UA88174U - Smoking article having an outer wrapper with a cut-out portion - Google Patents

Abstract

A smoking article (10)(30X50) comprises an aerosol generating substrate (12)(32); a mouthpiece (14)(34 × 54) in axial alignment with the aerosol generating substrate, the mouthpiece comprising one or more segments (16)(36,38,40)(56,58,60) at least one segment incorporating a particulate flavourant material; a substantially transparent wrapper (18)(42)(64) circumscribing the mouthpiece along at least a part of the length of the mouthpiece; and an outer wrapper (20)(44)(66) of tipping material circumscribing the mouthpiece. The outer wrapper (20)(44 × 66) overlies the substantially transparent wrapper (18 × 42 × 64) and comprises at least one cut-out portion (22)(46)(68,68) extending around less than the Ml circumference of the mouthpiece (14)(34 × 54) and exposing an area of the substantially transparent wrapper (18)(42 × 64), through which an underlying portion of the mouthpiece is visible.

Description

This utility model relates to a novel smoking article having a mouthpiece circumferentially surrounded by an outer wrapper having a cut-out for viewing a portion of the mouthpiece, and a method of manufacturing such a smoking article.

Filter cigarettes typically include a cylindrical rod of cut tobacco filler surrounded along the perimeter by a paper wrapper, and a cylindrical filter positioned coaxially and end-to-end with this wrapped tobacco rod. As a rule, the wrapped tobacco rod and the filter are connected by a rim wrapper, usually made of a strip of paper material, which surrounds the filter along its entire length and the adjacent part of the wrapped tobacco rod.

In the industry to which this utility model relates, numerous smoking products have also been proposed in which the tobacco is heated instead of burned. In heated smoking products, the aerosol is formed by heating an aroma-generating substrate, such as tobacco. Known heated smoking products include, for example, electrically heated smoking products and smoking products in which the aerosol is formed by transferring heat from a burning fuel element or heat source to a physically separated aerosol-forming material. During smoking, volatile substances are released from the aerosol-forming substrate under the influence of heat transferred from the fuel element and are captured by the air sucked through the smoking product. When the released substances are cooled, they condense to form an aerosol that the consumer inhales.

It has previously been proposed to provide a smoking article with a wrapper at least partially made of a transparent material so that at least a portion of the smoking article is visible through the wrapper. For example, I5-A-5,396,909 discloses a filter with a rim wrap made of a transparent sheet or film material, such as a transparent polymer or cellulosic material, which allows the consumer to observe the effectiveness of the filter under the rim wrap. Similarly, in UM/О-А-2009/106374, a filter with a rim wrap made of a transparent material is disclosed, but an opaque coating is applied to part of the rim wrap, so that only the part of the filter that is under the rim wrap is visible.

However, it has been found that the use of such transparent polymeric or cellulosic materials may be unappealing to the consumer due to the fact that the mouth feel of such material is different from that of conventional rimmed paper. In particular, the texture of the transparent materials is usually very different from the texture of the paper material and gives the user a different sensation when the filter is placed near the lips while smoking.

It would be desirable to offer a smoking article with novel alternative means of allowing the consumer to see a portion of the smoking article, but which is equipped with an outer wrapper that feels more acceptable near the lips. It would be particularly desirable if such a smoking product could be assembled using standard methods and wrapping equipment.

According to this useful model, a smoking product is proposed, which includes: an aerosol-forming substrate; a mouthpiece axially aligned with the aerosol-forming substrate, wherein the mouthpiece includes one or more segments, at least one of the segments includes particulate flavoring material; a substantially transparent wrapper circumferentially surrounding said mouthpiece for at least part of the length of said mouthpiece; and an outer wrapper that surrounds this mouthpiece. The outer wrapper is located above said substantially transparent wrapper and has at least one cutout which extends along the circumference of the smoking article for an area that is less than the full length of the circumference thereof and leaves an accessible portion of the substantially transparent wrapper through which is visible located below cutout part of the mouthpiece segment that includes the flavoring material in particulate form.

The term "substantially transparent" is used to describe a material that allows at least a significant portion of incident light to pass through it, so that it is possible to see through the material. In this utility model, a substantially transparent wrapper allows sufficient light to pass through the wrapper so that the mouthpiece is visible through the wrapper. This essentially transparent wrapper can be completely transparent. Alternatively, this wrap may have a low level of transparency, while still allowing sufficient light to allow the mouthpiece to be visible through the wrap.

The thickness of the substantially transparent wrapper is preferably at least 25 μm, and more preferably, from 25 μm to 75 μm.

