EP3811795A1 - Article à fumer comprenant une partie support multicouche - Google Patents

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EP3811795A1
EP3811795A1 EP20810852.2A EP20810852A EP3811795A1 EP 3811795 A1 EP3811795 A1 EP 3811795A1 EP 20810852 A EP20810852 A EP 20810852A EP 3811795 A1 EP3811795 A1 EP 3811795A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/04—Cigars; Cigarettes with mouthpieces or filter-tips
    • A24D1/045—Cigars; Cigarettes with mouthpieces or filter-tips with smoke filter means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/20—Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/14—Machines of the continuous-rod type
    • A24C5/18—Forming the rod
    • A24C5/1821—Forming the rod containing different tobacco mixtures, e.g. composite rods
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/002—Cigars; Cigarettes with additives, e.g. for flavouring
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/02—Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/18—Selection of materials, other than tobacco, suitable for smoking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D3/00—Tobacco smoke filters, e.g. filter-tips, filtering inserts; Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices; Mouthpieces for cigars or cigarettes
    • A24D3/17—Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices

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  • the present invention relates to a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion, and more particularly, to a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion that allows a plurality of tobacco flavors to be tasted in one smoking article.
  • Smoke or an aerosol generated in smoking articles moves from upstream to downstream and is delivered to a smoker so that the smoker feels satisfied with smoking. There are several factors that determine smoking satisfaction, but the most important factor is the tobacco flavor that the smoker tastes.
  • the present invention is directed to providing a new type of smoking article that allows a smoker to taste various tobacco flavors in one smoking article.
  • the present invention is also directed to providing a smoking article capable of allowing the tobacco flavor to gradually change over smoking time, thus increasing a user's satisfaction with smoking.
  • An embodiment of the present invention provides a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion, the smoking article including a filter portion and a medium portion including a first smoking material portion and a second smoking material portion, wherein the first smoking material portion and the second smoking material portion are disposed in a form in which the first smoking material portion is surrounded entirely or partially by the second smoking material portion in a longitudinal direction of the medium portion, and tobacco raw materials included in the first smoking material portion and tobacco raw materials included in the second smoking material portion are different.
  • the first smoking material portion and the second smoking material portion may further include additives in addition to the tobacco raw materials, and types and composition ratios of the additives included in the first smoking material portion may be different from types and composition ratios of the additives included in the second smoking material portion.
  • a transverse cross-section of the first smoking material portion may have one of a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a regular polygon shape, and an irregular polygon shape
  • the second smoking material portion may have a shape surrounding the first smoking material portion
  • the smoking article may further include a wrapper that wraps around an outer side surface of the first smoking material portion, and the first smoking material portion and the second smoking material portion may be physically partitioned by the wrapper.
  • the wrapper may have characteristics of at least one of porous wrapping paper, nonporous wrapping paper, grease-resistant wrapping paper, and water-resistant wrapping paper with a coated surface.
  • a resistance to draw of the first smoking material portion and a resistance to draw of the second smoking material portion may be different.
  • a packing density of the tobacco raw materials included in the first smoking material portion and a packing density of the tobacco raw materials included in the second smoking material portion may be different.
  • the first smoking material portion and the second smoking material portion may include a plurality of tobacco strands produced using tobacco raw materials, and the tobacco strands included in one of the first smoking material portion and the second smoking material portion may be packed to be parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the medium portion, and the tobacco strands included in the other one may be packed in random arrays.
  • aerosols generated in the first smoking material portion and the second smoking material portion may move in a downstream direction and be mixed in the filter portion, and components of the aerosol generated in the first smoking material portion and components of the aerosol generated in the second smoking material portion may be different.
  • an amount of the aerosol generated in the first smoking material portion and an amount of the aerosol generated in the second smoking material portion may be different.
  • a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion, there is an effect of allowing a smoker to taste various tobacco flavors in one smoking article.
  • smoking article may refer to anything capable of generating an aerosol, such as tobacco (cigarette) and cigar.
  • the smoking article may include an aerosol-generating material or an aerosol-forming substrate.
  • the smoking article may include a solid material based on tobacco raw materials, such as reconstituted tobacco leaves, shredded tobacco, and reconstituted tobacco.
  • a smoking material may include a volatile compound.
