REGISTERED BANDED CIGARETTE PAPER, CIGARETTES, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

摘要

A registrable banded wrapper (23) for a smoking article (20) is disclosed. The banded regions (32) are spaced from each other by distance equal to the length of the tobacco rod of the smoking article divided by an integer. This results in banded regions which begin at substantially the same location on each cigarette. Each banded region is thus positioned at a preferred predetermined distance from the end of the cigarette; cigarettes made with such paper exhibit a consistent and improved ignition propensity compared with random or quasi-randomly positioned banded regions. Cigarettes made with the registrable banded wrapper are disclosed and methods of making cigarettes with the registrable banded paper are dislcosed.