The specific gravity of the substantially transparent wrapper is preferably at least 40 grams per square meter (g/m), and more preferably 40 g/m to 80 g/m. Materials suitable for use as a substantially transparent wrapper for smoking articles in this useful embodiment include, but are not limited to, cellophane and polypropylene. Acceptable intrinsically transparent materials of various grades, thicknesses, and densities are commercially available from a variety of sources. For example, Ippomia Ritwe Tsa. produces many different grades of such materials.

In some cases, the substantially transparent wrapper may be tinted or colored, or may have a repeating pattern or other type of graphic image applied to it. For example, an essentially transparent wrapper can have a pattern made by relief embossing on its surface. The embossed pattern reduces the surface area of the substantially transparent wrapper that contacts the consumer's lips, thereby reducing any unpleasant mouthfeel from the substantially transparent wrapper. In some cases, the image of the portion of the mouthpiece that is visible through the cutout in the outer wrapper will be visually altered by a substantially transparent wrapper.

In smoking articles of this utility model, the portion of the mouthpiece that includes the particulate flavoring material is visible to the consumer through a window formed by a cutout in the outer wrapper and a portion of the substantially transparent wrapper that is below the cutout. The outer wrapper does not necessarily have to be made of a transparent material and, therefore, can be made of an alternative material that provides the desired textural and surface properties. In a preferred embodiment, the outer wrapper is opaque. In a preferred embodiment, the outer wrapper is a rim paper made from cellulosic paper sheet material, as in known cigarettes. Thus, the outer wrapper provides the consumer with the familiar texture and mouthfeel.

The position and size of the cutout is such that the cutout is above the segment of the mouthpiece that includes the particulate flavoring material so that the particulate flavoring material within the mouthpiece is visible. Additionally, the position and size of the cutout in the outer wrapper may, in a preferred embodiment, be such that the substantially transparent wrapper accessible through the cutout does not come into contact with the user's lips during smoking. However, even if the cutout does come into contact with the consumer's lips during smoking, the available surface area of the substantially transparent wrapper is generally small compared to the surface area of rim wrappers that are made entirely of transparent film material. The relatively small area of this area of the surface limits the unpleasant sensations that may appear as a result of using essentially transparent films.

Said at least one cutout extends around the circumference of the smoking article for an area that is less than the full length of the circumference thereof, so that the outer wrapper can generally be made from a single piece of sheet material that can be wrapped around the mouthpiece using standard methods and apparatus . The outer wrapper remains a single outer wrapper even after the cutout is removed from the outer wrapper.

The at least one cutout may have any acceptable shape, including, but not limited to, a circle, oval, square, triangle, diamond, or rectangle. The outer wrapper can have a single cutout, or two or more cutouts spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the smoking product, or along the perimeter of the smoking product, or in both directions. This allows the consumer to see different parts or segments of the mouthpiece, which may have the same or different appearance. For example, if the mouthpiece has a plurality of different segments, the cutouts may be positioned so that several of these segments are visible. If two or more cuts are made, these cuts may have the same size and shape, or at least one size and shape parameter may be different for these cuts.

The outer wrapper is positioned over the substantially transparent wrapper and is preferably adhered or laminated to the substantially transparent wrapper.

Said particulate flavoring material includes at least one flavoring material capable of releasing flavor into the smoke produced by the smoking product during smoking. In a preferred embodiment, the particulate flavoring material includes plant-derived material.

In certain preferred embodiments of this utility model, the flavoring material in particulate form may include particles of sorbent or cellulosic material impregnated with liquid flavoring. In some preferred embodiments of this utility model, the flavoring material in particulate form may include plant leaf particles as described in EP-A-1,958,523. For example, the filter segment may include leaves of tobacco, green tea, peppermint, spearmint, laurel, eucalyptus, basil, sage, verbena, and tarragon. In addition, you can also use parts of mint plants. The term "mint" refers to plants that belong to the genus Mepipa. The plant material may alternatively be in the form of seeds, roots, bark or flowers, such as those commonly used as spices.

If desired, the flavoring material in the form of particles can be colored, for example, by adding an acceptable dye or pigment. For example, the flavoring material in particulate form may have a color that corresponds to the flavor provided by the material, such as green for a peppermint flavor.

The mouthpiece of the smoking article according to this useful model may alternatively include a particulate material that does not contain flavoring, such as balls or granules of cellulosic material or sorbent.

