Europaisches Patentamt ® J) European Patent Office © Publication number: 0 086 180 Office europeen des brevets A2
1121 EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
© Application number: 83830033.3 © int. ci.3: A 24 B 15/32 A 24 D 1/04 © Date of filing: 09.02.83
© Priority: 10.02.82 IT 8410782 © Applicant: Cornelio, Francesco Via Roma, 13 1-33030 Varmo (UdineHIT) © Date of publication of application: 17.08.83 Bulletin 83/33 © Inventor: Cornelio, Francesco Via Roma, 13 © Designated Contracting States: 1-33030 Varmo (UdineHIT) AT BE CH DE FR GB U NL SE © Representative: Cicogna, Franco Ufficio Internazionale Brevetti Dott.Prof . Franco Cicogna Via Visconti di Modrone, 14/A 1-20122 -MilanoliT)
© Smoking blend effective to discourage the bad habit of smoking and cigarettes and the like obtained thereby. The smoking blend comprises tobacco or a tobacco surrogate material and a chemical substance or composition selected from solution formaldehyde (formole or formalin), adsorbed on the tobacco or tobacco surrogate material, or paraformaldehyde, having the formula (HCHO)n, wherein n is equal to or greater than 3. The present invention relates to a product effective to discourage the bad habit of
smokimg.
More specifically,it relates to a smoking
blend comprising tobacco or a tobacco surrogate
material and an antismoking chemical substance or
composition,effective for cigarettes and the like.
The invention also relates to cigarettes
and the like effective to discourage the bad habit
of smoking and comprising the mentioned blend.
According to the invention, the chemical
substance or compositiort,in powder,granulated or
solution form,is effective to provide,by sublimation
during the combustion of the cigarette or the
like,a gaseous product acting on the main respiratory
organs in such a way as to cause in the smoker
an annoying,though not dangeroua,feeling as well
as advantageous atiseptic and balmy effects.
The mentioned feelings,upon transmitting
to the brain of the smoker and storing therein,are
truly effective to permanently discourage the bad
habit of smoking. Several means and methods are already known for discouraging the bad habit of smoking, which are generally based on the principle of disgust against tobacco.
Im fact,im addition to hypnosis,needle-puactur- ing,mesotherapy consisting of injecting at the needle-puncturing points small doses of therapeutical substances,several method are known for causing disgust against smoke.
To this end,have been used,for examploe,
silver salts such as silver nitrate and proteinate,
in diluted solutions,provided for garging before
smoking.
By that method the cigarette smoke becomes
disgustitg,thereby the smoker is compelled to
extinguish the cigarette.
On the other hand, the mentioned substances
are rather dangerous to health,because of their
toxicity.Moreover they are efficient only for a
reduced time.
Another method consists of orally administer-
img lobeline.
As it is known,lobeline is an alkaloid having a similar structure to aicotime and accordimgly it aots as an antagonist of micotime,there by providing a satiety feeling with respect to tobacco
smeke.
However,also this method has not been
able of providing satisfactory results.
Yet other methods for discouraging the
deleterious effects of tobacco smoking consist of
making less dangerous cigarettes, by using tobacco
blends of poor nicotine contents as well as special
filters consisting,for example, by denicotinized
tobacco leaves and accordingly effective to absorb
a great amount of nicotine.
Also the latter known means and methods,
however,have not been able of providing satisfactory
results,since their action is of a comparatively
short duration and not completely safe.Moreover
those methods and means cause abstinence side effects.
Accordingly,the task of the present invention
is to overcome the drawbacks of the known methods
and means heretofore used for discouraging the bad
habit of smokiag.
Within that task,it is a primary object of the present invention to afford a true possibility of quickly suppressing the smoking bad habit during the smoking itself.
According to one aspect of the present invention the thereitsbove mentioned task and object,as well as yet other objects which will become more apparent hereinafter are achieved by a smoking blend effective to discourage the bad habit df amokiag, characterized in that it comprises tobacco or a tobacco surrogate naterial and a chemical antismoking eubstanes which is effective to provide by sublimation, because of the cigarette heating,a gaseous product effective to locally act on the main respiratory organs in such a way as to discourage the bad habit of emoking,said
antismoking substance consisting of solid para-
formaldehyde or formic aldehyde,or related composi-
tions,having the formula (HCHO)a,wherein a is
equal to or greater than 3, said substance being
either mixed or not with carrier or excipient
materials.
