Claims
- 1. A smoking article for use with a separate mouthend piece, comprising:
- (a) a carbonaceous fuel element;
- (b) a physically separate aerosol generating means including an aerosol forming material longitudinally adjacent to the fuel element and
- (c) a physically separate tobacco containing mass which circumscribes at least a portion of the aerosol generating means.
- 2. A smoking article for use with a separate mouthend piece, comprising:
- (a) a combustible fuel element less than about 30 mm in length prior to smoking;
- (b) a physically separate aerosol generating means including an aerosol forming material longitudinally adjacent to the fuel element; and
- (c) a physically separate tobacco containing mass which circumscribes at least a portion of the aerosol generating means.
- 3. The article of claim 1 or 2, further comprising a heat conducting member which conducts heat from the fuel element to the aerosol generating means.
- 4. The article of claim 3, wherein the heat conducting member conducts heat to the tobacco containing mass.
- 5. The article of claim 3, wherein at least a portion of the heat conducting member is located between the aerosol forming material and the tobacco containing mass.
- 6. The article of claim 3, wherein the heat conducting member comprises a heat conductive container which encloses at least a portion of the aerosol forming material.
- 7. The article of claim 6, wherein the heat conducting member overlaps a portion of the fuel element.
- 8. The article of claim 6, wherein the heat conducting member contacts the fuel element.
- 9. The article of claim 1 or 2, further comprising a container which encloses at least a portion of the aerosol forming material, and wherein the tobacco containing mass circumscribes at least a portion of the container.
- 10. The article of claim 9, wherein the container overlaps a portion of the fuel element.
- 11. The article of claim 9, wherein the container contacts the fuel element.
- 12. The article of claim 1 or 2, further comprising an insulating member which circumscribes at least a portion of the fuel element.
- 13. The article of claim 12, wherein the insulating member is resilient and at least 0.5 mm thick.
- 14. The cigarette of claim 13, wherein the resilient insulating member comprises inorganic fibers.
- 15. The article of claim 3, wherein the tobacco containing mass circumscribes substantially the entire length of the aerosol generating means.
- 16. The article of claim 3, wherein the fuel element is less than about 20 mm in length prior to smoking.
- 17. The cigarette of claim 1 or 2, wherein the tobacco containing mass comprises cut filler.
- 18. The cigarette of claim 6, wherein the heat conductive container further contains a source of tobacco flavor.
- 19. The cigarette of claim 3, wherein the fuel element is less than about 15 mm in length prior to smoking, and between about 4 and 5 mm in diameter.
- 20. A cigarette comprising:
- (a) a carbonaceous fuel element for generating heat throughout smoking;
- (b) a physically separate aerosol generating means including an aerosol forming material located between the fuel element and the mouth end of the article;
- (c) a physically separate tobacco containing mass which encircles at least a portion of the aerosol generating means; and
- (d) a heat conducting member for transferring heat generated by the fuel element to the aerosol generating means and to the tobacco containing mass.
- 21. The cigarette of claim 20, wherein the tobacco containing mass encircles substantially the entire length of the aerosol generating means.
- 22. The cigarette of claim 20, wherein at least a portion of the heat conducting member is located between the aerosol forming material and the tobacco containing mass.
- 23. The cigarette of claim 20 or 22, wherein the heat conducting member overlaps a portion of the fuel element.
- 24. The cigarette of claim 23, wherein the heat conducting member contacts the fuel element.
- 25. The cigarette of claim 23, wherein the heat conducting member is metallic.
- 26. The cigarette of claim 20 or 22, wherein the fuel element is less than about 30 mm in length prior to smoking.
- 27. The cigarette of claim 26, wherein the diameter of the fuel element is between about 4 to 5 mm.
- 28. The cigarette of claim 26, wherein the fuel element comprises at least about 80% carbon by weight.
- 29. The cigarette of claim 26, wherein the fuel element is provided with a plurality of longitudinal passageways.
- 30. The cigarette of claim 20 or 22, wherein the fuel element is about 20 mm or less in length prior to smoking.
- 31. The cigarette of claim 30, wherein the diameter of the fuel element is about 4 to 5 mm.
- 32. The cigarette of claim 30, wherein the fuel element comprises at least about 80% carbon by weight.
- 33. The cigarette of claim 30, wherein the fuel element is provided with a plurality of longitudinal passageways.
- 34. The cigarette of claim 20 or 22, wherein the fuel element is about 15 mm or less in length prior to smoking.
- 35. The article of claim 1 or 20, wherein the article delivers an average of at least about 0.8 mg of wet total particulate matter per puff, for at least 6 puffs, when smoked under conditions of 2 second, 35 ml puffs, taken every 60 seconds and wherein the wet total particulate matter has no mutagenic activity, as measured by the Ames test.
- 36. The article of claim 1 or 20, which produces wet total particulate matter having no mutagenic activity, as measured by the Ames test.
- 37. The article of claim 1 or 20, wherein the tobacco in the tobacco containing mass does not burn during use.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 791,721 filed on Oct. 28, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,756,318.
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