provide a wide range of air dilution and/or RTD values and which comprises a tobacco rod, a wrapped, substantially cylindrical filter plug, and tipping paper. The filter plug comprises a first, mouth-end segment and a second, axially aligned, rod-end segment spaced apart from the first segment. The wrapping circumscribes the first and second segments defining a substantially cylindrical void therebetween which may include means of releasing varying amounts of a flavorant. The first segment is movable towards the second segment thereby compressing the plug wrap between the segments which decreases the volume of the void and increases the RTD value of the cigarette.

Abstract: A disposable cigarette holder-filter includes a cigarette receiving socket end and a mouthpiece end. The interior of the holder includes a fibrous filtering material impregnated with water. The mouthpiece end of the holder is formed with an integrally formed diaphragm and removable plug, which upon removal provides an opening into the interior of the cigarette filter. The diaphragm allows for compact size and a recessed opening. The plug is adapted for easy removal.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a filter-tip cigarette having embodied within the filter-tip and extending into the compacted tobacco of the smoking-portion of the cigarette, a compressible enclosed vessel having a spout ending in a small wax-plugged hole from which hole the plugging-wax is ejectable by pressurized contents within enclosed space of the enclosed vessel pressurized by either or both decomposed carbonic acid by resulting carbon dioxide gas and compacting pressure on the exterior walls of the enclosed vessel resulting from compressing pressure applied to exterior walls of the filter-tip such as by compressing the filter tip between the teeth or pressing the same by stepping on it thus wetting and extinguishing the burning tobacco.

Abstract: A smokeable device has an annular fuel rod in gaseous communication with a mouth-end chamber. The chamber contains a quantity of inhalent material which, when contacted by hot gases during smoking forms an aerosol for inhalation by the smoker.