  • upstream or “upstream direction” refers to a direction moving away from an oral region of a user smoking a smoking article 100
  • downstream or “downstream direction” refers to a direction approaching the oral region of the user smoking the smoking article 100
  • the smoking article 100 may be a combustion-type cigarette or a heating-type cigarette or the like that is used with an electronic cigarette device.
  • FIG. 1 is a partially cut-out perspective view of a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the smoking article 100 including a multilayer medium portion includes a filter portion 110 and a medium portion 130.
  • the filter portion 110 is a region disposed downstream from the medium portion 130 and through which an aerosol material generated in the medium portion 130 passes right before being inhaled by the user.
  • the filter portion 110 may be formed of various materials.
  • the filter portion 110 may be produced as a cellulose acetate filter, a recessed filter including a hollow, or the like.
  • a length of the filter portion 110 may be appropriately selected within a range of 4 mm to 30 mm, and a diameter of the filter portion 110 may be appropriately selected within a range of 5 mm to 8 mm, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the medium portion 130 includes a first smoking material portion 132 and a second smoking material portion 134.
  • the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 are disposed in a longitudinal direction of the medium portion 130, in the form in which the first smoking material portion 132 is surrounded entirely or partially by the second smoking material portion 134.
  • being disposed in the longitudinal direction of the medium portion 130 refers to being disposed in a longitudinal axis direction of the smoking article 100.
  • tobacco raw materials included in the first smoking material portion 132 and tobacco raw materials included in the second smoking material portion 134 may be different.
  • the tobacco raw materials included in the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 may be aerosol-generating materials.
  • the aerosol-generating materials may be rod-shaped pieces or the like formed by grinding tobacco leaves, mixing a solvent and various additives with the ground tobacco leaves to produce a tobacco slurry, drying the tobacco slurry to form a tobacco sheet, and then processing the tobacco sheet.
  • the aerosol-generating materials i.e., the tobacco raw materials, included in the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 may be pieces of tobacco leaves, tobacco stems, and/or fine tobacco powder generated during tobacco processing.
  • the tobacco raw materials may include ground tobacco leaves, ground reconstituted tobacco, and the like.
  • the tobacco raw materials may include burley tobacco leaves, bright tobacco leaves, oriental tobacco leaves, expanded shredded tobacco, expanded tobacco midribs, reconstituted tobacco leaves, and the like.
  • first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 may further include additives in addition to the tobacco raw materials.
  • the additives according to an embodiment of the present invention may be at least one of a flavoring agent, a wetting agent, and an acetate compound.
  • the flavoring agent may be one of licorice, saccharose, fructose syrup, isosweet, cocoa, lavender, cinnamon, cardamom, celery, fenugreek, cascarilla, white sandalwood, bergamot, geranium, honey essence, rose oil, vanilla, lemon oil, orange oil, mint oil, cinnamon, caraway, cognac, jasmine, chamomile, menthol, cinnamon, ylang-ylang, sage, spearmint, ginger, cilantro, and coffee.
  • the wetting agent may be glycerin, propylene glycol, or the like. In this case, the types and composition ratios of the additives included in the smoking material portions 132 and 134 may be different.
  • the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 included in the medium portion 130 may be combusted or heated simultaneously or non-simultaneously to allow a user to taste various tobacco flavors.
  • the smoking article 100 may also be implemented to further include elements other than those illustrated.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • a smoking article 100 including a multilayer medium portion may, in addition to including a filter portion 110 and a medium portion 130, further include a cooling portion 150 and a support element 170.
  • the smoking article 100 may have a form in which the filter portion 110, the cooling portion 150, the support element 170, and the medium portion 130 are sequentially arranged in that order in the upstream direction from the downstream end.
  • the cooling portion 150 cools an aerosol generated as the medium portion 130 is heated. Consequently, the smoker may inhale the aerosol cooled to an appropriate temperature.
  • the length or diameter of the cooling portion 150 may be variously set according to the shape of the smoking article 100.
  • the length of the cooling portion 150 may be appropriately selected within a range of 7 mm to 20 mm.
  • the length of the cooling portion 150 may be about 14 mm, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the cooling portion 150 may be made by weaving polymer fibers.
  • a flavoring liquid may also be applied to the fibers made of polymer.
  • separate fibers to which a flavoring liquid is applied and fibers made of polymer may be woven together to produce the cooling portion 150.
