Smoking article with manually releasable odorant
A smoking article has an outer surface and a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided on the outer surface, wherein the microcapsules are capable of being manually ruptured by a consumer to release an odorant encapsulated therein. The smoking article preferably comprises a wrapped tobacco rod; and a filter attached to the wrapped tobacco rod by tipping paper, a mouth end portion of which is “over tipped” with a band or strip of “Peel and Sniff” microcapsules and/or a band or strip of “Scratch and Sniff” microcapsules.
1. An article comprising:
a filter;
a tipping paper circumscribing at least a portion of the filter;
a first band on at least a portion of a wrapper, the first band including,
a first layer of a first material over the tipping paper, and
a first plurality of microcapsules between the tipping paper and the first layer of material; and
a second band on a second portion of the wrapper, the second band including,
a second layer of a second material, and
a second plurality of microcapsules between the tipping paper and the second layer.
2. The article of claim 1 , wherein the first band is a laminated band.
3. The article of claim 2 , wherein the first band further includes an outer layer configured to be removed from the first layer.
4. The article of claim 2 , wherein the second material is paper.
5. The article of claim 2 , wherein the first plurality of microcapsules includes a first odorant.
6. The article of claim 2 , wherein the second plurality of microcapsules includes a second odorant.
7. The article of claim 2 , wherein the first band and the second band are adhered to the tipping paper.
8. The article of claim 2 , wherein the first band is adjacent to a mouth end of the article, and the second band is between the first band and a distal end of the tipping paper.
9. The article of claim 8 , wherein the first band and the second band cover an entire length of the tipping paper.
10. The article of claim 1 , wherein each of the first plurality of microcapsules is frangible.
11. The article of claim 1 , wherein each of the second plurality of microcapsules is frangible.