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7610920 Thiol-functionalized sorbent for smoking articles and filters for the removal of heavy metals from mainstream smoke  
Smoking articles which use thiol-functionalized sorbents are provided. The thiol-functionalized sorbents comprise at least one thioalkylsilyl compound covalently bound to an inorganic molecular...
7487782 Cigarette filter  
A cigarette filter has a filter medium containing an inorganic basic substance such as sodium carbonate and a moisturizing agent selected from the group consisting of glycerin, sodium propionate...
7448392 Smoking articles and filters with carbon-coated molecular sieve sorbent  
Smoking articles and filters, which involve the use of carbon-coated molecular sieve sorbents are provided. The carbon-coated molecular sieve sorbent has a carbon coating within pores of a...
7398783 Smoking article  
The invention relates to a reconstituted smoking material which comprises a non-polyol aerosol generator, tobacco (optional), binder (optional) and inorganic filler. A further polyol aerosol...
7302954 Cigarette filter comprising grape proanthocyanidin  
To a constitutive element of a tobacco (a leaf-tobacco component or a filter) is added a proanthocyanidin or a proanthocyanidin-carrying porous material (such as an active carbon) to obtain an...
7243658 Nanoscale composite catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette  
Cut filler compositions, cigarette paper, cigarette filters, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes are provided, which involve the use of nanoscale particle...
7231923 Smoking article including a catalytic smoke reformer  
A smoking article includes a tobacco rod in axial alignment with a filter section with a catalyst bed disposed between the tobacco rod and the filter section. The catalyst bed may be heated from an...
7168431 Partially reduced nanoparticle additives to lower the amount of carbon monoxide and/or nitric oxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette  
Cut filler compositions, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes which involve the use of partially reduced nanoparticle additives capable of acting as an...
7165553 Nanoscale catalyst particles/aluminosilicate to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette  
A smoking article composition and a method of making a smoking article composition comprising tobacco cut filler, cigarette paper and/or cigarette filter material further comprising a catalyst...
7152609 Catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide and nitric oxide from the mainstream smoke of a cigarette  
Cut filler compositions, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes are provided, which involve the use of a catalyst capable converting carbon monoxide to carbon...
7104265 Filter containing a metal phthalocyanine and a polycationic polymer  
A tobacco smoke filter comprising one or more than one metal phthalocyanine, such as a copper phthalocyanine or an iron phthalocyanine, and further comprising one or more than one polycationic...
7017585 Oxidant/catalyst nanoparticles to reduce tobacco smoke constituents such as carbon monoxide  
Cut filler compositions, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes are provided, which involve the use of nanoparticle additives capable of reducing at least one...
7011096 Oxidant/catalyst nanoparticles to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette  
Cut filler compositions, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes are provided, which involve the use of nanoparticle additives capable of acting as an oxidant...
6935346 Smoking article comprising a wrapper containing a ceramic material  
The invention describes a smoking article ( 1 ) comprising a wrapper ( 3 ) enwrapping a tobacco smoking material ( 2 ), the wrapper comprising a ceramic material and being capable of mechanically...
6904918 Low sidestream smoke cigarette with non-combustible treatment material  
A low sidestream smoke cigarette comprises a conventional tobacco rod and a non-combustible treatment material for the rod. The treatment material has a porosity less than about 200 Coresta units...
6866045 Filtration method and filter consisting of nitrogen-containing cycles or heterocycles such as DNA or RNA  
The methods concerns a method for general use and more particularly used for tobacco products. The method uses in particular nitrogen-containing heterocycles such as DNA and RNA bases and...
6848450 Cigarette filter using intermetallic compounds  
A filter such as a cigarette filter having a metal reagent which selectively binds with a gaseous component of a gas stream such as tobacco smoke. The metal reagent comprises nanometer or...
6832612 Cigarette filter with scavenging effect on free radicals in cigarette smoke and its preparation method  
A cigarette filter that has a scavenging effect on smoking induced gas phase free radicals. The filter ingredients are comprised of proanthocyanidins and include, but are not limited to, extracts...
6796312 Process and apparatus for the removal of toxic components of tobacco smoke and the standardization of the health hazards related to those components  
The oral cavity is a source of sensitive biomarkers that allow the development of novel tobacco filters to reverse and eliminate acute adverse effects of tobacco smoke. Useful biomarkers are...
6792953 Tobacco smoke filter  
A tobacco smoke filter a copper-containing porphyrin or an iron analog of C.I. Reactive Blue 21 dye. A method of making a first tobacco smoke filter segment, comprising the steps of, first,...
6789547 Carbon technology  
Catalytically active carbons are used in cigarette filters for selective oxidation of selected gas phase components in cigarette smoke. The carbons are impregnated with transition metals and sulfur...
6789546 Filters for preventing or reducing tobacco smoke-associated injury in the aerodigestive tract of a subject  
A method of preventing or reducing tobacco smoke-associated injury in the aerodigestive tract of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of an...
6779529 Cigarette filter  
A cigarette filter includes a multiple section filter which reduces the level of predetermined smoke constituents. The filter includes a fibrous filter plug section, a selective adsorbent section,...
6739344 Biodegradable cellulose acetate structure and tobacco filter  
A cellulose acetate structure excellent in its biodegradability. At least a surface region of the structure includes a biodegradable cellulose acetate composition containing a biodegradation...
6615840 Electrical smoking system and method  
An electrical smoking system comprising a cigarette and an electric lighter, wherein the cigarette comprises a wrapper surrounding a tubular tobacco mat partially filled with material tobacco so as...
