摘要 |
Wrappers (10) for smoking articles (18) providing reduced ignition proclivity or self-extinguishing properties to the resultant smoking articles (18). The wrapper materials (10) contain band areas of low inherent BMI in the range from about 0 to about 4 cm<-><1>. Preferred embodiments include wrappers (10) wherein bands (14) of paper material with reduced filler content are provided to produce a BMI in the range of from about 0 to about 2 cm<-><1> in the band areas and the resulting smoking articles (18) are self-extinguishing in the banded zones (24). The width of the bands (14) may be in the range of from about 2 to about 20 millimeters and, for self-extinguishing properties, are preferably at least about 6 millimeters. |