The smoking products of this utility model may be filter cigarettes or other smoking products in which tobacco material or other combustible material is burned to produce smoke. Alternatively, smoking products according to this utility model may be products in which the material is heated to form an aerosol instead of being burned. In heated smoking products of one type, tobacco material or other aerosol-forming material is heated with the help of one or more electronic heating elements to form an aerosol. In heated smoking products of another type, the aerosol is generated by transferring heat from a combustible or chemical heat source to a physically separate aerosol generating material that may be located within, around, or behind the heat source.

In certain preferred embodiments of this utility model, the aerosol-forming substrate of the smoking article includes a tobacco rod and the mouthpiece includes a filter that includes one or more filter segments. In a preferred embodiment, both the substantially transparent wrapper and the outer wrapper circumferentially enclose one or more filter segments along at least a portion of the length of the filter, such that the portion of the filter that is under these wrappers and includes the particulate flavoring material, is visible through a cutout in the outer wrapper. In a particularly preferred embodiment of this utility model, the outer wrapper is a rim paper that connects the tobacco rod to the filter.

If the mouthpiece of the smoking article according to this useful model includes a filter, then this filter can be made from a single segment or can be a multi-segment filter that includes two or more filter segments connected in the longitudinal direction. If two or more filter segments are provided, these filter segments may be of the same construction and materials, but more preferably, they are of different construction, or include different filter materials or impurities. The flavoring material in particulate form may be provided in a single filter segment, or in two or more filter segments. Two or more filter segments may be provided with the same or different flavoring material in particulate form. The position of the cutout in the outer wrapper can be adjusted to select which of the filter segments are visible.

The mentioned essentially transparent wrapper can cover the filter along its entire length.

Alternatively, the substantially transparent wrap may surround the filter along its circumference only for part of its length. In the latter case, the substantially transparent wrapper must surround along the perimeter the filter segment or the part of the filter segment that is under the cutout in the outer wrapper in the folded smoking product.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one cutout in the outer wrap is at least 2 mm from the annular edge of the outer wrap that is adjacent to the rod-adjacent end of the filter, and in a more preferred option, at a distance of at least mm. If the outer wrapper is a rim wrapper that extends along the tobacco rod for a distance of from about 2 mm to about 5 mm from the end of the filter adjacent to the rod, then this location of the cutout ensures that the cutout is located above the filter and not above the tobacco rod.

If the filter includes a single segment, the essentially transparent wrap can be a rod wrap that covers the filter material along the circumference. If the filter includes two or more segments, then these segments are usually wrapped in a rod wrapper. Any or all of the two or more segments may be individually wrapped in the rod wrapper. In a preferred embodiment, the segment of the filter which is under the cutout in the outer wrap is surrounded along the circumference by a substantially transparent rod wrap. The segment or segments of the filter, which are not visible through the cutout in the outer wrapper, can be wrapped in an opaque paper wrapper of the rod in a known manner. The filter segments can then be subsequently attached to each other in a known manner using a substantially transparent wrap.

In certain preferred embodiments of this utility model, the mouthpiece includes a multi-segment filter that includes a filter segment that includes a filter material with particulate material dispersed thereon, a portion of the filter segment being visible through at least one cut window in outer wrapper. In such embodiments, the particulate material within the filter segment is visible to the consumer.

In a preferred embodiment, the filter material in the filter segment is a length of string of fibrous filter material such as cellulose acetate tow or paper. A filter plasticizer may be applied to this fibrous filter material in a known manner by spraying it onto the separated fibers, preferably prior to adding the particulate material to the filter material.

Alternatively or in addition to the filter segment described above, the multi-segment filter may include a free cavity at least partially filled with particulate material, with a portion of the at least partially filled cavity being visible through at least one cut-out window in the outer envelope. Therefore, the material in the form of particles inside this cavity is visible to the consumer. In such embodiments of this utility model, the free cavity is preferably located between two lengths of the rod of filter material.

In a preferred embodiment, from 4095 to 10095 of the volume of this cavity is filled with particulate material, and in a more preferred embodiment, from 6095 to 8095 of the volume of the cavity is filled. Cavity filters according to a second aspect of this utility model can be made using known methods and apparatus for making charcoal filters. In one such method, two lengths of a string of filter material are placed on a substantially transparent wrapping material with a gap between them. The space between them is then at least partially filled with particulate material, and thereafter a substantially transparent wrap is wrapped around said rod segments, forming a cavity between the rod segments that is at least partially filled with particulate material. The detailed process is described, for example, in EP-A-1,571,933. Equipment for carrying out such production methods is available, for example, from the manufacturer ESHgopa Ipietaiopai I yu., Great Britain.

