Vaping Article Comprising a Functionalized Cooling Zone

1 . Vaping article comprising

an aerosol-generating zone,

a zone for cooling the aerosol, comprising a paper in the shape of a hollow tube, this paper comprising a fibrous substrate, and

a filtering zone,

characterized in that

the paper in the shape of a hollow tube also comprises:

between 5% and 40% of plant extract by weight of dry matter of said paper, and

between 5 and 30% of aerosol-generating agent by weight of dry matter of said paper, the paper in the shape of a hollow tube has a grammage between 90 g/m 2 and 200 g/m 2 .

2 . Vaping article comprising

an aerosol-generating zone,

a zone for cooling the aerosol, comprising a paper in the shape of a hollow tube, this paper comprising a fibrous substrate, and

a filtering zone,

characterized in that

a functionalized paper is included in the zone for cooling the aerosol,

this functionalized paper comprises:

a fibrous substrate,

between 5% and 40% of plant extract by weight of dry matter of said functionalized paper, and

between 15% and 30% of aerosol-generating agent by weight of dry matter of said functionalized paper, and

this functionalized paper has a grammage of between 35 g/m 2 and 120 g/m 2 .

3 . Vaping article according to claim 1 , in which the fibrous substrate of the paper in the shape of a hollow tube has a grammage of between 80 g/m 2 and 180 g/m 2 .

4 . Vaping article according to claim 2 , in which the fibrous substrate of the functionalized paper has a grammage of between 15 g/m 2 and 80 g/m 2 .

5 . Vaping article according to claim 1 , in which the fibres of the fibrous substrate of the paper in the shape of a hollow tube of the cooling zone and/or the fibres of the fibrous substrate of the functionalized paper can be chosen from cellulose fibres, plant fibres, synthetic fibres, and mixtures thereof.

6 . Vaping article according to claim 1 , in which the aerosol-generating agent of the paper in the shape of a hollow tube or of the functionalized paper is chosen from sorbitol, glycerin, propylene glycol, triethylene glycol, lactic acid, glyceryl diacetate, glyceryl triacetate, triethyl citrate, isopropyl myristate, and mixtures thereof.

7 . Paper comprising:

a fibrous substrate,

between 5% and 40% of plant extract by weight of dry matter of said paper, and

between 5% and 30% of aerosol-generating agent by weight of dry matter of said paper, said paper having a grammage between 100 g/m 2 and 190 g/m 2 .

8 . Functionalized paper comprising:

a fibrous substrate,

between 5% and 40% of plant extract by weight of dry matter of said functionalized paper, and

between 15% and 30% of aerosol-generating agent by weight of dry matter of said functionalized paper,

said functionalized paper having a grammage of between 65 g/m 2 and 100 g/m 2 .

9 . Method for producing a paper as defined in claim 7 , comprising the following steps:

a1) providing a fibrous substrate,

b1) bringing a plant extract and the aerosol-generating agent into contact with the fibrous substrate in order to obtain a modified substrate,

c1) drying the modified substrate in order to obtain the paper.

10 . Method for producing a functionalized paper as defined in claim 8 , comprising the following steps:

a2) providing a fibrous substrate,

b2) bringing a plant extract and the aerosol-generating agent into contact with the fibrous substrate in order to obtain a functionalized substrate,

c2) drying the functionalized substrate in order to obtain the functionalized paper.

11 . Method for producing a hollow tube made of paper as defined in claim 7 , said method comprising the following step:

d) shaping the paper in order to obtain the hollow tube.

12 . Method for producing a hollow tube made of paper, in which a functionalized paper is included, the functionalized paper being as defined in claim 8 , said method comprising the following step:

e) preparing the hollow tube made of paper comprising the functionalized paper.

13 . Vaping article according to claim 2 , in which the fibres of the fibrous substrate of the paper in the shape of a hollow tube of the cooling zone and/or the fibres of the fibrous substrate of the functionalized paper can be chosen from cellulose fibres, plant fibres, synthetic fibres, and mixtures thereof

14 . Vaping article according to claim 2 , in which the aerosol-generating agent of the paper in the shape of a hollow tube or of the functionalized paper is chosen from sorbitol, glycerin, propylene glycol, triethylene glycol, lactic acid, glyceryl diacetate, glyceryl triacetate, triethyl citrate, isopropyl myristate, and mixtures thereof.