Filtered cigarette incorporating an adsorbent material

• Main Authors: CROOKS, EVON, LLEWELLYN, DUNLAP, SHARON, PITTS, BRAXTON, PAUL, EUGENE, CLARK, MELISSA, ANN, BERNASEK, PAUL, FISCHER, BANERJEE, CHANDRA, KUMAR, TAYLOR, JOANNE, NAOMI, NESTOR, TIMOTHY, BRIAN, CASH, SHEILA, LYNNETTE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.08.2010
• Subjects: CIGARETTES; CIGARS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS

In order to provide a cigarette (10) comprising a tobacco rod (12) and a filter element (20) connected to the tobacco rod (12), said filter element (20) having an end proximal to the tobacco rod (12) and an end distal from the tobacco rod (12), it is provided that said filter element (20) comprises at least one breakable capsule (54) positioned within a compartment (60) distal from the tobacco rod (12), the at least one breakable capsule (54) comprising an outer shell and an internal payload, the internal payload comprising a compound capable of changing the nature or character of mainstream smoke drawn through the filter element (20); and an adsorbent material (34) positioned between the at least one breakable capsule (54) and the tobacco rod (12) such that the breakable capsule (54) is positioned downstream from the adsorbent material (34).