6595218 Cigarette filter  
A cigarette filter having a reagent which chemically reacts with and removes a gaseous component of a smoke stream. The reagent contains functional groups covalently bonded to a non-volatile...
6591839 Filter material for reducing harmful substances in tobacco smoke  
A filter material for reducing the content of harmful substances in tobacco smoke. The filter material comprises a ground and not additionally activated expanded clay produced without adding...
6571802 Molded article of biodegradable cellulose acetate and filter plug for smoking article  
A molded article molded from a cellulose acetate composition comprising, contained in cellulose acetate, a composite material of a decomposition accelerating agent formed of at least one compound...
6530377 Cigarette filter containing dry water and a porphyrin  
A tobacco smoke filter comprising a porous substrate comprising dry water and a porphyrin dispersed therein. The porous substrate can further comprise microcapsules. The microcapsules can comprise...
6481442 Smoking article including a filter for selectively removing carbonyls  
A smoking article including a wrapper surrounding a tobacco column and a selective filter element is disclosed. The selective filter element includes at least one carrier having a developed...
6470894 Glutathione, green tea, grape seed extract to neutralize tobacco free radicals  
A composition for inclusion within a cigarette, cigar, pipe or smokeless tobacco. The composition can be included within the tobacco itself, a filter for filtering tobacco smoke once burned or even...
6415798 Antioxidants to neutralize tobacco free radicals  
A composition for inclusion within a cigarette, cigar, pipe or smokeless tobacco. The composition can be included within the tobacco itself, a filter for filtering tobacco smoke once burned within...
6334448 Poison-reduced cigarette  
A poison-reduced cigarette includes adding hydrate of double salt of ferroso-ferric chloride into tobacco and cigarette filter to react with nicotine to form salt which will not be absorbed by the...
6311696 Smoking articles  
The invention relates to low delivery cigarettes, usually having a mainstream particulate matter delivery of about 9 mg or less. An embodiment has a rod of tobacco material and a filter element....
6153119 Method and product for reducing tar and nicotine in cigarettes  
A process, and product which uses the process, for reducing tar and nicotine in cigarettes, whereby a novel emulsified complex of Sterotex/permanganate is incorporated into a cigarette. The complex...
6145511 Filter cigarette  
A description is given of a filter cigarette, whose filter a) contains fibrous filter material, b) contains an additive with an antimutagenic action on the cigarette smoke in a quantity of...
6119699 Method and apparatus for the selective removal of specific components from smoke condensates  
A smoking article capable of delivering a regulated smoke composition to a smoker, includes: a) a combustible filler wrapped in a combustible sheath; and b) at least one affinity chromatographic...
5944025 Smokeless method and article utilizing catalytic heat source for controlling products of combustion  
A smoking article and its method of construction and operation to provide products of combustion which are used to form flavorable aerosol gases delivered to the smoker's mouth while controlling...
5921248 Tobacco combination product filter  
There are disclosed filters for tobacco combustion products that, when employed in conjunction with exposure to tobacco smoke, inhibit the accumulation of AGEs and AGE-like tobacco- and tobacco...
5909736 Removal of noxious oxidants and carcinogenic volatile nitrosocompounds from cigarette smoke using biological substances  
This invention refers to a method of withholding noxious compounds contained in cigarette smoke (NO, NOx, carcinogenic nitrosocompounds, free radicals, H 2 O 2 , CO, aldehydes, and trace elements)...
5839448 Absorbent articles  
Cigarette filters are disclosed which comprise entangled continuous filaments of lyocell. The filaments may be entangled for example by hydroentangling a web which comprises one or more layers of...
5829449 Smoking products containing antioxidants  
A composition for inclusion within a cigarette, cigar or pipe. The composition can be included within the tobacco itself, a filter for filtering tobacco smoke once burned or even within the paper...
5810020 Process for removing nitrogen-containing anions and tobacco-specific nitrosamines from tobacco products  
There is disclosed a process for denitrifying tobacco materials and removing barium from tobacco materials, comprising mixing an aqueous-immiscible organic solvent containing a crown ether with an...
5746231 Tobacco smoke filter for removing toxic compounds  
A tobacco smoke filter comprising a porous substrate having a humectant, such as sodium pyroglutamate, dispersed therein to absorb moisture from the tobacco smoke thereby wet-filtering the tobacco...
5685323 Disposable filter attachment for smoking articles  
A disposable filter attachment for smoking articles, such as cigarettes, comprises first and second filter segments and an insertion tube at one end thereof for receiving and supporting a...
5676163 Anti-smoke perfumes and compositions  
The invention is concerned with a process for counteracting smoke malodour wherein enclosed air spaces wherein smoke maladour is present, or substrates on which smoke malodour has deposited are...
5671758 Catalytic cigarette smoke cleaning devise and process  
tobacco filled smoking article adopted to produce less toxic substances such as carbon monoxide in the combustion gases, adding solid inert, stable non polluting catalysts in or near the tobacco,...
5657772 Smoking article and filter therefor  
A filter for a smoking article incorporating particles coated with platinum selectively reduces the amount of volatiles of mainstream smoking article smoke passing through the filter. The platinum...
5507304 Polymer blend composed of cellulose acetate and starch acetate used to form fibers, films and plastic materials and a process to prepare said blend  
A blend of cellulose acetate and starch acetate used to make fibers, filaments, yarns, fabrics, plastic materials and other uses is disclosed. Additionally, the invention relates to the process of...
5501234 Apparatus for filtering and purifying side-stream and second-hand tobacco smoke  
The present invention relates to a multi-stage tobacco smoke filtering apparatus which filters both second-hand smoke exhaled by a smoker, and side-stream smoke which is evolved from the burning...
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