A rolling paper (1) for rolling a tapered filter tip (2) for a cigarette (3), said rolling paper (1) comprising a flat paper body (4) comprising an upper edge (5), a lower edge (6), a first side edge (7, 8), and a second side edge (7, 8), wherein the upper edge (5) is positioned opposite to the lower edge (6), and the first side edge (7, 8) is positioned opposite to the second side edge (7, 8), and at least one folding line extending transversely to the upper edge (5) and the lower edge (6) and located closer to the second side edge (7, 8) than the first side edge (7, 8), wherein the upper edge (5) is larger than the lower edge (6), the upper edge (5) comprises an upper curved part, the upper edge (5) transitions into the first side edge (7, 8) at an upper corner (11), the lower edge (6) comprises a lower curved part, the lower edge (6) transitions into the first side edge (7, 8) at a lower corner (13), and at least one of the lower corner (13) and the upper corner (11) is a rounded corner (14).

Machine and method for producing a substantially cylindrical article, which comprises a tubular body, a container element, arranged in the area of one end of the tubular element, a heat generating element, partially housed inside the container element, and loose material for generating flavour; in use, the loose material is inserted into the container element, vertically oriented, and the heat generating element is partially inserted into the container element by being moved downwards, so as to obtain a combined element; subsequently, the combined element is at least partially inserted into the tubular body.

The present disclosure provides the identification of tobacco Nic1 locus. Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Also provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel Nic1 mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or nicotine free while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality.

An article for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system. A portion of the article includes a first amorphous solid material, and the portion is further surrounded by a layer or sheet of a second amorphous solid material.

An article for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system. A portion of the article includes a first amorphous solid material, and the portion is further surrounded by a layer or sheet of a second amorphous solid material.

An aerosol-generating article (10) comprising a rod (20) comprising an aerosol-generating substrate (22); a filter (30) in axial alignment with the rod (20); a bridging element (40) comprising a first wrapper (42), the first wrapper circumscribing the rod (20) and the filter and securing the filter to the rod; and a cavity (44) located between the rod and the filter, the cavity (44) being partially delimited by the inner surface of the first wrapper (42) in a first portion of the bridging element (40), wherein the first portion of the bridging element has a reflectance factor of 85 percent or higher.

A filter material for manufacturing a segment of a smoking article is described, wherein the filter material comprises a hydro-entangled nonwoven and the nonwoven comprises fibers, wherein the fibers are selected from the group consisting of pulp fibers, fibers of regenerated cellulose and mixtures thereof, and these fibers are together contained in the nonwoven in an amount of at least 50% and at most 100% of the mass of the hydro-entangled nonwoven, and wherein the nonwoven is in the form of a web, has a longitudinal direction in the running direction of the web, a cross direction orthogonal thereto and lying in the plane of the web and a thickness direction orthogonal to longitudinal direction and the cross direction. The nonwoven is shaped such that it has a wave structure in the plane formed by the cross direction and the thickness direction with a wave height of at least 50 .Math.m and at most 1000 .Math.m, as well as a wave length (22, 32, 42) of at least 150 .Math.m and at most 5000 .Math.m.

An aerosol-generating device includes a housing having a first end defining a mouthpiece, a second end, and a cavity defined between the first end and the second end. The device also includes a reservoir within the cavity. The reservoir is configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The device also includes an atomizer and a valve within the mouthpiece of the housing. The valve has a first side and an second side. The second side of the valve includes a hydrophilic coating, a hydrophobic coating, or both a hydrophilic coating and a hydrophobic coating.

Provided are a fragrance-containing sheet including LM-pectin for smoking articles, which includes moisture, thickening polysaccharide, low methoxyl pectin (LM-pectin), and fragrance, such that a smoking article including the fragrance-containing sheet gives off fragrance consistently during smoking.

A conical rolling paper assembly for rolling a cigarette includes a rolling paper for rolling into a cigarette for smoking. The rolling paper is pre-formed into a conical shape having a narrow end that has a diameter is less than a wide end. Moreover, the rolling paper is rollable into a cone of a pre-determined diameter for having smoking material placed therein. The wide end of is inhaled through by a user and the narrow end is ignited for smoking. A filter is insertable into the wide end when the smoking material is positioned in the cone defined by the rolling paper. The filter has an air aperture extending therethrough to be inhaled through by the user for smoking the smoking material in the rolling paper.