Both mainstream and sidestream smoke are of interest to cigarette designers and for regulatory bodies in various parts of the world. The role of changing cigarette paper characteristics on the yields of various smoke phases is therefore of interest to the tobacco industry. The objective of this exercise was to undertake an experimental design on cigarette paper in which the level and type of three different potassium salts was systematically varied on a constant cigarette base paper of known basis weight, filler level and permeability. The potassium salts in question were tri-potassium citrate, potassium formate and potassium gluconate. The choice of salts was made on the basis of their corresponding decomposition temperature in comparison to cellulose. In addition their good solubility in water allowed a wide range of applications onto the base paper via a size press operation on a papermaking machine. Machine made cigarettes were produced with these papers utilising a constant cigarette construction in terms of tobacco column density, blend type, and filter format. Mainstream and sidestream smoking was undertaken and the smoke analysed for nicotine, NFDPM, carbon monoxide, and puff number, additionally sidestream carbon dioxide yields were recorded. Compared to the burn additive free cigarette paper, mainstream yields of NFDPM and nicotine were reduced by up to 30% as were sidestream NFDPM yields by the application of the salts. Mainstream gas phase yields were also reduced, but sidestream gas phase yields were increased with increasing salt concentration, as would be expected on the basis of a constant cigarette construction being used. The effects of the various salts are considered in relation to both the cation and anion concentrations in addition to their decomposition temperature.