Cigarette which goes out rapidly or is self-extinguishing
Patent 4945932 Issued on August 7, 1990. Estimated Expiration Date: January 25, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
There is disclosed a cigarette which extinguishes rapidly wherein the tobacco in the cigarette is surrounded by a casing of cigarette paper having areas with lesser and greater air permeability in the form of patterned annular zones.