Smoking article with manually releasable odorant

摘要

A smoking article has an outer surface and a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided on the outer surface, wherein the microcapsules are capable of being manually ruptured by a consumer to release an odorant encapsulated therein. The smoking article preferably comprises a wrapped tobacco rod; and a filter attached to the wrapped tobacco rod by tipping paper, a mouth end portion of which is “over tipped” with a band or strip of “Peel and Sniff” microcapsules and/or a band or strip of “Scratch and Sniff” microcapsules.

主权项

1. A cigarette comprising:
a wrapped tobacco rod; a filter attached and immovably affixed to the wrapped tobacco rod by tipping paper; a laminated band comprising a removable upper paper layer releasably affixed to a lower paper layer circumscribing and adhered to at least a portion of the tipping paper; a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided between an inner surface of the removable upper paper layer and an outer surface of the lower paper layer, and a ring of perforations in the tipping paper covered by the laminated band, wherein the microcapsules are operative to be ruptured when the upper paper layer is released from the lower paper layer by a consumer.