US 12,357,017 B2
Tobacco filling for non-combustion-type heating smoking article
Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Tokyo (JP); Masayuki Tsuji, Tokyo (JP); and Kei Sadakari, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,774.
Application 17/903,774 is a division of application No. 16/200,035, filed on Nov. 26, 2018, abandoned.
Application 17/903,774 is a division of application No. PCT/JP2016/065720, filed on May 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408784 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A24B 15/12 (2006.01); A24B 13/02 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); A24B 15/30 (2006.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24B 15/12 (2013.01) [A24B 13/02 (2013.01); A24B 15/28 (2013.01); A24B 15/287 (2013.01); A24B 15/30 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smoking article comprising:
a heater; and
a pod filled with a tobacco filler, the tobacco filler comprising a shredded tobacco, and a liquid that generates aerosol,
wherein the heater is configured to heat the tobacco filler at 22° C. to 350° C.,
the pod is equipped inside the smoking article, and
the tobacco filler contains the liquid that generates aerosol at 30% by mass or more, and
the tobacco filler contains a dihydrogen salt of a trivalent or quadrivalent acid having a first acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 1.0 or less at 25° C.,
the liquid that generates aerosol is one or more selected from the group consisting of glycerol, propylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethtylene glycol, methyl stearate, dimethyl dodecanedioate, and dimethyl tetradecanedioate, and
the smoking article is a non-combustion smoking article.