Tobacco smoking mixture for smoking articles such as cigarettes

The present invention relates to a tobacco smoking mixture. In particular, the invention relates to a tobacco smoking mixture, for a smoking article such as a cigarette, which includes at least one inorganic particulate material. The inorganic particulate material is present in an amount effective to reduce the temperature of a burning portion of the tobacco smoking mixture upon combustion/pyrolysis thereof. The present invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such novel tobacco smoking mixtures. A tobacco smoking mixture is provided that includes tobacco and at least one inorganic particulate material. The at least one inorganic particulate material is effective to reduce the temperature of a burning portion of the tobacco smoking mixture upon combustion/pyrolysis thereof. The at least one inorganic particulate material can be an inorganic carbonate, an inorganic hydrate, an inorganic oxide, an inorganic phosphate, a carbon material or combinations thereof.