EP3841894A1 - Tipping paper to which technology for reducing cigarette odor on fingers is applied, smoking article comprising same, and method for manufacturing tipping paper - Google Patents
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a tipping paper for smoking articles, and more particularly, to a tipping paper to which a technology capable of reducing a tobacco smell that may cling to fingers of a smoker is applied and a smoking article including the same and a method of producing the tipping paper.
- the present invention is directed to providing a tipping paper capable of reducing a tobacco smell on fingers and a smoking article including the same.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a tipping paper for smoking articles that surrounds at least a partial region of a smoking material portion and a smoking article filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the smoking article filter portion are combined, the tipping paper including a fragrance carrier which consists of a fragrance material and a carrier material which includes the fragrance material, wherein the fragrance material included in the carrier material is expressed outside the tipping paper in response to moisture, saliva, or friction, and the carrier material is a material soluble in ethanol.
- the carrier material may be 2-hydroxypropyl- ⁇ -cyclodextrin, and the fragrance material may include at least one or more materials of vanillin and ethyl vanillin.
- a weight ratio of the vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be in a range of 15% to 25%, and a weight ratio of the ethyl vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be in a range of 5% to 15%.
- the fragrance carrier may be included in the tipping paper through a fragrance carrier printing process that uses a fragrance carrier ink including the ethanol, the fragrance material, and the carrier material.
- a weight ratio of the fragrance material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 1.5%, and a weight ratio of the carrier material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 15%.
- the fragrance carrier ink may further include a binder, and a weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 15%.
- the binder may be a polymer material that is soluble in ethanol and has a molecular weight in a range of 3,000 to 20,000 and a glass transition temperature in a range of 60 °C to 90 °C.
- the fragrance carrier ink may further include microcapsules, and a weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 25%.
- a weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of 5% to 10%, and a weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of 5% to 20%.
- the microcapsules may each have a diameter in a range of 1.5 ⁇ m to 5.0 ⁇ m, the microcapsules may each include polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a fragrance, and a cross-linking agent, and a content ratio of the PVA and the fragrance included in each microcapsule may be in a range of 1:3 to 1:7.
- PVA polyvinyl alcohol
- the fragrance carrier printing process may be performed after an overprint varnish (OPV) process is applied to the tipping paper.
- OOV overprint varnish
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a smoking article including a smoking material portion which is wrapped by a smoking material wrapper, a filter portion whose upstream end is combined with the smoking material portion and which is wrapped by a filter wrapper, and a tipping paper which surrounds at least a partial region of the smoking material portion and the filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the filter portion are combined, wherein the tipping paper includes a fragrance carrier which consists of a fragrance material and a carrier material which includes the fragrance material, the fragrance material included in the carrier material is expressed outside the tipping paper in response to moisture, saliva, or friction, and the carrier material is a material soluble in ethanol.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method of producing a tipping paper for smoking articles that surrounds at least a partial region of a smoking material portion and a smoking article filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the smoking article filter portion are combined and includes a fragrance material and a carrier material which includes the fragrance material, the method including adding the carrier material to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby, adding the fragrance material to the solution in which the carrier material is added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby, adding a binder to the solution in which the carrier material and the fragrance material are added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby, and a printing step in which the solution in which the carrier material, the fragrance material, and the binder are added to ethanol is used as a fragrance carrier ink and printed on the tipping paper.
- the method may further include, before the printing step, adding microcapsules to the fragrance carrier ink and stirring a solution obtained thereby, wherein a core of each microcapsule may be an ethanol-based fragrance, a shell of each microcapsule may be PVA, and the microcapsules may be produced by stirring the ethanol-based fragrance and the PVA at room temperature, adding a cross-linking agent to a solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance and the PVA are stirred and stirring a solution obtained thereby at a temperature which is higher than or equal to 60 °C and lower than or equal to 100 °C, and cooling the solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance, the PVA, and the cross-linking agent are stirred.
- a core of each microcapsule may be an ethanol-based fragrance
- a shell of each microcapsule may be PVA
- the microcapsules may be produced by stirring the ethanol-based fragrance and the PVA at room temperature, adding a cross-linking agent to a solution in which the ethanol-based
- a fragrance material is included in a fragrance carrier material and then a process of printing a fragrance carrier on a tipping paper is applied, it is possible to effectively reduce a smell on fingers caused by smoking and solve a tipping paper curl issue and a tipping paper surface contamination problem which occur due to application of the printing process.
- the fragrance material is included in a carrier and printed, it is possible to reduce the amount of fragrance expressed during simple storage of smoking articles and increase the amount of fragrance expressed during smoking.
- ethanol is used as a solvent for ink used in a fragrance carrier printing process, and the extent to which an ink is dried and the extent to which a curl occurs in the tipping paper are secured at an equivalent level compared to a case in which the fragrance carrier printing process is not applied, it is possible to also secure the workability of printing the fragrance carrier.
- 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.
- a smoking material portion 120 is disposed upstream or in an upstream direction from a filter portion 110.
- the smoking article 100 is a combustion-type cigarette
- the present invention is not limited thereto, and the smoking article 100 may also be a heating-type cigarette or the like that is used together with an aerosol generation device (not illustrated) such as an electronic cigarette device.
- FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a schematic configuration of a smoking article to which a tipping paper according to some embodiments of the present invention is applied.
- the smoking article 100 may include the filter portion 110 wrapped by a filter wrapper 110a, the smoking material portion 120 wrapped by a smoking material wrapper 120a, and a tipping paper 130 configured to combine the filter portion 110 and the smoking material portion 120.
- the filter portion 110 may be disposed downstream from the smoking material portion 120 and may be a region through which an aerosol material generated in the smoking material portion 120 passes right before being inhaled by the user.
- the filter portion 110 may be formed of various materials.
- the filter portion 110 may be a cellulose acetate filter.
- the filter portion 110 may be a cellulose acetate filter not scented with a fragrance material, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the filter portion 110 may also be a transfer jet nozzle system (TJNS) filter scented with a fragrance material.
- TJNS transfer jet nozzle system
- the filter portion 110 may be a tubular structure including a hollow formed therein.
- the filter portion 110 may also be manufactured by inserting structures such as films or tubes formed of the same or different materials thereinto (for example, into the hollow).
- a hardness of the filter portion 110 may be adjusted by controlling the content of plasticizer during manufacture of the filter portion 110.
- Triacetin may be applied as a plasticizer and included at a weight ratio in a range of 5 to 15% with respect to the total weight of the filter portion 110, but the type and content of the plasticizer are not limited thereto and may be properly controlled as necessary.
- the filter portion 110 of the present embodiment is illustrated as a mono filter formed of a single filter, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the filter portion 110 may, of course, be provided as a dual filter which includes two acetate filters, a triple filter, or the like in order to increase filter efficiency.
- a capsule (not illustrated) may be included inside the filter portion 110.
- the capsule may have a structure in which a liquid including a fragrance and filled therein is wrapped by a film.
- the capsule may have a spherical or cylindrical shape.
- a diameter of the capsule may be in a range of about 2.6 mm to 3.5 mm but is not limited thereto. The diameter of the capsule may vary according to the standard of the smoking article 100.
- Materials forming the film of the capsule may be a natural material, starch, and/or a gellant.
- a film made of a natural material may be composed of agar, pectin, sodium alginate, glycerin, and the like. Gellan gum or gelatin may be used as the gellant.
- a gelation auxiliary agent may be further used as a material forming the film of the capsule.
- the gelation auxiliary agent for example, calcium chloride may be used.
- a plasticizer may be further used as a material forming the film of the capsule.
- glycerin and/or sorbitol may be used.
- a coloring agent may be further used as a material forming the film of the capsule.
- a solvent for the fragrance included in the liquid filled in the capsule for example, a medium chain fatty acid triglyceride (MCTG) may be used.
- the liquid may also contain other additives such as coloring, an emulsifier, and a thickener.
- a fragrance such as menthol and an essential oil of plants may be included in the liquid filled in the capsule, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the filter portion 110 may be wrapped by the filter wrapper 110a.
- the filter wrapper 110a may be produced using grease-resistant wrapping paper.
- the filter wrapper 110a may be produced using grease-resistant wrapping paper.
- an aluminum foil may be further included at an inner surface of the filter wrapper 110a.
- the filter portion 110 is disposed downstream of the smoking material portion 120 and serves as a filter through which an aerosol material generated in the smoking material portion 120 passes right before being inhaled by the user.
- the smoking material portion 120 may contain an aerosol-generating material.
- the smoking material portion 120 may include tobacco strands.
- the smoking material portion 120 may have the form of a longitudinally extending rod which may have various lengths, circumferences, and diameters.
- the aerosol-generating material may include at least one of glycerin, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, and oleyl alcohol.
- the smoking material portion 120 may also contain other additives such as a flavoring agent, a wetting agent, and/or an acetate compound.
- the flavoring agent may include 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, coffee, or the like.
- the wetting agent may include glycerin, propylene glycol, or the like.
- the smoking material portion 120 may include a reconstituted tobacco material which is formed in the shape of pieces of rods or the like by grinding tobacco raw materials, mixing a solvent and various additives with the ground tobacco raw materials to make a tobacco slurry, drying the tobacco slurry to form a tobacco sheet, and then processing the tobacco sheet.
- the smoking material portion 120 may include a plurality of tobacco material strands, and each strand may have a length in a range of about 10 mm to 14 mm (for example, 12 mm), a width in a range of about 0.8 mm to 1.2 mm (for example, 1 mm), and a thickness in a range of about 0.08 mm to 0.12 mm (for example, 0.1 mm), but the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the smoking material portion 120 includes a plurality of strand materials formed by processing a wide tobacco sheet, a density of tobacco materials filled in the smoking material portion 120 may increase. Accordingly, the amount of aerosol generated may be increased, and smoking characteristics of the smoking material portion 120 may be improved.
