ES2610212T3 - Article containing tobacco - Google Patents

Abstract

Article containing tobacco, comprising - tobacco and - parts of aromatic plants, not derived from the tobacco plant, - in which the amount of parts of aromatic plants is in the range of 0.5% by weight to 25% % by weight, with respect to the total weight of tobacco and aromatic plant parts, and - in which the article containing tobacco is provided as one of the following articles containing tobacco: a cigarette, a cigarillo, a cigar, tobacco pipe, fine cut for self-made cigarettes, characterized in that the aromatic plant parts comprise at least one of the substances selected from the following list: spearmint, mint, anise, rosemary, wintergreen, avocado, ground coffee beans, lavender, mate herb, ginger, lemon myrtle.

Description

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Table 1. Examples of plant species as a source of parts of aromatic plants

English / Spanish name

Latin Name

Anise / Aniseed

Pimpinella anisum

Apple / Wild Apple

Malus sylvestris

Avocado / Avocado

Persea Americana

Bearberry / Bear Grape

Arctostaphylos uva ursi

Black current (folia) / Black currant

Ribes nigrum

Cinnamon (cortex) / Cinnamon (bark)

Cinnamomum spec.

Coltsfoot / Tusilago

Tussilago farfara

Damask rose (flowers) / Provence Rose (flowers)

Pink centifolia

Damiana leaves (folia) / Damiana (leaves)

Turnera diffusa

Dandelion blooms / Dandelion

Taraxacum officinalis

Elder (flowers) / Elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Eucalyptus / Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus globules

German chamomile (flowers) / Manzanilla de Castilla (flowers)

Matricaria chamomilla

Ginger / Ginger

Zingiber officinale

Gingko biloba

Gingko biloba

Hazelnut / Hazelnut

Corylus hazelnut

Honeysuckle / Honeysuckle

Lonicera spec.

Hop blooms (glandulae) / Hops (glands)

Humulus lupulus

Jasmine (flowers) / Jasmine (flowers)

Jasminum officinale

Lady’s mantle / Alquimila

Alchemilla vulgaris

Lavender (flowers) / Lavender (flowers)

Lavandula officinalis

Lemon myrtle / Lemon myrtle

Backhousia citriodora

Marshmallow herb (folia) / Marshmallow (leaves)

Althaeae officinalis

Maté (folia) / Matte grass (leaves)

Ilex paraguariensis

Melissa (folia) / Melisa (leaves)

Melissa officinalis

Mint leaves / Mint leaves

Mentha crispata

Mullein (folia) / Gordolobo (leaves)

Verbascum densiflorum

Orange blossom (flowers) / Bitter orange blossom (flowers)

Citrus aurantium

Papaya / Papaya

Carica papaya

Passionflower (Herba) / Passion Flower (Herb)

Incarnate Passiflora

Peppermint / Peppermint Mint

Mentha piperita

Red clover (flowers) / Red clover

Trifolium pretense

Red Willow / Silky Dogwood

Cornus amomum

Robinia blossom (flowers) / False acacia (flowers)

Robinia pseudoacacia

Rose petals / Rose petals

Pink spec.

Rosemary (folia) / Rosemary (leaves)

Rosmarinus officinalis

Sage / Sage

Salvia officinalis, S. triloba

Sculicap / Skullcap

Scutellaria spec.

Spearmint / Peppermint

Mentha spicata

Summer savory (herba) / Garden savory (grass)

Satureja Hydrangea

Teas / Teas

for example, from Camellia sinensis

Valerian root (radix) / Valerian root

Valeriana officinalis

Vervain (Herba) / Verbena (Herb)

Verbena odorata

Wine leaves / Vine leaves

Vitis vinifera

Wintergreen / Gaulteria

Gaultheria procumbens

Yerba Buena / Savory

Clinopodium douglasii

Yerba Santa / Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon californicum

5 Example 1: Peppermint

Peppermint (Mentha spicata) contains a certain amount (but not much) of menthol, as well as carvone, pulegon, limonene and esters.

10 After equilibration at 22 ° C and 60% relative humidity, a sample of peppermint leaves had a relative humidity of 10.0%. In this case and in the following, all the relative humidity contents are expressed with respect to the total dry weight (determined after an oven treatment at 82 ° C for 3 h; "Horo" method) plus moisture.

15 From this sample, a mixture of American Blend-type tobacco was prepared, containing 10% by weight of peppermint leaves and 90% by weight of tobacco. After equilibration at 30 ° C and 75% relative humidity, the mixture had a relative humidity of 18.5%. Under the same balancing conditions, pure tobacco had a relative humidity of 19.1% and the pure peppermint sample had a relative humidity of 13.7%.

