Methods and products to facilitate smokers switching to a tobacco heating product or e-cigarettes

a technology of e-cigarettes and heating products, applied in the field of tobacco products, can solve the problems of difficult switching smokers to snus, difficult for smokers to exclusively switch to a smokeless tobacco product, and difficulty in quitting smoking

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-01-30
CABBACIS LLC
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[0029]According to an aspect of an embodiment, there is provided reconstituted cannabis made from a cannabis plant in which Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid has been reduced, as compared to a control cannabis plant, by down-regulating the expression of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase (SEQ ID NO: 21) in cannabis plants.
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Although cessation yields the greatest health benefits, quitting smoking is difficult and a large percentage of smokers has no desire to quit.
Switching smokers to snus has not been as successful in other countries.
Unless used as an adjunct to cigarettes, it is difficult for smokers to exclusively switch to a smokeless tobacco product that is not inhaled such as snus.
Even though the tobacco industry has invested enormous resources in marketing e-cigarettes, and some in the tobacco control community have publicly supported e-cigarettes, the adoption rate of e-cigarettes by smokers of conventional ci...

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[0140]Method A—Exemplary Embodiment to Facilitate Smokers Switching to E-cigarettes or a Tobacco Heating Product

[0141]FIG. 1 is a diagram of a timeline illustrating a method of transitioning cigarette smokers to a tobacco heating device. As illustrated in FIG. 1, upon a smoker downloading the App 2, the smoker may be asked to answer a series of demographic and tobacco use questions to assist in determining a profile for each smoker, which will be utilized to build the database of smoker profiles and for the computer to recommend the optimal method and product variables for each smoker. These initial demographic and tobacco use questions may include, but are not be limited to, questions to determine a smoker's Fagerstrom dependence score, pack-year rating, total smoke dependence score, how the smoker first learned about the App, average number of cigarettes smoked per day over the last month, usual cigarette brand used, any current or previous use of nicotine products inc...

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[0155]Developing Smoker Profiles and Increasing Rates of Smokers Switching to E-cigarettes or a Tobacco Heating Device Through an App

[0156]Because the present disclosure provides user generated information for inputting into a computer system, such as pack-year rating, number of cigarettes smoked per day, etc., the disclosure contemplates a computer and mobile application (App) for conventional cigarette smokers to download to a smartphone, wearable device, computer or other device to further assist conventional cigarette smokers to switch to e-cigarettes or a tobacco heating device using the methods and products disclosed herein. In this regard, databases are first generated and populated with data and information from studies of smoking behavior, e-cigarette behavior and tobacco heating device behavior. These include demographic and tobacco use characteristics of smokers in market studies and studies evaluating dual use of conventional cigarettes and e-cigarettes and d...

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[0183]Method B—Exemplary Embodiment to Facilitate Smokers Switching to E-cigarettes or a Tobacco Heating Product

[0184]Method B may be more suitable than Method A for certain smokers who have been using e-cigarettes or a tobacco heating device in conjunction with their usual brand of conventional cigarettes. Unlike new users of e-cigarettes or a tobacco heating device, these dual users have experience in using e-cigarettes and / or a tobacco heating device with conventional cigarettes and may be stratified into the aforementioned seven of eight categories of smokers who have already tried e-cigarettes or a tobacco heating device (ii-viii). Unlike e-cigarettes which are popular, only about 3 percent of current worldwide smokers has previously used a tobacco heating device; however, this number is expected to increase over time. Method and product variables are preferably determined by the computing system of an App as described herein.

[0185]FIG. 4 is a diagram of a timeline ...

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to tobacco products, including methodology, devices and compositions, for assisting a smoker to transition from conventional tobacco cigarettes to either e-cigarettes or a tobacco heating device. Provided herein are methodology for switching, along with kits, products and apparatuses. The disclosure also provides methodology for regulating tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase expression, for use in producing cigarettes, reconstituted cannabis, and other products having reduced Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid.

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BACKGROUND1. Field[0001]The present disclosure relates to tobacco products, including related methodology, devices and compositions.2. Description of the Related Art[0002]Due to the fact that the tobacco is burned, cigarettes are the most hazardous tobacco product on the health-risk continuum of tobacco and nicotine products, and medicinal nicotine such as the nicotine patch is the least hazardous. Tobacco smoke is a complex mixture of more than 5,000 smoke constituents which are bound to particles or are free in the gas phase. The temperature of the burning cone at the tip of a cigarette while a smoker puffs can reach more than 800° C. The vast majority of the more than one billion worldwide tobacco users smoke combustible cigarettes.[0003]There are essentially two public policy strategies to reduce the harm caused by smoking. The first strategy is implementation of policies that encourage smoking cessation. Although cessation yields the greatest health benefits, quitting smoking i...

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IPC IPC(8): G09B19/00A24F47/00A24B15/16A24B15/30A24B15/12
CPCA24B15/167A24B15/12A24F47/008G09B19/00A24B15/303A24B15/16A24F47/00A24B15/302A24F40/10A24D1/20A24F40/20A24F40/60A61K36/185A24F40/65G06N20/00A24D3/14
Inventor PANDOLFINO, JOSEPH
Owner CABBACIS LLC
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