Smoking article with front-plug and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11582998
APP PUB NO 20140345634A1
SERIAL NO

14368083

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There is provided a smoking article that includes a plurality of elements, including a front-plug and an aerosol-forming substrate, assembled in contact with a cigarette paper to form a rod. The front-plug is located upstream from the aerosol-forming substrate. In use, a heating element is inserted into the smoking article and the aerosol-forming substrate is heated to generate an aerosol. When the heating element is subsequently withdrawn from the smoking article, the front-plug acts to retain the aerosol-forming substrate within the rod.

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PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S AQUAI JEANRENAUD 3 NEUCHATEL 2000

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Badertscher, Thomas Cernier, CH 9 298
Meyer, Cedric Lausanne, CH 28 830
Zuber, Gerard Froideville, CH 60 728

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