The mouthpiece can additionally include at least one sorbent capable of removing at least one component of the gas phase from the main stream of smoke that is absorbed through the filter. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one sorbent is selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, carbon beads, activated aluminum, zeolites, sepiolites, molecular sieves, and silica gel.

Smoking products of this useful embodiment may include a plurality of filter segments of different types or combinations of filter segments, including filter segments of the types described above, as well as filter segments of other types known to those skilled in the art, such as segments that include limiters, and segments that are used to adjust the suction resistance (VTO).

According to a preferred option, said at least one cutout in the outer wrapper is made at a distance of at least 10 mm from the end of the smoking product that is inserted into the mouth. This arrangement helps to avoid any contact between the user's lips and the portion of the substantially transparent wrapper accessible through the cutout during smoking.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one circumferential row of perforations is provided along the smoking article, the perforations extending through the substantially transparent wrapper, if present, and through the outer wrapper. This provides the smoking product with ventilation so that the main stream of smoke mixes with the surrounding air during smoking. The substantially transparent wrapper is generally non-porous, and therefore, if the substantially transparent wrapper is located below the location of the perforations, the perforations must extend through the substantially transparent wrapper in the same way as through the outer wrapper. If the mouthpiece includes a filter, the circumferential rows of perforation holes are preferably arranged along the filter.

In a preferred embodiment, at least one circumferential row of perforations is located above the smoke stream relative to the cutout in the outer wrapper.

The term "upstream" is used to describe the relative positions of smoking article elements in this useful model relative to the direction of the main stream of smoke or air drawn from the aerosol substrate through the mouthpiece during smoking. The preferred arrangement of the perforations upstream of the smoke stream relative to the cut-out minimizes the deposition of particulate matter on the substantially transparent wrapper beneath the cut-out, which would otherwise affect the visibility of the filter through the cut-out in the outer wrapper.

If the mouthpiece includes a filter, then according to the preferred option, the perforation holes are made at a distance of 1 mm to 20 mm from the end of the filter that is inserted into the mouth. In a more preferred embodiment, the perforations are approximately 12 mm from the mouth end of the filter. This prevents the user's lips from blocking or covering the perforations while smoking.

The utility model further provides a method of manufacturing a smoking article of the utility model as described above, which includes: providing a plurality of individual wrapped filters wrapped in a substantially transparent wrapper, the filters including one or more filter segments; providing a stick of wrapped tobacco; providing an outer wrapper sheet with a sequence of cutouts therein; placing one of the wrapped filters coaxially with one of the tobacco rods; and wrapping the outer wrapper sheet around at least a portion of the wrapped filter and at least a portion of the adjacent tobacco rod such that the outer wrapper secures the wrapped filter to the tobacco rod and the cutout is over the substantially transparent wrapper.

The cutouts in the outer wrapper can be made using any suitable method, including, for example, laser cutting, rotary die cutting, or punching. Acceptable devices for laser cutting are Nidn-breed IGazeg Oie Sicipd

Maspnipe or Ripesci-Rii5-Coiagu"m buviet from Zrapapisw, Illinois, USA. An acceptable device for rotary die cutting or rotary perforating is Ztai! Mer Ripsipe Maspnipe from

Zsporeg StN, Germany. The cutting of the outer wrapper to make holes according to the preferred option is carried out on an endless sheet of wrapper material before cutting this material to form separate outer wrappers for each smoking product. However, it is also possible to use certain cutting methods in which the cuts can only be made in the outer layer after placing the rim material around the mouthpiece.

Cutting of the outer wrapper for the purpose of making cutouts can be done non-autonomously on the cigarette manufacturing device by embedding a cutting means anywhere in the device after the step of unrolling the outer wrapper and before the step of wrapping it around the constituent parts of the smoking product.

Alternatively, the cutting of the outer wrapper to perform the cutouts can be done independently of the cigarette manufacturing device using a separate device, the location of which may be the same as or different from the location of the cigarette manufacturing device. In this case, the operations of the method according to this useful model can be carried out using standard wrapping methods and devices using a new scheme of arrangement of an essentially transparent wrapper and an outer wrapper with cutouts.

The placement of the cutouts in the outer wrapper can be varied according to the number and desired position of the cutouts in each smoking product.

An endless sheet of rim material is cut to form separate individual outer wrappers for individual smoking products, each of which has a cutout made in the desired position.