- the smoking material portion 120 may be wrapped by the smoking material wrapper 120a.
- the smoking material wrapper 120a may include a filler. Accordingly, an opacity of the smoking material wrapper 120a may be increased, porosity may be imparted to the smoking material wrapper 120a, smoothness and ash integrity of the cigarette paper may be improved, and whiteness of the cigarette paper may be increased. Materials such as calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, and magnesium oxide may be used as the filler, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the smoking material wrapper 120a may have a double wrapping paper structure.
- the smoking material wrapper 120a may include an inner wrapper (not illustrated) that comes in contact with the smoking material portion 120 and surrounds the smoking material portion 120 and an outer wrapper that comes in contact with the inner wrapper and surrounds an outer portion of the inner wrapper.
- the filter portion 110 wrapped by the filter wrapper 110a and the smoking material portion 120 wrapped by the smoking material wrapper 120a may be wrapped together by the tipping paper 130. That is, the tipping paper 130 may wrap around at least a portion (for example, a partial downstream region) of the smoking material wrapper 120a and an outer boundary of the filter wrapper 110a. In other words, at least a portion of the smoking material portion 120 and the filter portion 110 may be further wrapped by the tipping paper 130 and physically combined.
- the tipping paper 130 may be produced using nonporous wrapping paper that is not treated to be grease-resistant, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the tipping paper 130 may be coated with a sweetener such as sucralose and citric acid.
- a predetermined material may be added into the tipping paper 130.
- Silicone may be an example of the predetermined material, but the predetermined material is not limited thereto.
- silicone has characteristics such as being heat-resistant, i.e., not changing much according to temperature, being oxidation-resistant, i.e., not being oxidized, being resistant to various chemicals, being water-repellent, and being electrically insulated.
- any material other than silicone may be applied or coated on the tipping paper 130 as long as the material has the above-described characteristics.
- the tipping paper 130 may prevent a phenomenon in which the filter portion 110 is combusted. For example, in a case in which the smoking material portion 120 is combusted up to a portion thereof adjacent to the filter portion 110, there is a possibility that the filter portion 110 may also be combusted. Even in this case, since the tipping paper 130 includes an incombustible material, the phenomenon in which the filter portion 110 is combusted may be prevented.
- the tipping paper 130 of the present invention includes a fragrance carrier which consists of a fragrance material for masking a tobacco smell and a carrier material for including the fragrance material.
- the fragrance carrier may be included in the tipping paper through a process of printing the fragrance carrier on the tipping paper by using a fragrance carrier ink including ethanol, the fragrance material, and the carrier material.
- the fragrance carrier ink may be produced by sequentially adding the carrier material, the fragrance material, and a binder to the ethanol and stirring solutions obtained thereby.
- the fragrance carrier ink may be produced by: i) adding the carrier material to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby for about 30 minutes to 60 minutes; ii) adding the fragrance material to the solution in which the carrier material is added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby for about 15 minutes to 45 minutes; and iii) adding the binder to the solution in which the carrier material and the fragrance material are added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby for about 15 minutes to 45 minutes.
- the method of producing the fragrance carrier ink may further include, after the step iii), iv) adding microcapsules to the solution in which the carrier material, the fragrance material, and the binder are added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby for about 15 minutes to 45 minutes.
- the fragrance carrier printing process may be performed by mixing the fragrance carrier with an ink used in an overprint varnish (OPV) process that is performed on the tipping paper.
- OOV overprint varnish
- the fragrance carrier printing process may be performed as a printing process separate from the OPV process after the OPV process.
- the fragrance carrier ink may further include a binder and/or microcapsules.
- the binder and microcapsules will be described in detail below.
- the carrier material in the present invention is a material that is soluble in ethanol but not soluble in water, isopropyl alcohol, and the like.
- the carrier material may be 2-hydroxypropyl- ⁇ -cyclodextrin.
- the surface energy of the ink may be increased to about 70 mN/m to 75 mN/m and thus difficulty may occur in the drying process after the ink is printed on the tipping paper 130, and problems such as contamination of the tipping paper and a phenomenon in which the ink peels off due to weakening of a binding force between the printed ink and the tipping paper may occur. Further, in a case in which a drying temperature or drying time is increased to dry the ink of which the surface energy is increased, a curl of the tipping paper is increased.
- the fragrance material may be lost to the outside of the smoking article during a period in which the smoking article is stored, or the tipping paper may be discolored according to storage conditions such as light exposure and humidity level.
- ethanol may be used as a solvent for ink, and thus ink having a surface energy of about 20 mN/m to 50 mN/m may be used. Accordingly, it is possible to apply the printing and drying processes of the tipping paper, and not only the workability of producing smoking articles, but also the stability of storing the smoking articles may be secured because there is no discoloration issue.
- the fragrance material included in the carrier material may be expressed outside the tipping paper 130 (that is, outside the smoking article 100) in response to moisture, saliva, or friction, and the expressed fragrance material may be spread to the fingers of the smoker gripping the tipping paper portion and serve to mask the tobacco smell on the fingers.
- the fragrance material remains included in the carrier material and is not expressed before moisture or saliva is spread from the smoker to the tipping paper or friction is transmitted to the tipping paper (for example, by the smoker gripping or rubbing the tipping paper), a problem in that a scent is lost over the storage period or a problem in that a fragrance is unnecessarily expressed while the smoker is just keeping the smoking article may be solved.
- the fragrance material included in the carrier material may include at least one or more materials of vanillin and ethyl vanillin.
- a sum of weight ratios of the vanillin and ethyl vanillin in consideration of the tipping paper discoloration issue may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 50% with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material.
- the weight ratio of vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 30%, and the weight ratio of ethyl vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 20%.
- the weight ratio of the vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be in a range of about 15% to 25%, and the weight ratio of the ethyl vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be in a range of about 5% to 15%.
- the fragrance material may include various components other than the vanillin and ethyl vanillin.
- Table 1 shows components of the fragrance material which were confirmed to maximize the effect of reducing the tobacco smell on fingers.
- Classification COMPONENT RATIO (RANKING)
- ROSEMARY OIL 1 VANILLIN 2
- FERMENTED ETHYL ALCOHOL 3
- ETHYL VANILLIN 5 EUCALYPTOL 6
- LIME OIL 7 ANISE
- OIL 8 DAVANA OIL 9
- PEPPERMINT OIL 10 ETHYL MALTOL 11
- SPEARMINT OIL 12 ANGELICA ROOT OIL 13
- CLARY SAGE OIL 14 2,3,5-TRIMETHYL PYRAZINE 15 GAMMA-HEPTALACTONE 16
- HELIOTROPINE 17
- BETA-DAMASCENONE BETA-DAMAS CONE
- BENZALDEHYDE 20
- RASPBERRY KETONE 21 GAMMA-OCTAL
- the fragrance material may have a component ratio in the order of rosemary oil>vanillin>fermented ethyl alcohol>lavandin oil>ethyl vanillin>eucalyptol.
- a content ratio of the vanillin and eucalyptol contained in the fragrance material may be in a range of about 2.5:1 to 3.5:1 (preferably, about 3:1), and a content ratio of the ethyl vanillin and lavandin oil contained in the fragrance material may be in a range of about 0.5:1 to 1.5:1 (preferably, about 1:1), but the present invention is not limited thereto.
- a problem may occur in that a fragrance is spread to other tipping paper, to which the fragrance should not be applied, in addition to being spread to the tipping paper of the present invention during a cigarette mass production process, and a problem may occur in that the tipping paper of the present invention is discolored while being stored after being produced.
- a weight ratio of the fragrance material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 3%, and a weight ratio of the carrier material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 30%.
- the weight ratio of the fragrance material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 1.5%, and the weight ratio of the carrier material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 15%.
- the weight ratio of the fragrance material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 0.4% to 1.3%, and the weight ratio of the carrier material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 5% to 10%.
- the binder that may be included in the fragrance carrier ink may be an acrylic and starch-based polymer that is soluble in ethanol. Since the binder that may be included in the fragrance carrier ink is included therein, the residual amount of the fragrance material, which is included in the fragrance carrier, in the tipping paper may be increased. That is, the fragrance material or fragrance carrier that may be lost over the storage period of the smoking article after the smoking article is produced may be better preserved in the tipping paper by the binder.
- the binder may be a polymer material that has a molecular weight in a range of about 1,000 to 30,000 and a glass transition temperature in a range of about 50 °C to 100 °C.
- the binder may be a polymer material that has a molecular weight in a range of about 3,000 to 20,000 and a glass transition temperature in a range of about 60 °C to 90 °C. This is because, when the viscosity of the binder is too low, the ink may flow down, and when the viscosity of the binder is too high, the ink may become stiff, which may degrade the workability and performance of the binder itself.
- a fragrance retaining property tends to increase with an increase in an amount of applied binder, but in a case in which too much binder is applied, the curl of the tipping paper may be increased, and there may be difficulty in producing the smoking article.
- a weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 15%.
- the weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 5% to 10%.
- the microcapsules that may be included in the fragrance carrier ink may each include polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a fragrance, and a cross-linking agent.
- PVA polyvinyl alcohol
- a core of each microcapsule may be an ethanol-based fragrance
- a shell of each microcapsule may be PVA
- sodium sulfate (Na 2 SO 4 ) may be used as the cross-linking agent.
- the fragrance may be an ethanol-based fragrance.
- the microcapsules may each have a diameter in a range of about 1.5 ⁇ m to 5.0 ⁇ m.
- the fragrance may also have the same composition as the fragrance material included in the fragrance carrier material.
- a content ratio of the PVA and the fragrance in each microcapsule may be in a range of about 1:3 to 1:7.
- the content ratio of the PVA and the fragrance in each microcapsule may be about 1:5.
- each microcapsule may be produced by stirring about 5% PVA, about 25% fragrance, and about 1.5% cross-linking agent.