  • the cooling portion 150 may also be formed by a crimped polymer sheet.
  • the polymer according to an embodiment of the present invention may be produced using a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polylactic acid (PLA), cellulose acetate (CA), and aluminum foil.
  • the cooling portion 150 may include at least one channel formed in a longitudinal direction of the smoking article 100.
  • the channel refers to a passage through which air or the aerosol generated in the medium portion 130 passes.
  • the support element 170 prevents a phenomenon in which, when the smoking article 100 is inserted into an electronic cigarette device or the like, the internal elements of the smoking article 100 are pushed in the downstream direction by a heater or the like included in the electronic cigarette device. Also, the support element 170 may cool the aerosol generated in the medium portion 130.
  • the support element 170 may be a cellulose acetate filter.
  • the support element 170 may be a tubular structure having a hollow formed therein.
  • the length and diameter of the support element 170 may be variously set according to the shape of the smoking article 100.
  • the length of the support element 170 may be appropriately selected within a range of 4 mm to 30 mm.
  • the length of the support element 170 may be about 10 mm, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the diameter of the hollow formed in the support element 170 may be appropriately selected within a range of 2 mm to 4.5 mm, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the hardness of the support element 170 may be adjusted by controlling the content of plasticizer during production of the support element 170. Also, a film, a tube, or the like made of a material which is the same as or different from the material of the support element 170 may be inserted into the hollow formed in the support element 170.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
  • a smoking article 100 including a multilayer medium portion may, in addition to including a filter portion 110, a medium portion 130, and a support element 170, further include a front plug 190.
  • the front plug 190 may be a cellulose acetate filter. Alternatively, the front plug 190 may be formed of a paper filter, a porous molded product, or the like.
  • the length of the front plug 190 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be in a range of 4 mm to 15 mm, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the front plug 190 may be colored or flavored.
  • the front plug 190 serves to prevent tobacco raw materials included in the medium portion 130 from being discharged to the outside.
  • FIG. 4 is a transverse cross-sectional view of a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a transverse cross-sectional view of the medium portion 130.
  • the medium portion 130 may include the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134, and the first smoking material portion 132 may be surrounded by the second smoking material portion 134.
  • the first smoking material portion 132 disposed inside the medium portion 130 and the second smoking material portion 134 surrounding the first smoking material portion 132 may have circular cross-sections and concentric cylindrical shapes.
  • the shape of the cross-section of the first smoking material portion 132 is not limited to the circular shape and may, of course, be various other shapes.
  • the cross-section of the first smoking material portion 132 may have an elliptical shape, a regular polygon shape, an irregular polygon shape, or the like.
  • the cross-section of the second smoking material portion 134 may have a shape surrounding the first smoking material portion 132.
  • raw materials constituting the first smoking material portion 132 and raw materials constituting the second smoking material portion 134 may be different. Specifically, pieces of tobacco leaves, tobacco stems, and/or fine tobacco powder generated during tobacco processing which are the raw materials of the first smoking material portion 132 may be different from those included in the second smoking material portion 134.
  • first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 may each include various additives in addition to the tobacco raw materials, and the additives included in the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 may also be different.
  • the additives added to the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 may be the same, but composition ratios thereof may be different.
  • FIG. 5 is a transverse cross-sectional view of a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • the medium portion 130 includes the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 which are produced using different raw materials.
  • the raw materials included in the smoking material portions may be mixed during a production process or a distribution process in some cases.
  • the medium portion 130 may further include a wrapper 136 that wraps around an outer side surface of the first smoking material portion 132. Consequently, the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 are physically partitioned by the wrapper 136.
  • the wrapper 136 may be produced using general wrapping paper that is not treated to be grease-resistant.
  • the wrapper 136 may be porous wrapping paper or nonporous wrapping paper.
  • the porosity may be, in Cooperation Center for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco (CORESTA) units (CU), 6,500 CU or higher, and preferably, 24,000 CU or higher.
  • CORESTA Cooperation Center for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco
  • the porosity may be in a range of 10 CU to 200 CU.
  • the wrapper 136 may be produced using grease-resistant wrapping paper. This is because, in the case in which additives such as oil and fat are included in at least one of the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134, the additives included in the smoking material portions may permeate through the wrapper 136 and mix with each other.