Cutting the outer wrapper can be done before wrapping the outer wrapper around the smoking product. Alternatively, smoking products can be made in pairs in a known manner.

For example, a filter rod that includes filter segments for more than one filter can have a tobacco rod placed at both ends of the filter rod. A section of the rim material of the outer wrapper may be wrapped around the filter rod and adjacent portions of both tobacco rods. In this process, the cutout in the outer wrapper is positioned so that it is over the part of the filter that is desired to be left visible. After wrapping, a segment of the rim material of the outer wrapper and the filter rod are cut to form two adjacent smoking products.

A preferred technical vision system, which includes, for example, one or more cameras, is used to ensure that the cutouts are positioned in the desired position on the smoking product filter.

If the lines of perforations made along the circumference are performed in the outer wrapper and in the essentially transparent wrapper (if it is present at the location of the perforations), then the perforations, according to the preferred option, are performed non-autonomously using a known laser device. The position of the perforation holes is adjusted so that the perforation holes are at least 9 mm, and in a preferred embodiment, at least 12 mm from the mouth end of the smoking article.

This utility model also provides an outer wrapper on a smoking article that includes an aerosol-forming substrate and a mouthpiece, wherein the outer wrapper includes at least one cutout that extends around the circumference of the smoking article in an area that is less than the full length of the circumference thereof. .

This useful model will be described with reference to the attached figures in which:

Fig. 1 - a smoking product according to the first embodiment of this useful model;

Fig. 2 - the smoking product shown in Fig. 1, with a filter with an unfolded wrapper;

Fig. C is a top view of the outer wrapper of the smoking products shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 (not to scale);

Fig. 4 - a smoking product according to the second embodiment of this useful model with a filter with an unfolded wrapper; and

Fig. 5 is a smoking article according to a third embodiment of this utility model with a filter with an unfolded wrapper.

Cigarette 10 with a filter, shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, includes a wrapped rod 12 of tobacco cut filler, which is attached at one end to an axially aligned filter 14, which includes a single filter segment 16 made of cellulose acetate tow wrapped in a substantially transparent wrapper in the form of the essence of the transparent wrapper is 18 strands. The filter segment 16 includes particles of cellulosic material (not shown) impregnated with liquid flavoring, which are dispersed within the cellulose acetate tow. The wrapped tobacco rod 12 and the filter 14 are connected by an outer wrapper 20 made of rimmed paper, which surrounds the filter 14 along its entire length and the adjacent part of the tobacco rod 12.

The outer wrapper 20 has a circular cutout 22 with a diameter of about 5 mm, which is located at a distance of about 5 mm from the end of the outer wrapper adjacent to the rod. The substantially transparent rod wrap 18, which is under the outer wrap, is accessible through the cutout 22 in the outer wrap 20, and as a result, the portion of the filter that includes the cellulose granules is visible through the cutout 22.

The rows of perforation holes 24 made along the circumference are located at a distance of approximately 12 mm from the end of the cigarette 10, which is inserted into the mouth.

Cigarette 30 with a filter, shown in Fig. 4, includes a wrapped rod 32 of cut tobacco, which is attached to an axially aligned filter 34, which includes three end-to-end filter segments: remote from the wrapped tobacco rod 32, an end segment 36, which is inserted into the mouth ; flavor release segment 38, located above the smoke stream relative to the end segment 36, which is inserted into the mouth; and a rod-adjacent end segment 40 that abuts the wrapped tobacco rod 32 and is located upstream of the smoke stream relative to the first flavor release segment 38 .

The end segment 36, which is inserted into the mouth, includes a length of low-efficiency cellulose acetate tow string. The aroma release segment 38 includes a section of the string of cellulose acetate harness, on which particles of cut peppermint leaves are essentially evenly scattered. The rod-adjacent end segment 40 includes a medium-to-low filtration efficiency cellulose acetate tow rod length that contains activated carbon. Each of the end segment 36, which is inserted into the mouth, and the end segment 40 adjacent to the rod is wrapped with a porous rod wrap (not shown) in a known manner.

The aroma release segment 38 is wrapped in an essentially transparent wrapper 39 of the string.

The combined filter segments are wrapped with an essentially transparent wrapper 42, which covers the filter 34 along its perimeter along its entire length. The wrapped tobacco rod 32 and the wrapped filter 34 are connected by means of an outer wrapper 44 made of rimmed paper, which surrounds the filter 34 along its entire length and the adjacent part of the tobacco rod 32.

