SMOKING DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

A smoking article (10) which employs tobacco as a source of smoke and flavor, but which does not burn the tobacco; the smoking article including a tobacco tablet (15), a heat conductor (13) in contact with the tablet and a source of heat (15, 16) which heats the conductor in contact with the tablet to a pre-selected temperature for generating smoke. The invention also relates to a formed tobacco tablet for use in the smoking article.