Make-your-own smoking article with controlled burn rate

Abstract

The burn rate of a “make-your-own” cigarette is controlled by applying an add-on material such as a refined form of fibrous cellulose to the paper sleeve and/or tobacco rod wrapper that are used to form the assembled cigarette.

1 . A smoking article kit comprising: 
 a rod of smokable material having a rod wrapper; and    a paper tube;    said paper tube and/or rod wrapper comprising base web and an applied pattern of add-on material which alters the burn rate of the assembled smoking article.    
   
   
       2 . The smoking article kit of  claim 1 , wherein add-on material is refined fibrous cellulose material in the form of a dried banded region.  
   
   
       3 . The smoking article kit of  claim 2 , wherein the refined fibrous cellulose material comprises a plurality of dried banded regions.  
   
   
       4 . The smoking article kit of  claim 3 , wherein the bands have a width of about 1 mm to 10 mm.  
   
   
       5 . The smoking article kit of  claim 3 , wherein the bands are spaced about 5 mm to 40 mm apart.  
   
   
       6 . The smoking article kit of  claim 3 , wherein the bands are uniformly spaced.  
   
   
       7 . The smoking article kit of  claim 2 , wherein the banded region has a basis weight of from about 25 to 40 g/m 2 .  
   
   
       8 . The smoking article kit of  claim 1 , wherein the add-on material comprises a coating in a repeating pattern.  
   
   
       9 . The smoking article kit of  claim 2 , wherein the refined fibrous cellulose material comprises a binder.  
   
   
       10 . The smoking article kit of  claim 1 , wherein the paper tube further comprises a tobacco filter element and/or the rod of smokeable material comprises a traditional cigarette.  
   
   
       11 . The smoking article kit of  claim 2 , wherein the dry weight of the refined fibrous cellulose on the paper base web is between about 0.5 to 15 g/m 2 .  
   
   
       12 . The smoking article kit of  claim 1 , wherein the paper tube comprises a band having a width of from about 1 to 10 mm.  
   
   
       13 . The smoking article kit of  claim 1 , wherein the pattern of add-on material reduces the burn rate of the assembled smoking article  
   
   
       14 . The smoking article kit of  claim 1 , wherein the add-on material comprises alginate, pectin, carboxymethyl-cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, microcrystalline cellulose, cellulon bacterial cellulose, highly refined wood pulp fibers and/or a natural polymer.  
   
   
       15 . A component of a make-your-own smoking article comprising a paper base web with one or more regions of an applied pattern of add-on material which alters the burn rate of the assembled smoking article.  
   
   
       16 . The component of  claim 15 , wherein the component comprises a paper sleeve for receiving cut tobacco filler or a tobacco rod of the assembled smoking article.  
   
   
       17 . The component of  claim 16 , wherein the pattern is on the interior of the sleeve.  
   
   
       18 . The component of  claim 16 , wherein the pattern is on the exterior of the sleeve.  
   
   
       19 . The component of  claim 15 , wherein the component comprises a paper wrapper of a tobacco rod.  
   
   
       20 . The component of  claim 15 , wherein the add-on material is refined fibrous cellulose material.  
   
   
       21 . The component of  claim 20 , wherein the refined fibrous cellulose material comprises a plurality of dried bands.  
   
   
       22 . The component of  claim 21 , wherein the bands have a width of about 1 mm to 10 mm.  
   
   
       23 . The component of  claim 21 , wherein the bands are spaced about  5  mm to 40 mm apart.  
   
   
       24 . The component of  claim 21 , wherein the bands are uniformly spaced.  
   
   
       25 . The component of  claim 15 , wherein the add-on material comprises refined fibrous cellulose material having a basis weight of from about 25 to 40 g/m 2 .  
   
   
       26 . The component of  claim 15 , wherein the add-on material is a coating.  
   
   
       27 . The component of  claim 15 , wherein the add-on material comprises refined fibrous cellulose material and a binder.  
   
   
       28 . The component of  claim 15 , wherein the add-on material comprises refined fibrous cellulose having a dry weight on the paper base web of between about 0.5 to 15 g/m 2 .  
   
   
       29 . The component of  claim 15 , wherein the add-on material comprises alginate, pectin, carboxymethyl-cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, microcrystalline cellulose, cellulon bacterial cellulose, highly refined wood pulp fibers and/or a natural polymer.  
   
   
       30 . The component of  claim 16 , wherein the component further comprises a filter element attached at one end portion of the paper sleeve.  
   
   
       31 . The component of  claim 16 , wherein the paper sleeve is a band.