The outer wrapper 44 has a diamond-shaped cutout 46 formed at a location that is above the flavor release segment 38 and approximately midway along the length of the filter 34. As described above with respect to the cigarette 10, a portion of the filter surface is visible through the substantially transparent rod wrapper and is substantially transparent. of the wrapper 42 under the cutout 46. As a result, the peppermint leaf particles within the segment of the string of the cellulose tow that forms the flavor release segment are visible.

Shown in Fig. 5, the filter cigarette 50 has a design similar to that shown in FIG

Fig. 4 cigarette 30, except for the flavor release segment, which includes a cavity 58 filled with liquid flavoring-impregnated activated carbon particles formed between the end segment 56, which is inserted into the mouth, and the end segment 60 adjacent to the rod. In addition, the end segment 56, which is inserted into the mouth, includes a central flavoring thread 62 impregnated with a liquid flavoring, such as menthol flavoring.

Each of the end segment 56, which is inserted into the mouth, and the adjacent rod end segment 60 is wrapped with a porous rod wrap (not shown) in a known manner. The filter segments are then wrapped in a substantially transparent wrapper 64, which also forms said cavity in the filter 54. The wrapped tobacco rod and the filter 54 are connected by an outer wrapper 66 of rim paper, as described above with respect to the cigarette 30.

The outer wrapper 6b has a square cut-out 68 made at a location above the cavity 58 which forms the aroma release segment and approximately midway along the length of the filter 54. An identical cut-out 68' (not shown) is made on the opposite side of the filter 54. As a result, particles of activated of carbon within the cavity in the flavor release segment are visible through the cutouts 68, 68' and the substantially transparent wrapper 64 that is beneath these cutouts.

Cigarette filters 30 and 50 are manufactured in a known manner using substantially transparent sheet materials to wrap the filter segments or filters instead of the known paper material. Cuts are made in the sheet of rim material before wrapping the outer wrap around the filters.

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Claims (13)

1. Smoking product, which includes: an aerosol substrate; a mouthpiece that is coaxial with said aerosol-forming substrate and that includes one or more segments, and at least one segment is a filter segment that includes flavoring material in particulate form; a substantially transparent wrapper that surrounds the mouthpiece along its circumference for at least a portion of its length; and an outer wrapper that surrounds the mouthpiece along its circumference, that overlaps said substantially transparent wrapper and has at least one cutout that extends around the circumference of the smoking article for less than the full length of the circumference of the smoking article and leaves an exposed portion of the substantially transparent wrapper through which there is part of the filter segment, which includes the flavoring material in the form of particles, is located below it, the mouthpiece mentioned. 2. The smoking product according to claim 1, characterized in that said aerosol-forming substrate includes a tobacco rod, and said mouthpiece includes a filter having one or more filter segments. 3. A smoking product according to claim 1 or claim 2, which is characterized by the fact that the mentioned outer wrapper is a rim paper that connects the aerosol-forming substrate and the mouthpiece. 4. The smoking product according to claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3, which is characterized by the fact that the mouthpiece includes a multi-segment filter, while at least one filter segment includes a filter material, the flavoring material in the form of particles is dispersed over this filter material and part of the filter segment is visible through said at least one cutout in the outer wrapper. 5. A smoking article according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mouthpiece includes a multi-segment filter that includes a cavity at least partially filled with particulate flavoring material, a portion of the at least partially filled cavity being visible through said at least one cutout in the outer wrapper. b. A smoking product according to any of the previous items, characterized in that the mouthpiece additionally includes one or more segments that include at least one sorbent selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, activated aluminum oxide, zeolites, molecular sieve and silica gel. 7. A smoking product according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said particulate flavoring material comprises a cellulosic material. 8. The smoking product according to claim 7, which is characterized in that said flavoring material in the form of particles includes material of vegetable origin. 9. A smoking product according to any of the previous items, characterized in that said at least one cutout in the outer wrapper is made at a distance of at least 10 mm from the end of the smoking product that is inserted into the mouth. 10. A smoking article according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has at least one circumferential row of perforations extending through a substantially transparent wrapper and an outer wrapper upstream of said cutout in the outer wrapper . 11. A smoking article according to any of the previous items, characterized in that said cutout extends along the circumference around the mouthpiece by 5-15 mm. 12. A smoking article according to any one of the preceding items, characterized in that the mouthpiece includes a filter that includes at least one filter segment surrounded along the circumference by a substantially transparent rod wrap located below said substantially transparent wrap. 13. A smoking product according to any of the preceding items, characterized in that said particulate flavoring material is colored with a dye or pigment.