- a weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 25%, and preferably, may be in a range of about 5% to 20%. In this way, it is possible to address a problem in that a fragrance is excessively expressed before smoking due to breakage of the microcapsules and/or a problem in that the surface of the tipping paper is contaminated by the shells of the microcapsules and roughens, which may occur when the fragrance carrier ink contains an excessive amount of microcapsules.
- the weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 5% to 10%, and the weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 5% to 20%.
- the weight ratios of the binder and the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may each be about 5%.
- the microcapsules may be produced by: i) stirring an ethanol-based fragrance and PVA at room temperature for about 15 minutes to 45 minutes; ii) adding a cross-linking agent, at a level of about 30% with respect to the PVA, to a solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance and the PVA are stirred and stirring a solution obtained thereby at a temperature which is higher than or equal to about 60 °C and lower than or equal to about 100 °C for about 5 hours to 10 hours; and iii) cooling the solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance, the PVA, and the cross-linking agent are stirred, at room temperature for about 30 minutes to 2 hours.
- An OPV printing process was performed on a tipping paper material produced for testing of examples, which had undergone and completed a process of printing a first design and a process of printing a second design different from the first design, and then a drying process was performed at a drying speed of about 150 m/min.
- a printing process using an ink including a water-soluble fragrance carrier including a fragrance material was performed on the tipping paper material of Comparative Example 1, which had undergone and completed the OPV printing process and the drying process, and then a drying process was performed at a drying speed of about 150 m/min.
- a fragrance carrier ink for which water was used as a solvent and which contained about 1.25% fragrance material(s) of Table 1 above, about 9% ⁇ -cyclodextrin, and about 5% water-soluble binder, was used.
- a drying process was performed at a drying speed of about 10 m/min on the tipping paper material of Comparative Example 2, which had undergone and completed the printing process using the ink including the water-soluble fragrance carrier.
- the fragrance carrier printing process of the present invention was performed on the tipping paper material of Comparative Example 1, which had undergone and completed the OPV printing process and the drying process, and then a drying process was performed at a drying speed of about 150 m/min.
- a fragrance carrier ink for which ethanol was used as a solvent and which contained about 1.25% fragrance material(s) of Table 1 above, about 9% 2-hydroxypropyl- ⁇ -cyclodextrin, and about 5% binder, was used.
- Example 1 OPV +fragrance carrier(1.25%) +binder(5.0%) 150 29.2 Good Good 1.0 Comparative Example 1 OPV only 150 21.2 Not added Good 0.7 Comparative Example 2 OPV+water-soluble fragrance carrier(1.25%) +water-soluble binder(5.0%) 150 72.4 Good Not completely dried - Comparative Example 3 OPV+ water-soluble fragrance carrier(1.25%) + water-soluble binder (5.0%) 10 72.4 Good Good 12.0
- Example 2 As shown in Table 2, the extent to which the fragrance carrier is dissolved was good in all of Example 1 and Comparative Examples 2 and 3. However, in the tipping paper of Comparative Example 2 on which the water-soluble fragrance carrier was printed, it was confirmed that the ink was not completely dried after the printing and drying processes. This is judged to be due to the surface energy of the ink having a high value of 72.4 mN/m, which is due to using water as the solvent for the ink when printing the water-soluble fragrance carrier. In Comparative Example 3 in which the drying speed was lowered to 10 m/min to completely dry the ink for which water was used as the solvent, the extent to which the ink is dried was good, but a curl of the tipping paper occurred at a high numerical value of about 12 mm. Thus, the tipping paper of Comparative Example 3 was found to be not applicable to a cigarette mass production process.
- a tipping paper was removed from a cigarette produced for testing of examples, and a material portion and a filter portion were separated.
- a smoking article was produced by combining the separated material portion and filter portion using a tipping paper having a porosity of about 100 CU that was produced by applying the OPV process and the fragrance carrier printing process using an ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink containing 0.4% fragrance material.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 2 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 0.7% fragrance material.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 2 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 1.25% fragrance material.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 2 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 1.5% fragrance material.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 2 except that, unlike in Examples 2 to 5, the fragrance printing process was performed by stirring the fragrance material in the ink without including the fragrance material in a carrier.
- Example 4 vanillin and ethyl vanillin components were detected in all of the examples. In this way, it was confirmed that the detected vanillin and ethyl vanillin components may serve to mask a tobacco smell on fingers by coming in contact with the fingers. Meanwhile, from the results of analysis of Example 4 and Comparative Example 4, it can be confirmed that, while the contents of the fragrance material in the ink were the same, more vanillin and ethyl vanillin components were detected in the case in which fragrance carrier printing was performed by including the fragrance material in the carrier material (Example 4) as compared to the case in which fragrance printing was performed without including the fragrance material in a carrier (Comparative Example 4).
- Example 5 in which the content of the fragrance material included in a carrier was 1.5%, a problem occurred in that a fragrance spread to other tipping paper, to which the fragrance should not be applied, in addition to being spread to the tipping paper of the present invention during a cigarette mass production process. It was found that, in Example 4 in which the content of the fragrance material included in a carrier was 1.25%, the effect of reducing a tobacco smell on fingers caused by smoking was excellent and the tipping paper could be applied to cigarette mass production without any problems.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 4 described above with reference to Table 3, except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 1.0% binder.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 6 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 3.0% binder.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 6 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 5.0% binder.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 6 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 15.0% binder.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 8 described above with reference to Table 4, except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 5.0% microcapsules.
- microcapsules each having a diameter in a range of about 1.5 ⁇ m to 5.0 ⁇ m were used, wherein a core of each microcapsule was an ethanol-based fragrance, a shell of each microcapsule was made of PVA, and Na 2 SO 4 was used as a cross-linking agent.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 10 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 10.0% binder.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 11 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 15.0% microcapsules.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 12 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 25.0% microcapsules.
- Example 8 the workability of printing on the tipping paper was good, a problem of adhesion between front and rear surfaces of the tipping paper, which may occur when the paper is rolled while the ink is not completely dried and the ink on the front surface is spread to the rear surface, did not occur, the slip property was good without a problem in that the surface of the tipping paper was too slippery or rough, and a curl of the tipping paper was also within an appropriate numerical value range. Accordingly, it was confirmed that, within the scope of the examples, there was no problem in terms of the workability of fragrance carrier printing using the fragrance carrier ink including the fragrance material, binder, and the microcapsules.
- a tipping paper was removed from a cigarette produced for testing of examples, and a material portion and a filter portion were separated.
- a smoking article was produced by combining the separated material portion and filter portion using a tipping paper having a porosity of about 100 CU that was produced by applying the OPV process and the fragrance carrier printing process using an ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink containing 1.25% fragrance material.
- the fragrance material contained 5% vanillin and 10% ethyl vanillin.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 except that the fragrance material contained 10% vanillin.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 except that the fragrance material contained 20% vanillin.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 except that the fragrance material contained 30% vanillin.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 except that the fragrance material contained 40% vanillin.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 15 except that, unlike in Examples 13 to 17, the fragrance printing process was performed by stirring the fragrance material in the ink without including the fragrance material in a carrier.
- Example 16 the contents of vanillin and ethyl vanillin in the fragrance material were the same, the degree of discoloration was lower in the case in which fragrance carrier printing was performed by including the fragrance material in the carrier material (Example 16) as compared to the case in which fragrance printing was performed without including the fragrance material in a carrier (Comparative Example 5).
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 described above with reference to Table 7, except that the fragrance material contained 20% vanillin and 5% ethyl vanillin.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 19 except that the fragrance material contained 20% ethyl vanillin.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 19 except that the fragrance material contained 30% ethyl vanillin.
- a smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 19 except that the fragrance material contained 40% ethyl vanillin.
- the sensory evaluation was performed by a panel of twenty evaluators using the smoking articles according to Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4, based on a scale of 8 points.
- FIG. 2 shows results of smoking sensory evaluation relating to smoking articles stored at room temperature for two weeks after being produced according to Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4.
- FIG. 3 shows results of smoking sensory evaluation relating to smoking articles stored at room temperature for two months after being produced according to Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4.
- Example 1 the external scent intensity had a lower numerical value in Example 1 as compared to Comparative Example 4 and the fact that the intensity of the scent remaining on the fingers after smoking had a higher numerical value in Example 1 as compared to Comparative Example 4, it can be confirmed that the amount of fragrance expressed before smoking relatively decreased and the amount of fragrance expressed during smoking relatively increased in the case in which the fragrance material was included in a carrier and printed (Example 1) as compared to the case in which the fragrance material was printed without being included in a carrier (Comparative Example 4).
- Example 1 Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4 showed no significant difference in terms of tobacco taste intensity. Thus, it is predicted that the taste of tobacco smoke would not be degraded due to applying fragrance printing.
- sensory evaluation was performed with respect to external scent intensity, tobacco taste intensity, intensity of the tobacco smell on fingers after smoking, intensity of the scent remaining on the fingers after smoking, and satisfaction with the scent remaining on the fingers, for the smoking articles according to Examples 10 to 12 and Comparative Example 1.
- the sensory evaluation was performed by a panel of twenty evaluators using the smoking articles according to Example 10 to 12 and Comparative Example 1, based on a scale of 8 points.
- FIG. 4 shows results of smoking sensory evaluation relating to smoking articles two weeks after production thereof according to Examples 10 to 12 and Comparative Example 1.
- the external scent intensity, intensity of the scent remaining on the fingers after smoking, and satisfaction with the scent remaining on the fingers tended to increase and the intensity of the tobacco smell on the fingers after smoking tended to decrease with an increase in the content of the binder and/or microcapsules in the fragrance carrier ink.
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- The present invention relates to a tipping paper for smoking articles, and more particularly, to a tipping paper to which a technology capable of reducing a tobacco smell that may cling to fingers of a smoker is applied and a smoking article including the same and a method of producing the tipping paper.
