SMOKING ARTICLE WITH ENCAPSULATED FLAVOURANT

摘要

A filter cigarette (10) comprises a tobacco rod (2) and a filter (4) attached to the tobacco rod (2) by a band of tipping paper (6). The surface of the band of tipping paper (6) is coated with a solution of cells having at least one flavourant encapsulated therein. In use, when the filter cigarette (10) is placed in the mouth of a consumer, moisture from the consumer's saliva causes the cells provided on the surface of the tipping paper (6) to release the encapsulated flavourant. The cells are preferably yeast cells. The solution of cells may be applied to the band of tipping paper (6) by gravure printing.