According to another aspect of the invention
the above task and objects are also achieved by a cigarette or the like effective te discourage the bad habit of smokiag and prepared with the invention bletd, comprising tobacco or a tobacco surrogate naterial, and a chemical antiemoking substance or composition consiating ef solution formic aldehyde
(formole or formalia),having the formula HCHO, adsorbed on said tobacco or tobacco surrogate material,or eelid parafermaldehyde or formic aldehyde haviag the formula (HCHO)a,and related
compositions,wherein a is equal to or greater than
3.
More specifically,the antismoking method
and blend according to the present invention are
effective to provide the smoker brain with annoying
feelings trnly discouraging the smoker from smoking.
In addition the iaveative antismoking method
is of a direct type,since the smoker is compelled
te stop smoking by smoking.
Moreover it does not cause any abstinence
syndroms and leaves the smoker quiet and tranquil
as he/she had never smoked.
Another advantage of the present invention
is that it does not cause any deleterious side
effects. Yet another advantage of the invention is that it provides antiseptic and balmy effects.
As it has been found, the inventive method is snch as to induce a cenditioned reflex effective to iahibit the smoker from continuing smoking.
The blend according to the invention,in fact,is such as to provide a disagreable stimulus repeating in the time and truly inhibiting the smoker from smoking.
Infact by emoxing,at time intervals,for
8-10 times, the blend according to the invention, an antagonist conditioned effect is established in the smoker,which compels the latter to reject the cigarette.
For making the cigarette or the like, the antiamoking substance or composition according to the inventiot,in the form of a solution-(formalin or formole)-may be mixed with other suitable carrier or excipient materials such as talc,menthol, and the like, therere by the subject substance is made solid, in such a way tnat it may be prepared in the form of powder, granulated material or solid plugs.
It has been found that the concentration of formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde in the subject smoking blend is not critiocal and may vary from 5 to 50% by weight, basea on the tobacco or tobacco surrogate ma terial.
There is preterred a concentration of
26% by weight, since that amount has provided optimal results.
. In order to understand more completely
the present inventiot, a preferred embodiment thereof
in the form of a cigarette will be thereinafter
illustrated in a more detailed way,with reference to
the accompanying drawiag, wheres:
figa.1 to 6 illustrate cross-sectional
views of antismoking cigsrettea, made in a known
way, and including the tobacco or the like antismoking
blend according to the present invention.
With reference to fig.1, the cigarette 10,
which may be made by any suitable known methods,
consists of a blend ll,according to the present
invention,wrapped in a cigarette paper 12.
At one end thereof the cigarette is
provided with a conventional filter 13.
It should be noted that the provision of
the filter 13 is an optional choice,and it may be emitted.
As it is shown in figure 1, the blend 11 comprises tobacco or a tobacco surrogate material, indicated at 111, and an antismoking substance or composition 112, in powder or granulated form, which substance is blended with the tobacco or tobacco surrogate material.
According to the inventioa, said antismoking substance or composition consists of solid para- formaldehyde or formic aldehyde, having the formula
(HCHO)n, or of solution formic aldehyde, (formole er formalin) having the formula HCHO, or related compositions, adsorbed on the tebacco or tobacco surrogate material, or mixed and made solid by carrier or excipient materials.
Said antismokiag substance or composition is effective to provide,by sublimation due to the cigarette heating,gaseous formic aldehyde, which acts on the mucous tissue of the main respiratory organs, by causing itch and disgust effects,which are aot dangerous for the health,as well as advantageous antiseptic and balmy effects.
As it is shown in fig.2 the antismoking
substance 112 is arranged in the center zone of the cigarette,accordiag to a longitudinal arrangement.
Figure 3 illustrates a variation therein the antismoking substance 112 is located in said cigarette 10 tnrough transversal layers distributed along the lenght of the cigarette itself.