- Various attempts have been made using a fragrance material to mask a tobacco smell caused by smoking. However, since a tipping paper for smoking articles that comes in direct contact with fingers of a smoker while the smoker smokes requires printing and drying processes in the production process, there is a need to develop a tipping paper for smoking articles, which is capable of masking a tobacco smell on fingers while solving a discoloration issue, a drying process issue, and a curl occurrence issue of the tipping paper, and a smoking article including the same.
- The present invention is directed to providing a tipping paper capable of reducing a tobacco smell on fingers and a smoking article including the same.
- Objectives of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objective, and other unmentioned objectives should be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains from the description below.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a tipping paper for smoking articles that surrounds at least a partial region of a smoking material portion and a smoking article filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the smoking article filter portion are combined, the tipping paper including a fragrance carrier which consists of a fragrance material and a carrier material which includes the fragrance material, wherein the fragrance material included in the carrier material is expressed outside the tipping paper in response to moisture, saliva, or friction, and the carrier material is a material soluble in ethanol.
- The carrier material may be 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin, and the fragrance material may include at least one or more materials of vanillin and ethyl vanillin.
- A weight ratio of the vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be in a range of 15% to 25%, and a weight ratio of the ethyl vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be in a range of 5% to 15%.
- The fragrance carrier may be included in the tipping paper through a fragrance carrier printing process that uses a fragrance carrier ink including the ethanol, the fragrance material, and the carrier material.
- A weight ratio of the fragrance material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 1.5%, and a weight ratio of the carrier material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 15%.
- In some embodiments, the fragrance carrier ink may further include a binder, and a weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 15%. The binder may be a polymer material that is soluble in ethanol and has a molecular weight in a range of 3,000 to 20,000 and a glass transition temperature in a range of 60 °C to 90 °C.
- In some embodiments, the fragrance carrier ink may further include microcapsules, and a weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 25%.
- A weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of 5% to 10%, and a weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of 5% to 20%. The microcapsules may each have a diameter in a range of 1.5 µm to 5.0 µm, the microcapsules may each include polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a fragrance, and a cross-linking agent, and a content ratio of the PVA and the fragrance included in each microcapsule may be in a range of 1:3 to 1:7.
- The fragrance carrier printing process may be performed after an overprint varnish (OPV) process is applied to the tipping paper.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a smoking article including a smoking material portion which is wrapped by a smoking material wrapper, a filter portion whose upstream end is combined with the smoking material portion and which is wrapped by a filter wrapper, and a tipping paper which surrounds at least a partial region of the smoking material portion and the filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the filter portion are combined, wherein the tipping paper includes a fragrance carrier which consists of a fragrance material and a carrier material which includes the fragrance material, the fragrance material included in the carrier material is expressed outside the tipping paper in response to moisture, saliva, or friction, and the carrier material is a material soluble in ethanol.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method of producing a tipping paper for smoking articles that surrounds at least a partial region of a smoking material portion and a smoking article filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the smoking article filter portion are combined and includes a fragrance material and a carrier material which includes the fragrance material, the method including adding the carrier material to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby, adding the fragrance material to the solution in which the carrier material is added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby, adding a binder to the solution in which the carrier material and the fragrance material are added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby, and a printing step in which the solution in which the carrier material, the fragrance material, and the binder are added to ethanol is used as a fragrance carrier ink and printed on the tipping paper.
- In some embodiments, the method may further include, before the printing step, adding microcapsules to the fragrance carrier ink and stirring a solution obtained thereby, wherein a core of each microcapsule may be an ethanol-based fragrance, a shell of each microcapsule may be PVA, and the microcapsules may be produced by stirring the ethanol-based fragrance and the PVA at room temperature, adding a cross-linking agent to a solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance and the PVA are stirred and stirring a solution obtained thereby at a temperature which is higher than or equal to 60 °C and lower than or equal to 100 °C, and cooling the solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance, the PVA, and the cross-linking agent are stirred.
- According to embodiments of the present invention, since a fragrance material is included in a fragrance carrier material and then a process of printing a fragrance carrier on a tipping paper is applied, it is possible to effectively reduce a smell on fingers caused by smoking and solve a tipping paper curl issue and a tipping paper surface contamination problem which occur due to application of the printing process.
- In addition, since the fragrance material is included in a carrier and printed, it is possible to reduce the amount of fragrance expressed during simple storage of smoking articles and increase the amount of fragrance expressed during smoking.
- Further, since ethanol is used as a solvent for ink used in a fragrance carrier printing process, and the extent to which an ink is dried and the extent to which a curl occurs in the tipping paper are secured at an equivalent level compared to a case in which the fragrance carrier printing process is not applied, it is possible to also secure the workability of printing the fragrance carrier.
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FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a schematic configuration of a smoking article to which a tipping paper according to some embodiments of the present invention is applied. -
FIG. 2 shows results of smoking sensory evaluation relating to smoking articles two weeks after production thereof according to Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4. -
FIG. 3 shows results of smoking sensory evaluation relating to smoking articles two months after production thereof according to Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4. -
FIG. 4 shows results of smoking sensory evaluation relating to smoking articles two weeks after production thereof according to Examples 10 to 12 and Comparative Example 1. - Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Advantages and features of the present invention and a method of achieving the same should become clear with embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to embodiments disclosed below and may be implemented in various other forms. The embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete and are provided to completely inform one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains of the scope of the invention. The present invention is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.
- Unless otherwise defined, all terms including technical or scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should not be construed in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
- Also, in the specification, a singular expression includes a plural expression unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" used herein do not preclude the presence of or the possibility of adding one or more elements, steps, operations, and/or devices other than those mentioned.
- Terms including ordinals such as "first" or "second" used herein may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited by the terms. The terms are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another element.
- Throughout the specification, "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. Also, 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.
- Also, throughout the specification, "upstream" or "upstream direction" refers to a direction moving away from an oral region of a user smoking a
smoking article 100, and "downstream" or "downstream direction" refers to a direction approaching the oral region of the user smoking the smokingarticle 100. For example, in thesmoking article 100 illustrated inFIG. 1 , asmoking material portion 120 is disposed upstream or in an upstream direction from afilter portion 110. - Further, in the specification, a case in which the
smoking article 100 is a combustion-type cigarette is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and thesmoking article 100 may also be a heating-type cigarette or the like that is used together with an aerosol generation device (not illustrated) such as an electronic cigarette device. -
FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a schematic configuration of a smoking article to which a tipping paper according to some embodiments of the present invention is applied. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , thesmoking article 100 may include thefilter portion 110 wrapped by afilter wrapper 110a, thesmoking material portion 120 wrapped by asmoking material wrapper 120a, and atipping paper 130 configured to combine thefilter portion 110 and thesmoking material portion 120. - The
filter portion 110 may be disposed downstream from thesmoking material portion 120 and may be a region through which an aerosol material generated in thesmoking material portion 120 passes right before being inhaled by the user. - The
filter portion 110 may be formed of various materials. For example, thefilter portion 110 may be a cellulose acetate filter. - In some embodiments, the
filter portion 110 may be a cellulose acetate filter not scented with a fragrance material, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Thefilter portion 110 may also be a transfer jet nozzle system (TJNS) filter scented with a fragrance material. - In some embodiments, the
filter portion 110 may be a tubular structure including a hollow formed therein. Thefilter portion 110 may also be manufactured by inserting structures such as films or tubes formed of the same or different materials thereinto (for example, into the hollow). - Meanwhile, a hardness of the
filter portion 110 may be adjusted by controlling the content of plasticizer during manufacture of thefilter portion 110. Triacetin may be applied as a plasticizer and included at a weight ratio in a range of 5 to 15% with respect to the total weight of thefilter portion 110, but the type and content of the plasticizer are not limited thereto and may be properly controlled as necessary. - The
filter portion 110 of the present embodiment is illustrated as a mono filter formed of a single filter, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, thefilter portion 110 may, of course, be provided as a dual filter which includes two acetate filters, a triple filter, or the like in order to increase filter efficiency. - Further, although not illustrated, a capsule (not illustrated) may be included inside the
filter portion 110. The capsule may have a structure in which a liquid including a fragrance and filled therein is wrapped by a film. For example, the capsule may have a spherical or cylindrical shape. A diameter of the capsule may be in a range of about 2.6 mm to 3.5 mm but is not limited thereto. The diameter of the capsule may vary according to the standard of thesmoking article 100. - Materials forming the film of the capsule may be a natural material, starch, and/or a gellant. For example, a film made of a natural material may be composed of agar, pectin, sodium alginate, glycerin, and the like. Gellan gum or gelatin may be used as the gellant. Also, a gelation auxiliary agent may be further used as a material forming the film of the capsule. Here, as the gelation auxiliary agent, for example, calcium chloride may be used. Also, a plasticizer may be further used as a material forming the film of the capsule. Here, as the plasticizer, glycerin and/or sorbitol may be used. Also, a coloring agent may be further used as a material forming the film of the capsule.
- In some embodiments, as a solvent for the fragrance included in the liquid filled in the capsule, for example, a medium chain fatty acid triglyceride (MCTG) may be used. The liquid may also contain other additives such as coloring, an emulsifier, and a thickener.
- A fragrance such as menthol and an essential oil of plants may be included in the liquid filled in the capsule, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
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filter portion 110 may be wrapped by thefilter wrapper 110a. In some embodiments, thefilter wrapper 110a may be produced using grease-resistant wrapping paper. In order to prevent a liquid filled in the capsule included in thefilter portion 110, which is released to the outside of the capsule due to the smoker crushing the capsule, from passing through thefilter wrapper 110a, thefilter wrapper 110a may be produced using grease-resistant wrapping paper. In some embodiments, an aluminum foil may be further included at an inner surface of thefilter wrapper 110a. - The
filter portion 110 is disposed downstream of thesmoking material portion 120 and serves as a filter through which an aerosol material generated in thesmoking material portion 120 passes right before being inhaled by the user. - The
smoking material portion 120 may contain an aerosol-generating material. For example, thesmoking material portion 120 may include tobacco strands. Thesmoking material portion 120 may have the form of a longitudinally extending rod which may have various lengths, circumferences, and diameters. - In some embodiments, the aerosol-generating material may include at least one of glycerin, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, and oleyl alcohol.
