Cigarette and wrapper therefor

Claim 1

AS A NEW ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A CIGARETTE COMPRISING A PENCIL OF TOBACCO GRANULES AND MEANS CONFINING AND SHAPING SAID PENCIL AND HOLDING THE TOBACCO GRANULES IN ASSEMBLED RELATION, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A WRAPPER ENGAGED WITH AND SURROUNDING THE TOBACCO, SAID WRAPPER BEING CONSTITUTED OF A PAPER-LIKE BAND HAVING A THINNESS COMMENSURATE WITH TISSUE PAPER, THE STRUCTURE OF SAID BAND CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF FINE, TIGHTLY WOVEN GLASS FIBERS, SAID BAND CONTAINING SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYCELLULOSE AS AN ADHESIVE FOR SECURING TOGETHER THE GLASS FIBERS THROUGHOUT THE WRAPPER, THEREBY TO PROVIDE FIRMNESS AND PREVENT FRAYING AT CUT EDGES, CONTAINING CALCUIM CARBONATE TO PREVENT FLAMING, AND CONTAINING PROPYLENE GLYCOL IN CONJUCTION WITH GLYCERIN TO PRESERVE PLIABILITY ESPECIALLY WHEN SUBJECTED TO INTENSE AND SUDDEN HEAT, AS IN THE CASE OF A BURNING CIGARETTE.