Smoking article with manually releasable odorant

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9770050
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14719459

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A smoking article has an outer surface and a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided on the outer surface, wherein the microcapsules are capable of being manually ruptured by a consumer to release an odorant encapsulated therein. The smoking article preferably comprises a wrapped tobacco rod; and a filter attached to the wrapped tobacco rod by tipping paper, a mouth end portion of which is “over tipped” with a band or strip of “Peel and Sniff” microcapsules and/or a band or strip of “Scratch and Sniff” microcapsules.

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PHILIP MORRIS USA INCRICHMOND VA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Besso, Clement Neuchatel, CH 55 338
Kuersteiner, Charles Jouxtens-Mezery, CH 32 417
Wyss-Peters, Anne Lausanne, CH 8 219

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