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Example 4: Tobacco and Peppermint Mix

In Example 4, one of the peppermint samples from Example 1 was used (the one with the maximum size

5 in approximately 2 mm) to prepare practically homogeneous mixtures of peppermint leaves and American Blend tobacco. From mixtures containing 2%, 5%, 10% and 20% by weight of peppermint (with respect to the total weight of peppermint and tobacco; designated MS1, MS2, MS3 and MS4, respectively), they were prepared 7.8mm diameter filter cigarettes with a 21mm length cellulose acetate filter and a 62mm length tobacco / peppermint column. Some components of the mixtures of

10 tobacco / peppermint. On the other hand, the properties of cigarettes, including smoke data (according to DIN ISO 4387 / A) were measured. The results for samples MS1, MS2, MS3 and MS4, as well as for a control sample CS (American Blend tobacco without peppermint) are summarized in Table 4. Abbreviations used in Table 4 are explained at the end of following table 5.

From Table 4, it is clear that tobacco nicotine (that is, the relative amount of nicotine present in the tobacco and peppermint mixture) decreases as the amount of peppermint in the mixture increases. There is also a tendency that nicotine in smoke decreases when the contribution of peppermint increases.

On the other hand, as the amount of peppermint increases, the hardness of the cigarette decreases slightly (not shown 20 in Table 4).

Table 4. Data for cigarettes prepared from mixtures of American Blend and peppermint tobacco

Sample

CS MS1 MS2 MS3 MS4

Physical data

Units

Mixture

AB AB + 2% mint AB + 5% mint AB + 10% mint AB + 20% mint

Format

mm 7.8 x (62 + 21) 7.8x (62 + 21) 7.8 x (62 + 21) 7.8 x (62 + 21) 7.8x (62 + 21)

Cigarette weight

mg 844 845 847 842 825

Oven Moisture in oven

% 12.0 12.1 11.9 11.7 11.4

Diameter

mm 7.80 7.80 7.82 7.83 7.83

Pressure drop filter

mmWG 67.9 67.9 68.5 68.9 67.9

Open pressure drop Pdo *

mmWG 82 80 79 81 82

Pressure drop closed Pdc **

mmWG 129 124 123 126 129

Ventilation

% 46.1 46.7 47.0 46.8 46.1

Tobacco Facts

Units

Tobacco Nicotine Ammonia Nitrate Sucrose Chloride (HPLC) Glucose (HPLC) Fructose (HPLC) Ash Tobacco pH Equivalent Propylene Glycol Acid

% d.b. % d.b. % d.b. % d.b. % d.b. % d.b. % d.b. % d.b. ***% d.b. 2.30 0.17 1.02 0.77 1.6 2.9 4.2 15.6 5.43 11.7 1.1 2.29 0.17 1.09 0.81 1.7 2.8 4.2 15.6 5.40 11.5 1.1 2.19 0.17 0.99 0.77 1.7 2.6 3.9 15.5 5.47 10.9 1.1 1.98 0.16 0.94 0.80 1.7 2.6 3.9 15.5 5.53 10.0 1.1 1.80 0.15 0.92 0.77 1.8 2.4 3.6 15.1 5.60 9.0 0.9

Smoke data (DIN ISO 4387 / A)

Units

Smoke Nicotine WTPM NFDPM Number of CO puffs

mg / Cig. mg / Cig. mg / Cig. mg / Cig. 0.65 8.0 6.5 7.3 7.2 0.65 8.0 6.5 7.3 6.9 0.64 8.0 6.6 7.3 6.9 0.63 8.1 6.8 7.3 7.4 0.58 8.0 6.6 7.0 7.1

Table 5. Data for cigarettes prepared from mixtures of American Blend tobacco and black tea

Sample

CS TS1 TS2 TS3 TS4

Physical data Units

Mixture

AB AB + 2% black tea AB + 5% black tea AB + 10% black tea AB + 20% black tea

Mm format

7.8 x (62 + 21) 7.8 x (62 + 21) 7.8 x (62 + 21) 7.8 x (62 + 21) 7.8 x (62 + 21)

Weight of the cigarette mg

844 847 846 847 842

Oven Moisture in oven%

12.0 11.8 11.7 11.5 10.9

Open pressure drop Pdo * mmWG

82 79 79 78 75

Pressure drop closed Pdc ** mmWG

129 125 122 119 111

% Ventilation

46.1 47.3 46.7 45.9 44.6

Tobacco data Units

Tobacco Nicotine% d.b. Ammonia% d.b. Nitrate% d.b. Chloride% d.b. Sucrose (HPLC)% d.b. Glucose (HPLC)% d.b. Fructose (HPLC)% d.b. Tobacco pH Acid equivalents *** Propylene glycol% d.b.

