Inventors:
Ellen C. Milford - Clemmons NC
Hal E. Guess - Kernersville NC
Paul S. Chapman - Winston-Salem NC
Rebakah S. Dunn - Winston-Salem NC
Patricia F. Perfetti - Winston-Salem NC
Assignee:
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC
International Classification:
A24D 102
Abstract:
Cigarettes which yield low levels of visible sidestream smoke upon use employ a paper wrapping material having about 30 weight percent calcium carbonate and about 70 weight percent flax. The paper wrapper includes a coating or a film of polymeric material and an organic filler material. A preferred polymeric material is nitrocellulose, and a preferred inorganic filler material of the coating is particulate magnesium hydroxide. The coating weighs about 0. 05 to about 0. 5 pound per 3,000 square feet of wrapping material.