1. IN A PROCESS OF MAKING SMOKING PRODUCT CONSISTING OF AN ELONGATED, TOBACCO-FILLED BODY PORTION AND A SELFIGNITING TIP PORTION AFFIXED TO ONE END THEREOF, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: FORMULATING A COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR SAID TIP PORTION BY FIRST FORMING A SUPPERSATURATED AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF A SODIUM CHLORATE, ADDING THERETO GUM ARABIC IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO EMULSIFY THE COMPOSITION AND A MIXTURE CONSISTING OF PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE AND CONTROL BURNING OF THE SODIUM CHLORATE UPON IGNITION TO FLAMELESS COMBUSTION MIXED WITH FLUFFY TANNIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO ACIDIFY THE COMPOSITION TO ASSURE IGNITION OF THE CHLORATE; COOLING THE RESULTANT EMULSION TO ABOUT 20*C. AND THEREAFTER APPLYING A METERED AMOUNT OF SAID EMULSION TO ONE END OF THE BODY PORTION OF THE SMOKING PRODUCT.