SMOKING SUBSTITUTE CONSUMABLE
The present disclosure relates to an HNB consumable comprising an aerosol-forming substrate, the consumable having an axial length extending perpendicularly to a non-rectangular transverse end face. The axial length of the aerosol-forming substrate is greater than 45% of the axial length of the consumable and/or the volume of the aerosol-forming substrate is greater than 45% of the volume of the consumable.
1 . A HNB consumable comprising an aerosol-forming substrate, the consumable having an axial length extending perpendicularly to a non-rectangular transverse end face, wherein the volume of the aerosol-forming substrate is greater than 45% of the volume of the consumable.
2 . A consumable according to claim 1 wherein the volume of the aerosol-forming substrate is greater than 50% of the axial length/volume of the consumable.
3 . A consumable according to claim 2 wherein the axial volume of the aerosol-forming substrate is greater than 65% of the axial length/volume of the consumable.
4 . A consumable according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the axial volume of the aerosol-forming substrate is between 50 and 70% of the axial length/volume of the consumable.
5 . A consumable according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the transverse end face has a polygonal shape such as a triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon, octagon etc. shape.
6 . A consumable according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein at least a portion of the perimeter of the transverse end face is curved.
7 . A consumable according to claim 6 wherein the transverse end face is substantially circular or oval.
8 . A consumable according to any one of claims 1 to 7 having a transverse cross-sectional area that varies along the axial length.
9 . A consumable according to any one of the preceding claims having a transverse cross-sectional shape that varies along the axial length.
10 . A consumable according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the axial length of the consumable is less than 45 mm.
11 . A consumable according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the aerosol-forming substrate comprises a recess or bore extending axially from a downstream transverse end face.
12 . A consumable according to any one of the preceding claims further comprising at least one element selected from a filter element, a spacer element, a hollow bore element or a cooling element.
13 . A system comprising a smoking substitute article according to any one of the preceding claims and a device comprising a heating element.
14 . A system according to claim 13 wherein the device comprises a main body for housing the heating element and the heating element comprises an elongated heating element.
15 . A method of using the system according to claim 13 or 14 , the method comprising:
inserting the article into the device; and
heating the article using the heating element.