Figure 4 illustrates anotner variation
of the antismoking cigarette 10 therela tne anti-
smoking substance 112 is arranged outside of the
tobacco or tobacco surrogate material 111,near the
cigarette paper 12,either in contact or not with the
latter.
It should be noted that said antismoking
substance may be contained in an envelope or
package 14(see fig.5) or 15 (fig.6) efrective to be
introduced into the cigarette during or after the
making thereof.
More specifically, the mentioned envelope
14 or 15 is made of paper or other suitable combusti-
bie materials effective to be gradually consumed
auring the comoustion of the cigarette.
The envelopes 14 or 15 may be arrangea at
the center or the cigarette 10(fig.5) or peripherical-
ly with respect to the tobacco or tobacco surrogate material, as it is shown in fig.6.
Thus a smoker may introduce the antismeking substance containing envelope or casing in tne selected cigarette, to quickly obtain the antismoking effects of the blend according to the present invention.
The invention as disclosed is susceptible to many modifications and variations falling within the scope thereof.
By way of example,the antismoking blend according to the present invention may be
smoked in pipes or water pipes (hookahs) or the like smoking means.
In addition it will be possible to prepare the antismoking substance or composition
in the form of a powder,granulated material or the
like,in a loose condition or in combustible cases or
in the form of solid plngs, provided for being
longitudinally introduced into the cigarettes during
or after the making thereof, writhout departing from
the spirit and scope of the present invention,as
defined in the accompanying claims. 1- A smoking blend effective to discburage the bad habit of smoking, characterizeci in that it comprises tobacco or a tobacco gurroga te material and a chemical antismoking substance which is effective to provide by sublimation,because of the cigarette heating,a gaseous product effective to locally act on the main respiratory organs in such a way as to discourage the bad habit of smoking, said anti- smoking substance consisting of solid paraformaldehyde
or formic aldehyde, or related compositions, having
the formula (HCHO)n,wnerein n is equal to or greater
than 3, said substance being either mixed or not
with carrier or excipient materials.
2- A smoking blend effective to discourage the bad
habit of smoking according to claim 1, characterized
in that said antismoking substance consists of
solution formic aldehyde (formole or formalin),
haviag the formula HCHO,or related compositions,
adsorbed on the tobacco or tobacco surrogate material,
said substance being either mixed or not with
carrier or excipient materials.
3- A smoking blena according to any preceding claims,
characterized in that said antismoxing substance is present in said blend in an amouat from 5 to
50% by weight based on the tobacco or tobacco surrogate material weight, said substance being preferably present in an amouat of 26% by weight.
4- A cigarette effective to discourage the bad habit of smoking, characterized in that it comprises an antismoKing substance according to any preceding claims 1 to 3, longitudinally arranged at the center of said cigarette, in a paper or other comoustible material envelope, arranged at the center of said cigarette,according to a longitudinal arrangement.
5- A cigarette effective to discourage the bad habit of smoking according to claim 4,characterized in that said antismoking substance is arranged in parallel superimposed layers and transversely and peripherically distributed in a longitudinal layer included between the cigarette paper and said tobacco or tobacco surrogate material.
6- A cigarette effective to discourage the bad habit of smoking according to claim 4,characterized in that said antismoking substance is packaged in a paper or other combustible material eavelope, arranged at the center of said cigarette, or peripherically of
the tobacco or tobacco surrogate material. 7- A blend effective to discourage the bad habit
of smoking, according to any preceding claims,
characterized in that said antismoking substance
is present in granulated form, in powder form or
combined granulated and powder form.
8- A blend effective to discourage the bad habit
of smoking, according to any preceding claime,
characterized in that it is arranged in a paper or
other combustible material envelope, effective to be
introduced in the commercial cigarettes.
9- A substance effective to discourage the bad habit
of smoking according to any preceding claims,
characterized in that said substance is packaged
in a paper or other combustible material envelope
effective to be introduced in the commercial cigarettes.
10-An antismoking substance according to any
preceding claims,characterized in that it has the
form of solid plugs effective to be longitudinally
inserted in said cigarettes during or after the
making thereof.