Tobacco substitute

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-09-29
ALDRIDGE KEVIN +1
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[0016]Casing may be added to the herbal bulk to condition it for processing and to enhance the flavor. With respect to the herbal bulk, casing may be added before, during, and after processing

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The current prior art has not established a suitable tobacco substitute as evidenced by the continued dominance of tobacco in the cigarette market.
Unfortunately, loquat-containing cigarettes are not at all reminiscent of tobacco cigarettes in taste, pull, or feel.
Unfortunately, lotus-containing cigarettes are not at all reminiscent of tobacco cigarettes in taste, pull, or feel.
Unfortunately, gynostemma-containing cigarettes a

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[0020]The following descriptions are not meant to limit the invention, but rather to add to the summary of invention, and illustrate the tobacco substitute used as a cigarette. FIG. 1 shows an isometric front view of a cigarette 1. The cigarette 1 may be manufactured or may be constructed by the consumer as a roll-your-own cigarette using loose tobacco substitute. The tobacco substitute replaces the traditional tobacco in the tobacco substitute rod 5. The tobacco substitute rod 5 is encased in an cylinder of cigarette paper 4. The filter 2 of the cigarette 1 is encased in a cylinder of tipping paper 3.

[0021]FIG. 2 shows an isometric front view of the cigarette 1, unwrapped. FIG. 2 more fully illustrates the filter 2, tobacco substitute rod 5, and the cigarette paper 4. FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show isometric front views of an unfiltered cigarette. The tobacco substitute replaces the traditional tobacco in the tobacco substitute rod 5. The tobacco substitute rod is encased in a cylinder of ...

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A tobacco substitute made from an herbal bulk, to which is added a casing. The casing is made from a hygroscopic agent, sugar, and flavoring. Nicotine can be added to the tobacco substitute, also. The tobacco substitute can be formed into cigarettes, used loose as pipe tobacco, used loose for a roll-your-own cigarette application, used loose for chewing tobacco, or pulverized for snuff.

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FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to the class Tobacco and the sub-classes of Compositions and Tobacco-substitutes, i.e., non-tobacco.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0002]The history of humans smoking dates back over 7 millennium. Ancient cultures were smoking various substances as early as 5000 BC. Egyptians, Sumerians, Babylonians, Indians, and Chinese are all recorded to have smoked almost from the beginning of recorded history. Early civilizations smoked for ritual, community, and relaxation.[0003]In the Americas, natives smoked tobacco well before the arrival of Europeans. However, the large-scale harvesting of tobacco began with the Virginia colony in the 16th Century. Tobacco was among the first cash crops for the American colonies, and large tobacco plantations rapidly cleared the tidewater area of the Virginia colony. Tobacco farming grew across the colonial south, becoming one of the economic drivers for settling the new world. The need for cheap labor to work in the ...

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IPC IPC(8): A24B15/16A24B15/18A24B15/30A24B13/00
CPCA24B15/16A24B15/303A24B15/186A24B13/00
Inventor ALDRIDGE, KEVINALDRIDGE, KIRK
Owner ALDRIDGE KEVIN
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