| abstract |
A heated smoking article comprising an aerosol generating substrate, wherein the aerosol generating substrate is a rod (22) comprising a gathered sheet of homogenized tobacco material (8) circumscribed by a wrapper (12), wherein the sheet of homogenized tobacco material comprises one or more aerosol formers and has an aerosol former content of more than 5% on a dry weight basis, wherein the sheet of homogenized tobacco material has a weight of between 100 g / m2 and 300 g / m2, and in which the aerosol generating substrate is a rod that is between 5 mm and 20 mm long. |