- In some embodiments, the
smoking material portion 120 may also contain other additives such as a flavoring agent, a wetting agent, and/or an acetate compound. For example, the flavoring agent may include 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, coffee, or the like. Also, the wetting agent may include glycerin, propylene glycol, or the like. - In some embodiments, the
smoking material portion 120 may include a reconstituted tobacco material which is formed in the shape of pieces of rods or the like by grinding tobacco raw materials, mixing a solvent and various additives with the ground tobacco raw materials to make a tobacco slurry, drying the tobacco slurry to form a tobacco sheet, and then processing the tobacco sheet. For example, thesmoking material portion 120 may include a plurality of tobacco material strands, and each strand may have a length in a range of about 10 mm to 14 mm (for example, 12 mm), a width in a range of about 0.8 mm to 1.2 mm (for example, 1 mm), and a thickness in a range of about 0.08 mm to 0.12 mm (for example, 0.1 mm), but the present invention is not limited thereto. - Since the
smoking material portion 120 includes a plurality of strand materials formed by processing a wide tobacco sheet, a density of tobacco materials filled in thesmoking material portion 120 may increase. Accordingly, the amount of aerosol generated may be increased, and smoking characteristics of thesmoking material portion 120 may be improved. - The
smoking material portion 120 may be wrapped by thesmoking material wrapper 120a. - In some embodiments, the
smoking material wrapper 120a may include a filler. Accordingly, an opacity of thesmoking material wrapper 120a may be increased, porosity may be imparted to thesmoking material wrapper 120a, smoothness and ash integrity of the cigarette paper may be improved, and whiteness of the cigarette paper may be increased. Materials such as calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, and magnesium oxide may be used as the filler, but the present invention is not limited thereto. - Also, although not illustrated, the
smoking material wrapper 120a may have a double wrapping paper structure. Specifically, thesmoking material wrapper 120a may include an inner wrapper (not illustrated) that comes in contact with thesmoking material portion 120 and surrounds thesmoking material portion 120 and an outer wrapper that comes in contact with the inner wrapper and surrounds an outer portion of the inner wrapper. - The
filter portion 110 wrapped by thefilter wrapper 110a and thesmoking material portion 120 wrapped by thesmoking material wrapper 120a may be wrapped together by the tippingpaper 130. That is, the tippingpaper 130 may wrap around at least a portion (for example, a partial downstream region) of thesmoking material wrapper 120a and an outer boundary of thefilter wrapper 110a. In other words, at least a portion of thesmoking material portion 120 and thefilter portion 110 may be further wrapped by the tippingpaper 130 and physically combined. - In some embodiments, the tipping
paper 130 may be produced using nonporous wrapping paper that is not treated to be grease-resistant, but the present invention is not limited thereto. - The tipping
paper 130 may be coated with a sweetener such as sucralose and citric acid. Also, a predetermined material may be added into the tippingpaper 130. Silicone may be an example of the predetermined material, but the predetermined material is not limited thereto. For example, silicone has characteristics such as being heat-resistant, i.e., not changing much according to temperature, being oxidation-resistant, i.e., not being oxidized, being resistant to various chemicals, being water-repellent, and being electrically insulated. However, any material other than silicone may be applied or coated on thetipping paper 130 as long as the material has the above-described characteristics. - The tipping
paper 130 may prevent a phenomenon in which thefilter portion 110 is combusted. For example, in a case in which thesmoking material portion 120 is combusted up to a portion thereof adjacent to thefilter portion 110, there is a possibility that thefilter portion 110 may also be combusted. Even in this case, since the tippingpaper 130 includes an incombustible material, the phenomenon in which thefilter portion 110 is combusted may be prevented. - Meanwhile, during manufacture of the
smoking material wrapper 120a, various attempts have been made as described above, such as including a filler in thesmoking material wrapper 120a using various compositions and methods, forming the double wrapping paper structure in thesmoking material wrapper 120a, or applying a water-soluble fragrance carrier that includes a fragrance to thesmoking material wrapper 120a, in order to reduce a tobacco smell caused by smoke generated during smoking. However, apart from the sidestream smoke reduction effect or the like of the various attempts, since a portion coming in direct contact with fingers of a smoker while the smoker smokes is the tippingpaper 130 instead of thesmoking material wrapper 120a, a technology for reducing a tobacco smell on fingers that may be directly applied to thetipping paper 130, instead of thesmoking material wrapper 120a, is required to effectively reduce the tobacco smell on the fingers. - Thus, the tipping
paper 130 of the present invention includes a fragrance carrier which consists of a fragrance material for masking a tobacco smell and a carrier material for including the fragrance material. The fragrance carrier may be included in the tipping paper through a process of printing the fragrance carrier on the tipping paper by using a fragrance carrier ink including ethanol, the fragrance material, and the carrier material. - The fragrance carrier ink may be produced by sequentially adding the carrier material, the fragrance material, and a binder to the ethanol and stirring solutions obtained thereby. Specifically, the fragrance carrier ink may be produced by: i) adding the carrier material to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby for about 30 minutes to 60 minutes; ii) adding the fragrance material to the solution in which the carrier material is added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby for about 15 minutes to 45 minutes; and iii) adding the binder to the solution in which the carrier material and the fragrance material are added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby for about 15 minutes to 45 minutes.
- In a case in which the fragrance carrier ink includes microcapsules which will be described below, the method of producing the fragrance carrier ink may further include, after the step iii), iv) adding microcapsules to the solution in which the carrier material, the fragrance material, and the binder are added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby for about 15 minutes to 45 minutes.
- The fragrance carrier printing process may be performed by mixing the fragrance carrier with an ink used in an overprint varnish (OPV) process that is performed on the tipping paper. However, preferably, in order to maximize the amount of carried fragrance that is delivered to the tipping paper, the fragrance carrier printing process may be performed as a printing process separate from the OPV process after the OPV process.
- In some embodiments, the fragrance carrier ink may further include a binder and/or microcapsules. The binder and microcapsules will be described in detail below.
- The carrier material in the present invention is a material that is soluble in ethanol but not soluble in water, isopropyl alcohol, and the like. For example, the carrier material may be 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin.
- This is because, in reality, a method of applying a water-soluble fragrance carrier material (for example, β-cyclodextrin), which includes a fragrance material, to the above-described
smoking material wrapper 120a cannot be applied as is to thetipping paper 130 that requires printing and drying processes. Specifically, when applying the water-soluble fragrance carrier method to thetipping paper 130, water should be used as a solvent for ink. In this case, the surface energy of the ink may be increased to about 70 mN/m to 75 mN/m and thus difficulty may occur in the drying process after the ink is printed on thetipping paper 130, and problems such as contamination of the tipping paper and a phenomenon in which the ink peels off due to weakening of a binding force between the printed ink and the tipping paper may occur. Further, in a case in which a drying temperature or drying time is increased to dry the ink of which the surface energy is increased, a curl of the tipping paper is increased. Unlike the above, in a case in which a fragrance material is printed on the tipping paper without applying the carrier method, due to a characteristic of the tipping paper being disposed at an outermost portion of the smoking article, the fragrance material may be lost to the outside of the smoking article during a period in which the smoking article is stored, or the tipping paper may be discolored according to storage conditions such as light exposure and humidity level. - On the contrary, in a case in which a polymer material, such as 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin, that is soluble in ethanol and includes a hydrophobic fragrance material, is applied as the carrier material that is applied to the tipping paper as in the present invention, ethanol may be used as a solvent for ink, and thus ink having a surface energy of about 20 mN/m to 50 mN/m may be used. Accordingly, it is possible to apply the printing and drying processes of the tipping paper, and not only the workability of producing smoking articles, but also the stability of storing the smoking articles may be secured because there is no discoloration issue.
- Meanwhile, the fragrance material included in the carrier material may be expressed outside the tipping paper 130 (that is, outside the smoking article 100) in response to moisture, saliva, or friction, and the expressed fragrance material may be spread to the fingers of the smoker gripping the tipping paper portion and serve to mask the tobacco smell on the fingers.
- Further, since the fragrance material remains included in the carrier material and is not expressed before moisture or saliva is spread from the smoker to the tipping paper or friction is transmitted to the tipping paper (for example, by the smoker gripping or rubbing the tipping paper), a problem in that a scent is lost over the storage period or a problem in that a fragrance is unnecessarily expressed while the smoker is just keeping the smoking article may be solved.
- The fragrance material included in the carrier material may include at least one or more materials of vanillin and ethyl vanillin.
- Meanwhile, as will be described below with reference to Table 7 and Table 8, a sum of weight ratios of the vanillin and ethyl vanillin in consideration of the tipping paper discoloration issue may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 50% with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material. Preferably, the weight ratio of vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 30%, and the weight ratio of ethyl vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 20%. More preferably, the weight ratio of the vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be in a range of about 15% to 25%, and the weight ratio of the ethyl vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material may be in a range of about 5% to 15%.
- The fragrance material may include various components other than the vanillin and ethyl vanillin. Table 1 shows components of the fragrance material which were confirmed to maximize the effect of reducing the tobacco smell on fingers.
