Smoking article

Abstract

Disclosed is a material for wrapping a smoking article (1), comprising wrapper (3) material and a flavourant patch (10), wherein said flavourant patch comprises a botanical material other than tobacco. Also disclosed is a smoking article including a rod of smokeable material (2), a wrapper (3) about said rod of smokeable material, and a flavourant patch (10) at a position along the length of the rod of smokeable material; wherein the flavourant patch includes a botanical material other than tobacco. Also disclosed is a material for wrapping a smoking article (101), comprising wrapper material (103), a first tobacco flavour patch (110) and a second tobacco flavour patch (111), the first and second tobacco flavour patches being configured such that, when the material is wrapped about a rod of smokeable material, the first and second tobacco flavour patches will each be at a different position along the rod of smokeable material. Also disclosed is a smoking article (101) including a rod of smokeable material (102), a wrapper (103) about said rod of smokeable material, a first tobacco flavour patch (110) at a first position along the length of the rod of smokeable material, and a second tobacco flavour patch (111) at a second position along the length of the rod of smokeable material, the first position being different from the second position; wherein the first tobacco flavour patch and the second tobacco flavour patch do not contain a flavourant other than tobacco. Also disclosed are methods for producing the disclosed smoking articles.

1 . A material for wrapping a smoking article, comprising wrapper material and a flavourant patch, wherein said flavourant patch comprises a botanical material other than tobacco. 
     
     
         2 . A material for wrapping a smoking article according to  claim 1 , wherein the flavourant patch has a flavour selected from liquorice, hydrangea, Japanese white bark magnolia leaf, chamomile, fenugreek, clove, menthol, Japanese mint, aniseed, cinnamon, herb, wintergreen, cherry, berry, peach, apple, spearmint, peppermint, lavender, cardamom, celery, cascarilla, nutmeg, sandalwood, bergamot, geranium, vanilla, cassia, caraway, jasmine, ylang-ylang, sage, fennel, piment, ginger, anise, coriander and coffee. 
     
     
         3 . A material for wrapping a smoking article according to  claim 1 , comprising two or more flavourant patches. 
     
     
         4 . A material for wrapping a smoking article according to  claim 3  which is configured such that, when the material is wrapped about a rod of smokeable material, each of the two or more patches will be at a different position along the rod of smokeable material. 
     
     
         5 . A material for wrapping a smoking article according to  claim 3 , wherein at least two of the two or more flavourant patches have the same flavour. 
     
     
         6 . A material for wrapping a smoking article according to  claim 4  wherein at least two of the two or more flavourant patches have different flavours. 
     
     
         7 . A smoking article comprising a rod of smokeable material, a wrapper about said rod of smokeable material, and a flavourant patch at a position along the length of the rod of smokeable material; wherein said flavourant patch comprises a botanical material other than tobacco. 
     
     
         8 . A smoking article according to  claim 7  wherein the flavourant patch is a discrete layer of sheet material situated between the rod of smokeable material and the wrapper. 
     
     
         9 . A smoking article according to  claim 7  wherein the flavourant patch has a flavour selected from liquorice, hydrangea, Japanese white bark magnolia leaf, chamomile, fenugreek, clove, menthol, Japanese mint, aniseed, cinnamon, herb, wintergreen, cherry, berry, peach, apple, spearmint, peppermint, lavender, cardamom, celery, cascarilla, nutmeg, sandalwood, bergamot, geranium, vanilla, cassia, caraway, jasmine, ylang-ylang, sage, fennel, piment, ginger, anise, coriander and coffee. 
     
     
         10 . A smoking article according to  claim 7  comprising two or more flavourant patches. 
     
     
         11 . A smoking article according to  claim 10  wherein each of the two or more flavourant patches is at a different position along the rod of smokeable material. 
     
     
         12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . A material for wrapping a smoking article according to  claim 1 , wherein the flavourant patch comprises a first tobacco flavour patch and a second tobacco flavour patch, the first and second tobacco flavour patches being configured such that, when the material is wrapped about a rod of smokeable material, the first and second tobacco flavour patches will each be at a different position along the rod of smokeable material. 
     
     
         14 . A smoking article comprising a rod of smokeable material, a wrapper about said rod of smokeable material, a first tobacco flavour patch at a first position along the length of the rod of smokeable material, and a second tobacco flavour patch at a second position along the length of the rod of smokeable material, the first position being different from the second position; wherein the first tobacco flavour patch and the second tobacco flavour patch do not contain a flavourant other than tobacco. 
     
     
         15 . A smoking article according to  claim 14  wherein the first and/or second tobacco flavour patch is a discrete layer of sheet material situated between the rod of smokeable material and the wrapper. 
     
     
         16 . A smoking article according to  claim 14  wherein the first and/or second tobacco flavour patch comprises reconstituted tobacco. 
     
     
         17 . A smoking article according to  claim 14  wherein the first position is at or near a front end of the rod of smokeable material. 
     
     
         18 . A smoking article according to  claim 14  wherein the second position is at or near a mouth end of the rod of smokeable material. 
     
     
         19 . A smoking article according to  claim 14  wherein the composition of the first tobacco flavour patch is different from the composition of the second tobacco flavour patch. 
     
     
         20 . A method for producing a smoking article according  claim 7 , comprising:
 providing a wrapper and a flavourant patch; and   wrapping the wrapper and flavourant patch about a smokeable material;   wherein said flavourant patch comprises a botanical material other than tobacco.   
     
     
         21 . A method for producing a smoking article according to  claim 14  comprising:
 providing a wrapper, a first tobacco flavour patch at a first position along the length of the wrapper, and a second tobacco flavour patch at a second position along the length of the wrapper; and 
 wrapping the wrapper and first and second flavourant patches about a smokeable material so as to form a rod of said smokeable material, such that the first tobacco flavour patch is at a first position along the length of the rod of smokeable material and the second tobacco flavour patch is at a second position along the length of the rod of smokeable material, the first position being different from the second position.