Aerosol-generating article including a plurality of segments

Abstract

An aerosol-generating article according to one aspect may include: a first segment including a first aerosol-generating material excluding nicotine; and a second segment including a second aerosol-generating material including the nicotine, wherein the first aerosol-generating material includes a moisturizing material in an amount of at least 30 mg by weight.

1 . An aerosol-generating article comprising:
 a first segment comprising a first aerosol-generating material excluding nicotine; and   a second segment comprising a second aerosol-generating material including the nicotine,   wherein the first aerosol-generating material comprises a first moisturizing material in an amount of at least 30 mg by weight.   
     
     
         2 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 1 , wherein at least one wrapper surrounds the first segment so that the first moisturizing material does not leak out of the first segment. 
     
     
         3 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 1 , wherein the weight of the first moisturizing material is less than or equal to 95 wt % of a weight of a sheet impregnated with the moisturizing material. 
     
     
         4 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 1 , wherein the second aerosol-generating material comprises a second moisturizing material and a weight of the second moisturizing material included in the second aerosol-generating material is less than or equal to 30 wt % of a total weight of the second aerosol-generating material. 
     
     
         5 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 1 , wherein the first segment comprises a sheet made of a polymer material, and the sheet is impregnated with the first aerosol-generating material. 
     
     
         6 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 5 , wherein the polymer material comprises at least one of paper, cellulose acetate, lyocell, and polylactic acid. 
     
     
         7 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 1 , wherein the second aerosol-generating material comprises at least one of nicotine, free-base nicotine, and nicotine salt, obtained from a tobacco cut filler or a reformed tobacco material. 
     
     
         8 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 1 , wherein
 the aerosol-generating article is heated by a heater, and   the heater heats a first portion of the first segment and a second portion of the second segment.   
     
     
         9 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 8 , wherein a first area of the first portion and a second area of the second portion are equal to each other. 
     
     
         10 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 8 , wherein an aerosol generated by the heater is filtered by remaining portions of the second segment excluding the second portion. 
     
     
         11 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 8 , wherein the heater heats the first portion and the second portion to at least 120° C. 
     
     
         12 . The aerosol-generating article of  claim 1 , wherein
 the second segment is placed adjacent to a downstream end of the first segment, and   the aerosol-generating article further includes at least one segment placed adjacent to a downstream end of the second segment.