[Table 1] Classification COMPONENT RATIO (RANKING) ROSEMARY OIL 1 VANILLIN 2 FERMENTED ETHYL ALCOHOL 3 LAVANDIN OIL 4 ETHYL VANILLIN 5 EUCALYPTOL 6 LIME OIL 7 ANISE OIL 8 DAVANA OIL 9 PEPPERMINT OIL 10 ETHYL MALTOL 11 SPEARMINT OIL 12 ANGELICA ROOT OIL 13 CLARY SAGE OIL 14 2,3,5- TRIMETHYL PYRAZINE 15 GAMMA-HEPTALACTONE 16 HELIOTROPINE 17 BETA-DAMASCENONE 18 BETA-DAMAS CONE 19 BENZALDEHYDE 20 RASPBERRY KETONE 21 GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 22 BETA-DAMAS CONE 23 ACETANISOLE 24 P-ANISYL ALDEHYDE 25 P-METHYL ACETOPHENONE 26 ISOVALERALDEHYDE 27 - In some embodiments, the fragrance material may have a component ratio in the order of rosemary oil>vanillin>fermented ethyl alcohol>lavandin oil>ethyl vanillin>eucalyptol. A content ratio of the vanillin and eucalyptol contained in the fragrance material may be in a range of about 2.5:1 to 3.5:1 (preferably, about 3:1), and a content ratio of the ethyl vanillin and lavandin oil contained in the fragrance material may be in a range of about 0.5:1 to 1.5:1 (preferably, about 1:1), but the present invention is not limited thereto.
- Meanwhile, in a case in which the fragrance carrier ink contains more fragrance material than necessary, a problem may occur in that a fragrance is spread to other tipping paper, to which the fragrance should not be applied, in addition to being spread to the tipping paper of the present invention during a cigarette mass production process, and a problem may occur in that the tipping paper of the present invention is discolored while being stored after being produced.
- To address such problems, a weight ratio of the fragrance material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 3%, and a weight ratio of the carrier material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 30%. Preferably, the weight ratio of the fragrance material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 1.5%, and the weight ratio of the carrier material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 15%. More preferably, the weight ratio of the fragrance material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 0.4% to 1.3%, and the weight ratio of the carrier material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 5% to 10%.
- The binder that may be included in the fragrance carrier ink may be an acrylic and starch-based polymer that is soluble in ethanol. Since the binder that may be included in the fragrance carrier ink is included therein, the residual amount of the fragrance material, which is included in the fragrance carrier, in the tipping paper may be increased. That is, the fragrance material or fragrance carrier that may be lost over the storage period of the smoking article after the smoking article is produced may be better preserved in the tipping paper by the binder.
- Meanwhile, for the binder to also secure the workability of printing while serving to preserve the fragrance material, an appropriate viscosity is required for the binder. To this end, the binder may be a polymer material that has a molecular weight in a range of about 1,000 to 30,000 and a glass transition temperature in a range of about 50 °C to 100 °C. Preferably, the binder may be a polymer material that has a molecular weight in a range of about 3,000 to 20,000 and a glass transition temperature in a range of about 60 °C to 90 °C. This is because, when the viscosity of the binder is too low, the ink may flow down, and when the viscosity of the binder is too high, the ink may become stiff, which may degrade the workability and performance of the binder itself.
- Also, as will be described below with reference to Table 4, a fragrance retaining property tends to increase with an increase in an amount of applied binder, but in a case in which too much binder is applied, the curl of the tipping paper may be increased, and there may be difficulty in producing the smoking article.
- To address such difficulty, a weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 15%. Preferably, the weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 5% to 10%.
- The microcapsules that may be included in the fragrance carrier ink may each include polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a fragrance, and a cross-linking agent. Specifically, a core of each microcapsule may be an ethanol-based fragrance, a shell of each microcapsule may be PVA, and sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) may be used as the cross-linking agent. The fragrance may be an ethanol-based fragrance. The microcapsules may each have a diameter in a range of about 1.5 µm to 5.0 µm.
- In some embodiments, the fragrance may also have the same composition as the fragrance material included in the fragrance carrier material.
- In some embodiments, a content ratio of the PVA and the fragrance in each microcapsule may be in a range of about 1:3 to 1:7. Preferably, the content ratio of the PVA and the fragrance in each microcapsule may be about 1:5. For example, each microcapsule may be produced by stirring about 5% PVA, about 25% fragrance, and about 1.5% cross-linking agent.
- In some embodiments, a weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be greater than 0% and lower than or equal to about 25%, and preferably, may be in a range of about 5% to 20%. In this way, it is possible to address a problem in that a fragrance is excessively expressed before smoking due to breakage of the microcapsules and/or a problem in that the surface of the tipping paper is contaminated by the shells of the microcapsules and roughens, which may occur when the fragrance carrier ink contains an excessive amount of microcapsules.
- In some embodiments, the weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 5% to 10%, and the weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may be in a range of about 5% to 20%. Preferably, the weight ratios of the binder and the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink may each be about 5%.
- The microcapsules may be produced by: i) stirring an ethanol-based fragrance and PVA at room temperature for about 15 minutes to 45 minutes; ii) adding a cross-linking agent, at a level of about 30% with respect to the PVA, to a solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance and the PVA are stirred and stirring a solution obtained thereby at a temperature which is higher than or equal to about 60 °C and lower than or equal to about 100 °C for about 5 hours to 10 hours; and iii) cooling the solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance, the PVA, and the cross-linking agent are stirred, at room temperature for about 30 minutes to 2 hours.
- Hereinafter, the configurations of the present invention and the advantageous effects according thereto will be described in more detail using examples and comparative examples. However, the examples are merely for describing the present invention in more detail, and the scope of the present invention is not limited by the examples.
- An OPV printing process was performed on a tipping paper material produced for testing of examples, which had undergone and completed a process of printing a first design and a process of printing a second design different from the first design, and then a drying process was performed at a drying speed of about 150 m/min.
- A printing process using an ink including a water-soluble fragrance carrier including a fragrance material was performed on the tipping paper material of Comparative Example 1, which had undergone and completed the OPV printing process and the drying process, and then a drying process was performed at a drying speed of about 150 m/min. In the water-soluble fragrance carrier printing process, a fragrance carrier ink, for which water was used as a solvent and which contained about 1.25% fragrance material(s) of Table 1 above, about 9% β-cyclodextrin, and about 5% water-soluble binder, was used.
- A drying process was performed at a drying speed of about 10 m/min on the tipping paper material of Comparative Example 2, which had undergone and completed the printing process using the ink including the water-soluble fragrance carrier.
- The fragrance carrier printing process of the present invention was performed on the tipping paper material of Comparative Example 1, which had undergone and completed the OPV printing process and the drying process, and then a drying process was performed at a drying speed of about 150 m/min. In the fragrance carrier printing process, a fragrance carrier ink, for which ethanol was used as a solvent and which contained about 1.25% fragrance material(s) of Table 1 above, about 9% 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin, and about 5% binder, was used.
- In order to confirm drying and curl characteristics of the tipping paper produced according to the examples of the present invention after an ink is printed on the tipping paper, the surface energy of ink applied to printing, the extent to which the fragrance carrier is dissolved, the extent to which the ink is dried, and a curl of the tipping paper were analyzed for each of the example and comparative examples, and results thereof are shown in Table 2 below.
[Table 2] Classification Details Drying speed (m/min) Surface energy of ink (mN/m) Dissolution of fragrance carrier Drying of ink Curl of tipping paper (mm) Example 1 OPV +fragrance carrier(1.25%) +binder(5.0%) 150 29.2 Good Good 1.0 Comparative Example 1 OPV only 150 21.2 Not added Good 0.7 Comparative Example 2 OPV+water-soluble fragrance carrier(1.25%) +water-soluble binder(5.0%) 150 72.4 Good Not completely dried - Comparative Example 3 OPV+ water-soluble fragrance carrier(1.25%) + water-soluble binder (5.0%) 10 72.4 Good Good 12.0 - As shown in Table 2, the extent to which the fragrance carrier is dissolved was good in all of Example 1 and Comparative Examples 2 and 3. However, in the tipping paper of Comparative Example 2 on which the water-soluble fragrance carrier was printed, it was confirmed that the ink was not completely dried after the printing and drying processes. This is judged to be due to the surface energy of the ink having a high value of 72.4 mN/m, which is due to using water as the solvent for the ink when printing the water-soluble fragrance carrier. In Comparative Example 3 in which the drying speed was lowered to 10 m/min to completely dry the ink for which water was used as the solvent, the extent to which the ink is dried was good, but a curl of the tipping paper occurred at a high numerical value of about 12 mm. Thus, the tipping paper of Comparative Example 3 was found to be not applicable to a cigarette mass production process.
- On the other hand, regarding the tipping paper of Example 1, in which ethanol was used as the solvent for the ink and to which the fragrance carrier and binder were applied, the extent to which the ink is dried was good and a curl of the tipping paper did not show a statistically significant difference from the numerical value thereof according to Comparative Example 1 in which the fragrance carrier printing process was not applied. Thus, it was confirmed that there was no problem at all in applying the tipping paper of Example 1 to a cigarette mass production process.
- A tipping paper was removed from a cigarette produced for testing of examples, and a material portion and a filter portion were separated. A smoking article was produced by combining the separated material portion and filter portion using a tipping paper having a porosity of about 100 CU that was produced by applying the OPV process and the fragrance carrier printing process using an ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink containing 0.4% fragrance material.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 2 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 0.7% fragrance material.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 2 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 1.25% fragrance material.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 2 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 1.5% fragrance material.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 2 except that, unlike in Examples 2 to 5, the fragrance printing process was performed by stirring the fragrance material in the ink without including the fragrance material in a carrier.
- In order to measure the effect of reducing a tobacco smell on fingers when smoking cigarettes according to the examples and the comparative example, changes in contents of vanillin and ethyl vanillin in smoke collected from the tipping paper were analyzed, and results thereof are shown in Table 3 below.
