Cigarette

Abstract

A cigarette includes a tobacco portion having cut tobacco wrapped with a cigarette paper sheet into a rod shape. The cut tobacco has a cut width of 1.2 mm or more. Projections having a height which corresponds to ⅓ or more of the thickness of the cigarette paper sheet are formed from the inner surface of the sheet in array partially or entirely on the surface of the cigarette paper sheet, and the sheet is arranged with the projections directed towards the cut tobacco side.

1 . A cigarette comprising a tobacco portion having cut tobacco wrapped with a cigarette paper sheet into a rod shape, the cut tobacco having a cut width of 1.2 mm or more, projections having a height which corresponds to ⅓ or more of the thickness of the cigarette paper sheet being formed from the inner surface of the sheet in array partially or entirely on the surface of the cigarette paper sheet, the sheet being arranged with the projections directed towards the cut tobacco side.  
   
   
       2 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the cut tobacco has a cut width of 2.0 mm or more.  
   
   
       3 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the cut tobacco has a cut width of up to 3.0 mm.  
   
   
       4 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the projections have a height of up to 10 times the thickness of the cigarette paper sheet.  
   
   
       5 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the cigarette paper sheet has a thickness of 10 to 50 μm.  
   
   
       6 . The cigarette according to  claim 1 , wherein the projections each have a truncated conical shape.