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64 tobaccoasia / Issue 1, 2017 March / April Patents PACKAGE FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR TOBACCO RELATED COMMODITIES OR SMOKING DEVICES AND USE THEREOF Pub. No.: US 2016/0264345 Al Applicant: Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH, Hamburg (DE) A package for tobacco products or tobacco related commodi-ties or smoking devices, including an openable closure with at least two walls sliding over another when the closure is being opened and closed, at least the one wall includes a sequence of magnetic elements, extending in the direction of the rela-tive movement of the two walls when they slide over another and having alternating positive and negative poles, and that the other wall includes at least one magnetic element with a magnet pole, which slides along the magnetic elements of the one wall when the two walls slide over another. Methods of use are also described. DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF A MEDICAMENT Pub. No.: US 2016/0250201 Al Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchatel (CH) The disclosure relates to a method of enhancing nicotine or other medicament concen- trations in a gaseous carrier. The methods are adaptable to the delivery of nicotine or other medicaments for therapeutic effect in various diseases, in particular nicotine for tobacco product use cessation, substi-tution and/or harm reduction. The disclosure further relates various devices and device design principles for practicing these methods. TOBACCO MATERIAL AND TREATMENT THEREOF Pub. No.: US 2016/0262445 Al Applicant: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED, London (GB) A tobacco material and a process for the treatment of tobacco are provided. The process comprises securing the tobacco material within a moisture-retaining material and exposing the tobacco material to an ambient processing temperature of at least about 45 ° C., with the tobacco having a packing density of at least 200 kg/ m3 on a dry matter weight base at the start of the process and a moisture content of between about 10% and 15 .5%. The treated tobacco material has an aerobic plate count ofup to about 1000 CFU/g. AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE INCLUDING A WAVE GUIDE AND RELATED METHOD Pub. No.: US 2016/0262453 Al Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US) The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices that may include components configured to convert electrical energy to heat and atomize an aerosol precursor composi- tion. An outer body may at least partially enclose the components. An illumination source may be configured to output electro-magnetic radiation. A wave guide may be configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation from the illumination source and illuminate the aerosol delivery device. The wave guide may define an increas- ing width from a first longitudinal end at which the electromagnetic radiation is received to an opposing second longitudinal end. Thereby, the wave guide may directly transmit the electromagnetic radiation across the entirety of the second longitudinal end to provide substan-tially even illumination at the second longitudinal end while employing less material and reducing the volume of space occupied by the wave guide as compared to cylindrical embodiments of wave guides. Related methods are also pro-vided.