Described is a process for augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of a smoking tobacco comprising the step of intimately admixing an organoleptic property modifying quantity of a substituted dimethyl dihydroxy benzene or cyclohexadiene represented by the equilibrium mixture of a constituent thereof: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of acetyl having the structure: ##STR2## and nitrile having the structure: --C.tbd.N] and wherein the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or a carbon-carbon double bond with the proviso that when the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon single bond R.sub.1 is only nitrile with a material selected from the group consisting of tobacco and at least one other tobacco flavoring adjuvant; and smoking articles containing said smoking tobacco.
本发明涉及一种增强或改善吸烟烟草的香味或口感的过程,其中包括将替代二甲基二羟基苯或环
己二烯的感官特性调整剂量与烟草和至少一种其他烟草调味剂混合,所述替代二甲基二羟基苯或环
己二烯的平衡混合物具有以下组分式:##STR1## 其中R.sub.1从包括有如下结构的乙酰基和如下结构的腈基的组中选择:##STR2## 其中虚线表示碳-碳单键或碳-碳双键,但当虚线表示碳-碳单键时,R.sub.1仅为腈基。同时,本发明还涉及含有上述吸烟烟草的吸烟用品。