Method and device for producing a particulate tobacco product. The method includes conveying a supplied flat starting material comprising tobacco along a processing plane to a punching station; punching out at least one tobacco particle from the starting material using a punching tool of the punching station; and supplying the at least one punched-out tobacco particles as a particulate tobacco product.

Method and device for producing a particulate tobacco product. The method includes conveying a supplied flat starting material comprising tobacco along a processing plane to a punching station; punching out at least one tobacco particle from the starting material using a punching tool of the punching station; and supplying the at least one punched-out tobacco particles as a particulate tobacco product.

A method of producing a liquid tobacco extract is provided, including: preparing a tobacco starting material including natural tobacco material; heating the tobacco starting material in a non-sealed extraction chamber at an extraction temperature of between 125 C. and 160 C. for between 90 minutes and 270 minutes to release gaseous volatile compounds from the tobacco starting material, the tobacco starting material not being in a liquid suspension during the heating step, a flow of inert gas being passed through the tobacco starting material during the heating in the extraction chamber, and the inert gas carrying the gaseous volatile compounds released from the tobacco starting material during heating away from the chamber; collecting the volatile compounds released and carried away from the tobacco starting material by the inert gas flow during the heating; and forming a liquid tobacco extract including the collected volatile compounds.

A method of producing a liquid tobacco extract is provided, including: preparing a tobacco starting material including natural tobacco material; heating the tobacco starting material in a non-sealed extraction chamber at an extraction temperature of between 125 C. and 160 C. for between 90 minutes and 270 minutes to release gaseous volatile compounds from the tobacco starting material, the tobacco starting material not being in a liquid suspension during the heating step, a flow of inert gas being passed through the tobacco starting material during the heating in the extraction chamber, and the inert gas carrying the gaseous volatile compounds released from the tobacco starting material during heating away from the chamber; collecting the volatile compounds released and carried away from the tobacco starting material by the inert gas flow during the heating; and forming a liquid tobacco extract including the collected volatile compounds.

Processes for recovering sugars and nicotine from a tobacco biomass include feeding a biomass of tobacco plants and subcritical water to a reactor, hydrolyzing the biomass of tobacco plants with the subcritical water at a temperature between about 150 C. and 305 C. and recovering a liquid product and a solid product from the reactor, wherein the liquid product contains water-soluble sugars and nicotine.

Processes for recovering sugars and nicotine from a tobacco biomass include feeding a biomass of tobacco plants and subcritical water to a reactor, hydrolyzing the biomass of tobacco plants with the subcritical water at a temperature between about 150 C. and 305 C. and recovering a liquid product and a solid product from the reactor, wherein the liquid product contains water-soluble sugars and nicotine.

This application relates to an aerosol-generating composition comprising a plurality of elongate strips of a first aerosol-generating material, wherein each elongate strip of the first aerosol-generating material comprises corrugations and a longitudinal dimension and wherein the corrugations extend transverse to the longitudinal dimension.

The invention relates to an aerosol generating material comprising a blend, the blend comprising at least 20% lamina tobacco, and the material is in the form of discrete particles. The invention al relates to articles for an aerosol provision system, the articles comprising a first aerosol generating material and a second aerosol generating material.

The invention relates to an aerosol generating material comprising a blend, the blend comprising at least 20% lamina tobacco, and the material is in the form of discrete particles. The invention al relates to articles for an aerosol provision system, the articles comprising a first aerosol generating material and a second aerosol generating material.

A finished smokable product is formed using a booklet of smoking rolling papers comprising: (a) a plurality of smokable sheets being stacked together each sheet having first and second longitudinal edge portions along with first and second lateral edge portions, and first and second faces, and a plurality of openings adjacent the first longitudinal edge portion, and the first longitudinal edge portion having a first length, and the first lateral edge portions having a first length; (b) wherein the plurality of sheets are bound together by a plurality of connecting loops; (c) wherein the plurality of openings have bound and unbound states, wherein in the bound state the openings are unbroken and have a mean diameter opening and mean spacing between unbroken openings, and in the unbound state the openings are broken open with the mean spacing remaining constant but the first lateral edge portion having a second length, the second length being greater than the first length of the first lateral edge portion; and (d) wherein the bound plurality of sheets and plurality connecting loops are packaged for sale.