WRAPPERS FOR SMOKING ARTICLES HAVING REDUCED DIFFUSION LEADING TO REDUCED IGNITION PROCLIVITY CHARACTERISTICS

摘要

Smoking articles having reduced ignition proclivity characteristics are d isclosed. The smoking articles (10) include a wrapper (14) comprising cellul osic fibers and a filler. In accordance with the present disclosure, the fil ler has a particle size of at least about 3.2 microns and is present in the wrapper in an amount less than about 20% by weight. Further, the wrapper may have a basis weight of less than about 23 gsm and a permeability of from ab out 15 Coresta to about 130 Coresta. It has been discovered that such wrappe rs are capable of reducing the ignition proclivity characteristics of a smok ing article. If desired, the particular wrapper as described above can also contain discrete areas treated with an ignition reducing composition which f urther serves to reduce the ignition proclivity characteristics of the artic le.