High flavor impact, low smoke yield cigarette mouthpiece

Claim 1

The combination of a cigarette tobacco section, a cigarette mouthpiece and a cylinder of tipping paper joining said mouthpiece to said tobacco section; said cigarette mouthpiece comprising a smoke passage aligned with said cigarette tobacco section and having a draw resistance for controlling the amount of undiluted and unfiltered smoke entering a smoker''s mouth for a given draw, said passage having a first cylindrical portion adjacent said tobacco section to receive smoke, a second portion at the opposite end and an intermediate portion of decreasing cross-sectional area from said first portion to said second portion; a cylindrical peripheral portion about said smoke passage, said peripheral portion including an inner cylinder of mouthpiece paper forming an annular space with said intermediate and said second portions of said smoke passage, a plurality of perforations in said cylinders of mouthpiece paper and tipping paper communicating said space radially with the surrounding air, said perforations having a draw resistance to complement said draw resistance of said smoke passage whereby for a given draw a desired amount of ventilation air enters the smoker''s mouth through said annular space.