  • the wrapper 136 may be produced using water-resistant wrapping paper.
  • the mainstream smoke or aerosol generated in the medium portion 130 may contain a wetting agent, moisture, other compounds, and the like.
  • wrapper 136 since the wrapper 136 may be stained or weakened due to the additives added to the smoking material portions in the process in which the medium portion 130 is combusted, a coating layer for grease resistance or water resistance may be imparted to a surface of the wrapper 136.
  • the coating layer may consist of at least one of silicone materials, wax materials, and natural materials.
  • the wax materials may correspond to one of paraffin wax, embed, crystal palm, multiwax, carnauba wax, candelia wax, castor wax, microcrystalline wax, gel wax, beeswax, stearic acid, polypropylene wax, polyethylene wax, and polyethylene acrylic wax or a combination of at least two of the above-listed materials, but are not limited thereto.
  • the silicone materials may be liquid silicone, but are not limited thereto.
  • natural material fibers may be flax, but are not limited thereto.
  • the flax has a characteristic in that the strength of the flax increases when the flax absorbs moisture. Thus, the flax may improve the water resistance of the wrapper 136.
  • the coating layer may consist of fine particles.
  • the fine particles may be microcapsules in which the silicone materials or wax materials are formed as a matrix.
  • a waterproof nanoprotrusion structure may be firstly coated with methyl cellulose acetate to reinforce strength and secondly coated with a wax such as paraffin wax to strengthen the physical properties of powder. Therefore, the coating layer including the fine particles may improve the water resistance of the wrapper 136.
  • FIG. 6 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a smoking article including a multilayer medium portion according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the smoking article is a conventional cigarette
  • the smoking article is a conventional cigarette
  • the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the medium portion 130, and the first smoking material portion 132 is surrounded by the second smoking material portion 134.
  • the aerosols generated in the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 move in the downstream direction and are delivered to the smoker through the filter portion 110.
  • components of the aerosols generated in the smoking material portions may also be different. Therefore, the smoker may taste various tobacco flavors in one smoking article.
  • the amount of aerosol generated in the first smoking material portion 132 and the amount of aerosol generated in the second smoking material portion 134 may have to be different to enhance the tobacco flavor in some cases. For example, there may be case in which the tobacco flavor is further enhanced when the amount of aerosol generated in the first smoking material portion 132 is larger than the amount of aerosol generated in the second smoking material portion 134.
  • the resistance to draw (RTD) of the first smoking material portion 132 and the RTD of the second smoking material portion 134 may be made different. This is because, when the smoker puffs the smoking article 100 with a constant force, the aerosol generated in the smoking material portion with a relatively higher RTD is introduced into the filter portion 110 in a smaller amount than the aerosol generated in the smoking material portion with a relatively lower RTD, and as a result, the mixed amount of aerosol originating from each smoking material portion may be adjusted.
  • the RTD of the smoking material portion may be determined by various factors.
  • each smoking material portion is implemented in a form in which tobacco raw materials are packed therein, and the RTD of each smoking material portion may be adjusted by varying the packing density.
  • a packing density of the tobacco raw materials included in the first smoking material portion 132 and a packing density of the tobacco raw materials included in the second smoking material portion 134 may be different.
  • the tobacco raw materials included in each smoking material portion may be processed into the form of strands and then packed in the smoking material portion.
  • the tobacco strands are packed to be parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the medium portion 130, air passages may be formed in the smoking material portions and movement of the aerosols is facilitated.
  • the tobacco strands are packed in random arrays, movement of the stream of aerosols is not facilitated, and thus the RTD relatively increases.
  • the tobacco strands included in one of the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 may be packed to be parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the medium portion 130, and the tobacco strands included in the other one may be packed in random arrays.
  • the smoking article 100 it is possible to achieve the effect of allowing the user to taste various tobacco flavors in the smoking article 100.
  • FIG. 7 is a view illustrating an example in which a smoking article according to an embodiment of the present invention is used by being inserted into an aerosol generation device.
  • an aerosol generation device 200 may include a battery (not illustrated), a controller (not illustrated), and a heater 210.
  • the battery, controller, and heater constituting the aerosol generation device 200 may be arranged in a row, but the arrangement structure is not limited thereto.
  • the aerosol generation device 200 may, of course, further include general-purpose elements other than those mentioned above.