- All of the smoking articles according to the examples and the comparative example were smoked two weeks after being produced. Smoking conditions were set as follows: a puff volume of 55 ml, a puff time of 2 seconds, a puff cycle of 20 seconds, and a puff number of 12. The analysis of contents of vanillin and ethyl vanillin was performed by gas chromatography (GC) analysis of smoke collected by wrapping a Cambridge filter pad (CFP) around the tipping
paper 130.[Table 3] Classification Details Vanillin (mg/g) Ethyl vanillin (mg/g) Remarks Example 2 OPV+fragrance carrier(0.40%) 0.012 0.002 - Example 3 OPV+fragrance carrier(0.70%) 0.021 0.005 - Example 4 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) 0.040 0.012 - Example 5 OPV+fragrance carrier(1. 5%) 0.065 0.029 - Comparative Example 4 OPV+fragrance material(1.25%) 0.028 0.007 Some of the scent was lost during cigarette production - As shown in Table 3, vanillin and ethyl vanillin components were detected in all of the examples. In this way, it was confirmed that the detected vanillin and ethyl vanillin components may serve to mask a tobacco smell on fingers by coming in contact with the fingers. Meanwhile, from the results of analysis of Example 4 and Comparative Example 4, it can be confirmed that, while the contents of the fragrance material in the ink were the same, more vanillin and ethyl vanillin components were detected in the case in which fragrance carrier printing was performed by including the fragrance material in the carrier material (Example 4) as compared to the case in which fragrance printing was performed without including the fragrance material in a carrier (Comparative Example 4).
- Further, from the results of analysis of Examples 2 to 5, it was found that the amounts of vanillin and ethyl vanillin components expressed in the tipping paper tended to increase with an increase in the content of the fragrance material in the fragrance carrier ink. However, in the case of Example 5 in which the content of the fragrance material included in a carrier was 1.5%, a problem occurred in that a fragrance spread to other tipping paper, to which the fragrance should not be applied, in addition to being spread to the tipping paper of the present invention during a cigarette mass production process. It was found that, in Example 4 in which the content of the fragrance material included in a carrier was 1.25%, the effect of reducing a tobacco smell on fingers caused by smoking was excellent and the tipping paper could be applied to cigarette mass production without any problems.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 4 described above with reference to Table 3, except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 1.0% binder. A polymer material having a molecular weight of about 18,000 and a glass transition temperature of about 80 °C was used as the binder.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 6 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 3.0% binder.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 6 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 5.0% binder.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 6 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 15.0% binder.
- In order to measure the effect of reducing a tobacco smell on fingers when smoking cigarettes according to the examples and the comparative example, changes in contents of vanillin and ethyl vanillin in smoke collected from the tipping paper were analyzed, and results thereof are shown in Table 4 below.
[Table 4] Classification Details Two weeks after production Two months after production Remarks Vanillin (mg/g) Ethyl vanillin (mg/g) Vanillin (mg/g) Ethyl vanillin (mg/g) Comparative Example 4 OPV+fragrance material(1.25%)+binder(0.0%) 0.028 0.007 0.019 0.003 - Example 4 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(0.0%) 0.040 0.012 0.029 0.009 - Example 6 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(1.0%) 0.062 0.023 0.043 0.014 - Example 7 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(3.0%) 0.121 0.045 0.090 0.040 - Example 8 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(5.0%) 0.200 0.070 0.146 0.056 - Example 9 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(15.0%) 0.260 0.116 0.235 0.098 Excessive curl occurred in tipping paper - As shown in Table 4, it was found that the amounts of vanillin and ethyl vanillin components expressed in the tipping paper tended to increase with an increase in the content of the binder in the fragrance carrier ink. However, in the case of Example 9 in which the content of the binder was 15%, there was a problem in that an excessive curl occurred in the tipping paper. It was found that, when the content of the binder was in a range of 5% to 10%, the effect of reducing a tobacco smell on fingers caused by smoking was excellent and the tipping paper curl issue could also be solved.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 8 described above with reference to Table 4, except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 5.0% microcapsules. As the microcapsules, microcapsules each having a diameter in a range of about 1.5 µm to 5.0 µm were used, wherein a core of each microcapsule was an ethanol-based fragrance, a shell of each microcapsule was made of PVA, and Na2SO4 was used as a cross-linking agent.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 10 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 10.0% binder.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 11 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 15.0% microcapsules.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 12 except that the ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink contained 25.0% microcapsules.
- In order to measure the effect of reducing a tobacco smell on fingers when smoking cigarettes according to the examples and the comparative example, changes in contents of vanillin and ethyl vanillin in smoke collected from the tipping paper were analyzed, and results thereof are shown in Table 5 below.
[Table 5] Classification Details Vanillin (mg/g) Ethyl vanillin (mg/g) Remarks Example 8 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) +binder(5.0%) 0.200 0.070 Example 10 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(5.0%)+ capsules(5.0%) 0.243 0.130 Example 11 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(10.0%)+ capsules(5.0%) 0.357 0.231 Example 12 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(10.0%)+ capsules(15.0%) 0.541 0.385 Example 13 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(10.0%)+ capsules(25. 0%) 0.878 0.522 Intensity of external scent increased excessively/ Surface of tipping paper was contaminated - As shown in Table 5, it was found that the amounts of vanillin and ethyl vanillin components expressed in the tipping paper tended to increase with an increase in the content of the microcapsules in the fragrance carrier ink. However, in the case of Example 13 in which the content of the microcapsules was 25%, the intensity of an external scent generated while a cigarette was stored before being smoked increased excessively, and the surface of the tipping paper was contaminated due to breakage of the microcapsules. It was found that, when the content of the microcapsules is in a range of 10% to 20%, the effect of reducing a tobacco smell on fingers caused by smoking was excellent and the problems relating to the intensity of the external scent and contamination of the surface of the tipping paper could be solved.
- In order to confirm workability of printing on the tipping paper produced according to the examples of the present invention and workability of a subsequent process for producing cigarettes after the printing, physical characteristics of the tipping paper were analyzed, and results thereof are shown in Table 6 below. In Experimental Example 5, the analysis of physical characteristics of tipping paper was carried out on tipping paper before the tipping paper was assembled to each of the smoking articles according to Example 8 and Examples 10 to 12.
[Table 6] Classification Details Workabil ity of printing Adhesion between front and rear surfaces of tipping paper Slip property Curl of tipping paper (mm) Comparative Example 1 OPV only Good None Good 0.7 Comparative Example 4 OPV+fragrance material(1.25%) Good Good Good 1.0 Example 8 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(5.0%) Good None Good 1.0 Example 10 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(5.0%)+ capsules(5.0%) Good None Good 3.0 Example 11 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(10.0%)+ capsules(5.0%) Good None Good 5.0 Example 12 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%)+binder(10.0%)+ capsules(15.0%) Good None Good 4.0 - As shown in Table 6, in all of Example 8 and Examples 10 to 12, the workability of printing on the tipping paper was good, a problem of adhesion between front and rear surfaces of the tipping paper, which may occur when the paper is rolled while the ink is not completely dried and the ink on the front surface is spread to the rear surface, did not occur, the slip property was good without a problem in that the surface of the tipping paper was too slippery or rough, and a curl of the tipping paper was also within an appropriate numerical value range. Accordingly, it was confirmed that, within the scope of the examples, there was no problem in terms of the workability of fragrance carrier printing using the fragrance carrier ink including the fragrance material, binder, and the microcapsules.
- A tipping paper was removed from a cigarette produced for testing of examples, and a material portion and a filter portion were separated. A smoking article was produced by combining the separated material portion and filter portion using a tipping paper having a porosity of about 100 CU that was produced by applying the OPV process and the fragrance carrier printing process using an ethanol-based fragrance carrier ink containing 1.25% fragrance material. Here, the fragrance material contained 5% vanillin and 10% ethyl vanillin.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 except that the fragrance material contained 10% vanillin.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 except that the fragrance material contained 20% vanillin.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 except that the fragrance material contained 30% vanillin.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 except that the fragrance material contained 40% vanillin.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 15 except that, unlike in Examples 13 to 17, the fragrance printing process was performed by stirring the fragrance material in the ink without including the fragrance material in a carrier.
- For evaluation of color stability of the tipping paper according to changes in content of vanillin in the fragrance material, the degrees of color change of cigarettes immediately after production thereof and cigarettes two months after production thereof were quantified by color difference (ΔE) in the CIELAB color space, and results thereof are shown in Table 7. The cigarettes were stored for two months under conditions of a temperature of about 40 °C and a relative humidity of about 60%.
[Table 7] Classification Details Color change (ΔE) Comparative Example 1 OPV only 0.43 Comparative Example 5 OPV+fragrance material(1.25%) [vanillin(20.0%), ethyl vanillin(10.0%)] 1.26 Example 14 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(5.0%), ethyl vanillin(10.0%)] 0.57 Example 15 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(10.0%), ethyl vanillin(10.0%)] 0.71 Example 16 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(20.0%), ethyl vanillin(10.0%)] 0.82 Example 17 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(30.0%), ethyl vanillin(10.0%)] 1.70 Example 18 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(40.0%), ethyl vanillin(10.0%)] 2.20 - From the results of analysis of Examples 14 to 18, it was found that the degree of discoloration of the tipping paper increased with an increase in the content of vanillin in the fragrance material (while the content of ethyl vanillin was fixed at 10%). Particularly, it can be seen that the degree of discoloration increased sharply to a numerical value at which the discoloration could even be observed by visual inspection in Examples 17 and 18 in which the content of vanillin was higher than or equal to 30%, and the degree of discoloration of the tipping paper was insignificant in Examples 14 to 16 in which the content of vanillin was in a range of 5% to 20%. Also, from the results of analysis of Example 16 and Comparative Example 5, it was confirmed that, while the contents of vanillin and ethyl vanillin in the fragrance material were the same, the degree of discoloration was lower in the case in which fragrance carrier printing was performed by including the fragrance material in the carrier material (Example 16) as compared to the case in which fragrance printing was performed without including the fragrance material in a carrier (Comparative Example 5).
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 14 described above with reference to Table 7, except that the fragrance material contained 20% vanillin and 5% ethyl vanillin.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 19 except that the fragrance material contained 20% ethyl vanillin.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 19 except that the fragrance material contained 30% ethyl vanillin.
