Segmented cigarette
CA 1263284 C · Owner: Perfetti, Thomas A. · Inventors: Townsend, David E.; Greene, Tammie B.; Perfetti, Thomas A.
Overview
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A cigarette, having a tobacco rod consisting of at least two segments. The segment toward the filter end of the tobacco rod has a density at least 20% greater than the fire-end segment. The density differential may be combined with a nicotine differential, such that the fire-end segment has a higher nicotine content than does the filter-end segment. This configuration alters the nicotine delivery of the invention, providing a nicotine delivery either uniform during the last half of the cigarette or at levels reduced from those seen during the first few puffs.
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- Granted November 28, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 28, 2006.
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