  • the battery supplies power used to operate the aerosol generation device 200.
  • the battery may supply power to allow the heater to be heated and supply power required for operation of the controller.
  • the battery may supply power required for operation of a display, a sensor, a motor, and the like installed in the aerosol generation device 200.
  • the controller may control the overall operation of the aerosol generation device 200. Specifically, the controller may check the states of not only the battery and the heater but also other components of the aerosol generation device 200 and determine whether the aerosol generation device 200 is in an operable state.
  • the controller may include at least one processor.
  • the processor may be implemented with an array of a plurality of logic gates or implemented with a combination of a general-purpose microprocessor and a memory which stores a program that may be executed by the microprocessor. Also, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present embodiment pertains should understand that the controller may also be implemented with other forms of hardware.
  • the heater 210 may be heated by the power supplied from the battery.
  • the heater 210 may be an electrically-resistive heater including an electrically-conductive track and may be heated as current is applied.
  • the heater 10 may be implemented as an induction heating-type heater.
  • the heater 210 may include an electrically-conductive coil.
  • the heater 210 is a needle-shaped or rod-shaped heating element is illustrated as an example in FIG. 7 , but the shape of the heater 210 is not limited thereto, and the heater 210 may, of course, be implemented in various other shapes such as a plate shape.
  • the entire medium portion 130 may be inserted into the aerosol generation device 200 and the filter portion 110 may be exposed to the outside.
  • a portion of the filter portion 110 may be inserted with the medium portion 130, or only a portion of the medium portion 130 may be inserted.
  • the smoker may, while holding the filter portion 110 in his or her mouth, inhale the aerosols generated in the first smoking material portion 132 and the second smoking material portion 134 of the medium portion 130.
  • outside air may be introduced through at least one air passage formed in the aerosol generation device 200.
  • the opening/closing state of the air passage formed in the aerosol generation device 200 or the size of the air passage may be adjusted by the smoker. Accordingly, vapor production, smoking sensation, and the like may be adjusted by the user.
  • outside air may be introduced into the smoking article 100 through at least one air hole (not illustrated) formed in a surface of the smoking article 100.
  • the smoking article 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is used by being inserted into the internal heating-type aerosol generation device 200 illustrated in FIG. 7 , the first smoking material portion 132 disposed inside the medium portion 130 is heated first, and an aerosol is intensively generated from the first smoking material portion 132. Consequently, the smoker may taste a tobacco flavor from the aerosol generated in the first smoking material portion 132 in an early stage of smoking.
  • the heat generated by the heater 210 diffuses from the center of the medium portion 130 toward an outer side surface thereof, and thus an aerosol is generated in the second smoking material portion 134. Consequently, the smoker may taste a tobacco flavor originating from the second smoking material portion 134 in a later stage of smoking.
  • FIG. 8 is a view illustrating another example in which a smoking article according to an embodiment of the present invention is used by being inserted into an aerosol generation device.
  • an aerosol generation device 200 may include a battery (not illustrated), a controller (not illustrated), a vaporizer (not illustrated), and a heater 210.
  • the heater 210 may be disposed along an outer side surface inside an insertion hole formed in a cylindrical shape at one surface of the aerosol generation device 200. When the smoking article 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is inserted into the insertion hole, the heater 210 is operated and performs heating from an outer side surface of the smoking article 100.
  • the second smoking material portion 134 disposed at an outer side of the medium portion 130 is heated first, and an aerosol is intensively generated from the second smoking material portion 134. Consequently, the smoker may taste a tobacco flavor from the aerosol generated in the second smoking material portion 134 in an early stage of smoking.
  • the heat generated by the heater 210 diffuses in an inward direction from the outer side surface of the medium portion 130, and thus the first smoking material portion 132 is heated to generate an aerosol. Consequently, the smoker may taste a tobacco flavor originating from the first smoking material portion 132 in a later stage of smoking.
  • the smoker may taste a tobacco flavor that is generated as the aerosol generated in the first smoking material portion 132 and the aerosol generated in the second smoking material portion 134 are mixed.
  • the amount of aerosol generated in the second smoking material portion 134 gradually decreases while the amount of aerosol generated in the first smoking material portion 132 gradually increases. Consequently, the smoker may taste various tobacco flavors.

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