DE10334379A1 - Cigarette, with a reduced tobacco content, has an intermediate filter between the mouthpiece filter and the tobacco to give a cigarette of the conventional length with less tobacco - Google Patents

Abstract

The cigarette, with a filter (1), has a shortened length of tobacco (4) with a normal or reduced thickness, and an intermediate filter (3) between the tobacco and the mouthpiece filter. The cigarette structure has the total length of a conventional king-size cigarette. The intermediate filter section can be hollow or filled with a filter material.

Description

was standing Technique: Conventional commercial cigarettes have an average length of 8.4 cm (King Size) and a diameter of about 0.8 cm. The filter length is 2.5 cm, smoked so is a 5.9 cm long and about 0.8 cm wide, wrapped in cigarette paper Tobacco sticks (total weight of the cigarettes about 1 g). Depending on the habit, the cigarette is at a distance smoked down to the filter between 2 cm and a few millimeters (on average, probably Most smokers "smoke down" to a distance of about 1.5 cm to the filter). It will thus in the vast majority The smoker usually a tobacco rod of mostly 4,4 cm in length and 0.8 cm thickness as given by the offered cigarette type rule with one in dependence of the tobacco quality inhaled corresponding amount of pollutants.

In usually one will be lit. Cigarette also smoked, i. even if after some moves about the nicotine addiction and the smoke compulsion were already initially satisfied, will also be the remainder of the smoldering cigarette in all Usually smoked to the end, being the power of habit and a unconscious waste avoidance thinking may come to fruition.

Though in exceptional cases, e.g. in case of malfunction of the smoking process and forced interruption, the phenomenon that stopped the smoking process is made by the cigarette, e.g. is made in half. however it hardly happens that the made cigarette after a second smoking process again is used. Instead, usually a new cigarette set on fire and the old "butt" thrown away.

Further Of course, that depends Amount of inhaled tobacco also from the intensity of smoking, i.e. someone who pauses longer between each cigarette or someone who takes less strong inhalation shots (and the cigarette smokes less strongly and hotly), of course consumes too correspondingly less tobacco and therefore pollutants. Likewise can through the, but quite rare, use more or less filtering active cigarette filter tips, the inhaled amount of pollutants be reduced.

at the new, extra thin, Filter cigarettes, the length also corresponds to the conventional Lengths. Although the diameter is reduced, but this is the contained tobacco pressed harder, so that the total amount of tobacco consumed and thus also according to the tobacco quality the amount of pollutants, not significantly reduced. Especially Also in this type of cigarette the smoking time of the cigarette not significantly shortened, so that the "kick" on nicotine) and the previous smoking habit largely maintained becomes. This corresponded so far largely to the habits of Smokers and the interests of the cigarette industry, which had no interest Tobacco consumption (and thus unfortunately also the search-preserving pollutant consumption) in its absolute quantity to reduce substantially. Of course the individual smoker therefore has no incentive to and addiction satisfaction or To reduce the retention amount as an absolute amount.

To solved Problem: With cigarette consumption and especially with the cigarette addiction the smoker is often concerned only with an acute smoking need breastfeeding by satisfying the tobacco or nicotine stimulus. For this Purpose, however, is not always necessary with a conventional one Cigarette given (absolute) amount of tobacco (supply) also completely up to exhaust to the usual limit to the filter and consume to consume. Rather would often enough, one consume a significantly smaller amount.

in the Cigarette supply is missing, however, a type with consciously reduced amount of tobacco, e.g. only a half-fill conventional Cigarette lengths. Without the use of a special intermediate filter such would simply be in the front Tobacco part shortened (quasi cut) and thus altogether shortened cigarettes only conditionally Practical, because shortly after smoking the embers unpleasant close to the mouthpiece would come close. In question, therefore, is essentially a shortening of the front tobacco-filled cigarette with simultaneous extension of the filter part.

Solution: This is remedied with a new offer option of a short or Small cigarette, which is the desirable, reduced tobacco consumption relative to the absolute supply quantity now achieved by conventional Cigarette thickness (normal or extra thin) and length (King Size or 100's) the length of the tobacco-filled Front part by 1/3 to 2/3, e.g. 1/2, shortened and the length of the filter extended accordingly becomes.

The length of the previous mouth filter can not simply be stretched by more than 100%, since the tobacco inhalation would be weakened too much by such a long mouth filter and the cigarette would "no longer taste". It can be maintained the length of the previous mouth filter and between the tobacco part and mouth filter a hollow or permeable filter adapter occur that bridges the gap between the shortened tobacco part and mouth filter piece and barely attenuates the "pull" of the cigarette.

This hollow or otherwise, e.g. by means of inserted into the cavity cardboard slats, permeable filter adapter exists in the simplest case of a thin-walled Pappzylinderform, to the conventional mouth filter piece to the tobacco part connects, by being enveloped by the Roll paper with this to a lengthened total filter and total to a conventional long filter cigarette with front attached, shortened tobacco part is formed.

A Variant of the short cigarette is further that a conventional Filter directly, especially for longer 100's cigarettes, shortened to one to 1/3 to 1/2 Connect the tobacco part can, so that yourself the cigarette length somewhat shortened.

Thereby that thus per cigarette consumption only about 1/3 to 2/3 or half, up In any case, much less tobacco is offered and smoked can be, will the opportunity opened, to smoke absolutely less tobacco and its overall tobacco and pollutant consumption to reduce, with a habituation effect for less smoking arises.

Especially is by such short or small cigarettes and the renunciation of smoking for those, who quit smoking would like, relieved, so that special in the gradual weaning the short cigarette has big advantages offers.

description of application examples based on drawings

1A to 1C shows
(A) compared to a conventional filter cigarette in the "king size" format with mouth filter piece ( 1 ) and tobacco part ( 2 )
(B) a short cigarette with intermediate filter ( 3 ) and 1/2 shortened tobacco part ( 4 ); with constant total cigarette length of 8.4 cm and conventional mouth filter piece ( 1 ) Length of 2.5 cm is the length of the novel, hollow / permeable intermediate filter ( 3 ) here 2.95 cm and the length of the reduced tobacco part ( 4 ) here 2.95 cm,
(C) a short cigarette with intermediate filter ( 3 ) and 2/3 shortened tobacco part ( 4 ); with constant total cigarette length of 8.4 cm and conventional mouth filter piece ( 1 ) Length of 2.5 cm is the length of the novel, hollow / permeable intermediate filter ( 3 ) here 3,933 cm and the length of the reduced tobacco part ( 4 ) here 1,966 cm.

2A to 2C shows
(A) the simplest form of the novel, hollow intermediate filter piece ( 3 ) in the form of an internally open cardboard hollow cylinder,
(B) an inside with cross blades ( 5 ) provided, permeable filter intermediate piece ( 3 )
(C) Cross sections of further, possibly in a permeable Zwischenfikterstück ( 3 ) used filter or stabilizing blades ( 5 ).

Claims (2)

Short cigarette as a filter cigarette (normal or thick extra thin) to enable shorter Smoking time and reduced tobacco and therefore pollutant consumption, at the tobacco filled Part in its length and thus significantly shortened in its absolute supply of tobacco and in which the filter part is extended accordingly by between the mouth filter piece and the front tobacco filled Part is inserted a hollow or intermediate lamellae, permeable filter intermediate piece. Short cigarette as a filter cigarette (normal or thick extra thin) to enable shorter Smoking time and reduced tobacco and therefore pollutant consumption, at the tobacco filled Part in its length and thus significantly shortened in its absolute supply of tobacco and directly to a conventional one Mouth filter connects.