- A smoking article was produced in the same way as in Example 19 except that the fragrance material contained 40% ethyl vanillin.
- For evaluation of color stability of the tipping paper according to changes in content of ethyl vanillin in the fragrance material, the degrees of color change of cigarettes immediately after production thereof and cigarettes two months after production thereof were quantified by color difference (ΔE) in the CIELAB color space, and results thereof are shown in Table 8. The cigarettes were stored for two months under conditions of a temperature of about 40 °C and a relative humidity of about 60%.
[Table 8] Classification Details Color change (ΔE) Comparative Example 1 OPV only 0.43 Comparative Example 5 OPV+fragrance material(1.25%) [vanillin(20.0%), ethyl vanillin(10.0%)] 1.26 Example 19 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(20.0%), ethyl vanillin(5.0%)] 0.61 Example 16 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(20.0%), ethyl vanillin(10.0%)] 0.82 Example 20 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(20.0%), ethyl vanillin(20.0%)] 1.68 Example 21 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(20.0%), ethyl vanillin(30.0%)] 1.92 Example 22 OPV+fragrance carrier(1.25%) [vanillin(20.0%), ethyl vanillin(40.0%)] 2.17 - As in Experimental Example 6, from the results of analysis of Examples 19 to 22, it was found that the degree of discoloration of the tipping paper increased with an increase in the content of ethyl vanillin in the fragrance material (while the content of vanillin was fixed at 20%). Particularly, it can be seen that the degree of discoloration increased sharply to a numerical value at which the discoloration could even be observed by visual inspection in Examples 20 to 22 in which the content of ethyl vanillin was higher than or equal to 20%, and the degree of discoloration of the tipping paper was insignificant in Examples 16 and 19 in which the content of ethyl vanillin was in a range of 5% to 10%.
- In order to confirm sensory characteristics of the tipping paper to which the fragrance carrier is applied according to the present invention, sensory evaluation was performed with respect to external scent intensity, tobacco taste intensity, intensity of the tobacco smell on fingers after smoking, intensity of the scent remaining on the fingers after smoking, and satisfaction with the scent remaining on the fingers, for the smoking articles according to Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4.
- The sensory evaluation was performed by a panel of twenty evaluators using the smoking articles according to Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4, based on a scale of 8 points.
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FIG. 2 shows results of smoking sensory evaluation relating to smoking articles stored at room temperature for two weeks after being produced according to Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4.FIG. 3 shows results of smoking sensory evaluation relating to smoking articles stored at room temperature for two months after being produced according to Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4. - Referring to
FIGS. 2 and 3 , it can be seen that external scent intensity (that is, the scent intensity before the cigarette is rubbed by fingers of a smoker or saliva is delivered from the smoker's mouth to the cigarette) increased noticeably in the cigarette according to Comparative Example 4 to which fragrance printing was applied as compared to the cigarette according to Comparative Example 1 to which fragrance printing was not applied. On the other hand, it can be seen that, in the cigarette according to Example 1 to which fragrance carrier printing was applied, the external scent intensity somewhat increased as compared to the cigarette according to Comparative Example 1, but the external scent intensity had a significantly lower numerical value as compared to Comparative Example 4. - It can be seen that the intensity of the scent remaining on the fingers after smoking increased significantly in Comparative Example 4 and Example 1 as compared to Comparative Example 1 and increased slightly in Example 1 as compared to Comparative Example 4. It can be seen that the intensity of the tobacco smell on the fingers after smoking reduced in Comparative Example 4 and Example 1 as compared to Comparative Example 1 and reduced in Example 1 as compared to Comparative Example 4.
- Considering together the fact that the external scent intensity had a lower numerical value in Example 1 as compared to Comparative Example 4 and the fact that the intensity of the scent remaining on the fingers after smoking had a higher numerical value in Example 1 as compared to Comparative Example 4, it can be confirmed that the amount of fragrance expressed before smoking relatively decreased and the amount of fragrance expressed during smoking relatively increased in the case in which the fragrance material was included in a carrier and printed (Example 1) as compared to the case in which the fragrance material was printed without being included in a carrier (Comparative Example 4).
- Example 1, Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 4 showed no significant difference in terms of tobacco taste intensity. Thus, it is predicted that the taste of tobacco smoke would not be degraded due to applying fragrance printing.
- In order to confirm changes in sensory characteristics according to whether the microcapsules are added, sensory evaluation was performed with respect to external scent intensity, tobacco taste intensity, intensity of the tobacco smell on fingers after smoking, intensity of the scent remaining on the fingers after smoking, and satisfaction with the scent remaining on the fingers, for the smoking articles according to Examples 10 to 12 and Comparative Example 1. The sensory evaluation was performed by a panel of twenty evaluators using the smoking articles according to Example 10 to 12 and Comparative Example 1, based on a scale of 8 points.
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FIG. 4 shows results of smoking sensory evaluation relating to smoking articles two weeks after production thereof according to Examples 10 to 12 and Comparative Example 1. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , the external scent intensity, intensity of the scent remaining on the fingers after smoking, and satisfaction with the scent remaining on the fingers tended to increase and the intensity of the tobacco smell on the fingers after smoking tended to decrease with an increase in the content of the binder and/or microcapsules in the fragrance carrier ink. - It was confirmed that, in all of Examples 10 to 12, an increase in the intensity of the scent remaining on the fingers after smoking as compared to Comparative Example 1 was larger than an increase in external scent intensity as compared to Comparative Example 1. Thus, it can be seen that, in all of Examples 10 to 12, the fragrance was substantially not expressed during storage of the cigarettes and then was substantially expressed due to the smoking behavior of the smoker.
- Those of ordinary skill in the art related to the present examples should understand that the present invention may be implemented in modified forms within the scope not departing from essential characteristics of the above description. Therefore, the methods disclosed herein should be considered as illustrative rather than limiting. The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims below rather than by the above description, and all differences within the scope equivalent to the claims should be interpreted as falling within the scope of the present invention.
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- A tipping paper for smoking articles that surrounds at least a partial region of a smoking material portion and a smoking article filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the smoking article filter portion are combined, the tipping paper comprising:a fragrance carrier which consists of a fragrance material and a carrier material which includes the fragrance material,wherein the fragrance material included in the carrier material is expressed outside the tipping paper in response to moisture, saliva, or friction, andthe carrier material is a material soluble in ethanol.
- The tipping paper of claim 1, wherein the carrier material is 2-hydroxypropyl-o-cyclodextrin.
- The tipping paper of claim 1, wherein the fragrance material includes at least one or more materials of vanillin and ethyl vanillin.
- The tipping paper of claim 3, wherein a weight ratio of the vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material is in a range of 15% to 25%, and a weight ratio of the ethyl vanillin with respect to the total weight of the fragrance material is in a range of 5% to 15%.
- The tipping paper of claim 1, wherein the fragrance carrier is included in the tipping paper through a fragrance carrier printing process that uses a fragrance carrier ink including the ethanol, the fragrance material, and the carrier material.
- The tipping paper of claim 5, wherein a weight ratio of the fragrance material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink is greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 1.5%, and a weight ratio of the carrier material with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink is greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 15%.
- The tipping paper of claim 5, wherein the fragrance carrier ink further includes a binder, and a weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink is greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 15%.
- The tipping paper of claim 7, wherein the binder is a polymer material that is soluble in ethanol and has a molecular weight in a range of 3,000 to 20,000 and a glass transition temperature in a range of 60 °C to 90 °C.
- The tipping paper of claim 7, wherein the fragrance carrier ink further includes microcapsules, and a weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink is greater than 0% and lower than or equal to 25%.
- The tipping paper of claim 9, wherein a weight ratio of the binder with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink is in a range of 5% to 10%, and a weight ratio of the microcapsules with respect to the total weight of the fragrance carrier ink is in a range of 5% to 20%.
- The tipping paper of claim 9, wherein:the microcapsules each have a diameter in a range of 1.5 µm to 5.0 µm;the microcapsules each include polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a fragrance, and a cross-linking agent; anda content ratio of the PVA and the fragrance included in each microcapsule is in a range of 1:3 to 1:7.
- The tipping paper of claim 5, wherein the fragrance carrier printing process is performed after an overprint varnish (OPV) process is applied to the tipping paper.
- A smoking article comprising:a smoking material portion which is wrapped by a smoking material wrapper;a filter portion whose upstream end is combined with the smoking material portion and which is wrapped by a filter wrapper; anda tipping paper which surrounds at least a partial region of the smoking material portion and the filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the filter portion are combined,wherein the tipping paper includes a fragrance carrier which consists of a fragrance material and a carrier material which includes the fragrance material,the fragrance material included in the carrier material is expressed outside the tipping paper in response to moisture, saliva, or friction, andthe carrier material is a material soluble in ethanol.
- A method of producing a tipping paper for smoking articles that surrounds at least a partial region of a smoking material portion and a smoking article filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the smoking article filter portion are combined and includes a fragrance material and a carrier material which includes the fragrance material, the method comprising:adding the carrier material to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby;adding the fragrance material to the solution in which the carrier material is added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby;adding a binder to the solution in which the carrier material and the fragrance material are added to ethanol and stirring a solution obtained thereby; anda printing step in which the solution in which the carrier material, the fragrance material, and the binder are added to ethanol is used as a fragrance carrier ink and printed on the tipping paper.
- The method of claim 14, further comprising, before the printing step, adding microcapsules to the fragrance carrier ink and stirring a solution obtained thereby,
wherein a core of each microcapsule is an ethanol-based fragrance and a shell of each microcapsule is PVA, and
the microcapsules are produced by stirring the ethanol-based fragrance and the PVA at room temperature, adding a cross-linking agent to a solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance and the PVA are stirred and stirring a solution obtained thereby at a temperature which is higher than or equal to 60 °C and lower than or equal to 100 °C, and cooling the solution in which the ethanol-based fragrance, the PVA, and the cross-linking agent are stirred.
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