Tobacco product consisting of a pre-portioned tobacco supply surrounded by cigarette paper of tubular shape, and method of and device for preparing such a tobacco product

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Tobacco product, consisting of a pre-portioned tobacco supply surrounded by cigarette paper of tubular shape. The tobacco supply is configured as a dimensionally stable tobacco strand , which is matched to the tobacco charge of the finished cigarette and is unsmokable by itself but consists completely of smokable material, and it is provided for the self-making of either filterless or filter-tipped cigarettes. Preferably, the tobacco supply comprises an air permeable strand wrapper of smokable material e.g. of tobacco sheet material. To facilitate insertion of the preformed dimensionally stable tobacco strand into a prefabricated tubular cigarette paper wrapper a, funnel-like sleeve is …