2.30 0.17 1.02 0.77 1.6 2.9 4.2 5.43 11.3 1.1 2.20 0.17 1.02 0.76 1.7 2.6 3.9 5.47 11.3 1.1 2.24 0.16 1.13 0.75 1.7 2.6 3.9 5.48 11.0 1.2 2.11 0.16 0.96 0.70 1.6 2.7 3.9 5.46 11.0 1.1 1.89 0.15 0.95 0.68 1.5 2.4 3.5 5.45 10.5 0.9

Smoke data (DIN ISO 4387 / A) Units

Nicotine of smoke mg / Cig. WTPM mg / Cig. NFDPM mg / Cig. Number of puffs CO mg / Cig.

0.65 8.0 6.5 7.3 7.2 0.63 8.1 6.7 7.2 7.1 0.65 8.2 6.8 7.3 6.9 0.68 8.4 7.1 7.4 7.0 0.70 9.1 7.7 7.6 6.9

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Explanations to tables 4 and 5

CS:

Control sample

MS1-MS4:

Peppermint Samples 1-4

TS1-TS4:

Black tea samples

Cigarette format:

Standard King Size Cigarette with 60 Coresta cigarette paper

*

Pressure drop measured with open filter sublayer perforation

**

Pressure drop measured with closed filter sublayer perforation

***

in mg of KOH / g of tobacco d.b.

AB:

American blend

d.b .:

dry base

mmWG:

mm water column (ISO 10185)

HPLC:

High performance liquid chromatography

WTPM:

Total wet particulate material (ISO 10185)

NFDPM:

Dry particulate material without nicotine (ISO 10185)

Cig .:

Cigarette

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10

fifteen

twenty

25

30

35

40

Four. Five

fifty

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Example 5: Mixture of tobacco and black tea (not part of the present invention)

In Example 5, practically homogeneous mixtures of American Blend tobacco and black tea (loose leaves) were prepared. From mixtures containing 2%, 5%, 10% and 20% by weight of black tea (with respect to the total weight of black tea and tobacco; designated TS1, TS2, TS3 and TS4, respectively), cigarettes with a 7.8 mm diameter filter were prepared with a 21 mm long cellulose acetate filter and a 62 mm long tobacco / black tea column. Some components of the tobacco / black tea mixtures were analyzed. On the other hand, the properties of cigarettes, including smoke data (according to DIN ISO 4387 / A) were measured. The results for samples TS1, TS2, TS3 and TS4, as well as for a control sample CS (American Blend tobacco without black tea) are summarized in Table 5. The abbreviations used in Table 5 are explained at the end of the board.

Table 5 shows that tobacco nicotine (that is, the relative amount of nicotine present in the tobacco and black tea mixture) decreases as the amount of peppermint in the mixture increases.

Example 6: Storage Behavior

The relative losses of aroma constituents of filter cigarettes prepared from American Blend and peppermint mixtures according to Example 4 were studied. To this end, cigarette boxes containing cigarettes comprising MS1 and MS3 mixtures were stored for six months in different conditions, specifically, as a closed box in a refrigerator, as a closed box at room temperature and as an open box at room temperature Peppermint aroma constituents were determined by gas chromatography before and after six months of storage.

Table 6 shows, for the two MS1 and MS3 mixtures, the averages of the absolute amounts of the peppermint aroma constituents before storage and the relative losses (with respect to the initial amounts) after six months of storage.

Table 6. Aroma constituents in cigarettes containing American Blend tobacco and peppermint according to example 4, initially and relative loss after 6 months of storage

Peppermint Constituent

Initial amount µg / Cig. Loss 6 m. closed refrigerator% Loss 6 m. closed temp. amb.% Loss 6 m. open temp. amb.% Initial amount µg / Cig. Loss 6 m. closed refrigerator% Loss 6 m. closed temp. amb.% Loss 6 m. open temp. amb.%

MS1

MS3

Pulegon

23.7 16.5 18.3 43.0 150.0 19.2 13.6 41.2

Carvona

103.1 24.8 22.0 31.0 555.6 23.8 18.1 45.6

The results in Table 6 show the following trends: The relative losses of peppermint constituents in closed boxes stored at room temperature and in closed boxes stored in a refrigerator are similar. In the case of open boxes stored at room temperature, the relative losses are significantly higher. For cigarettes with a greater contribution of peppermint, the relative losses tend to be somewhat higher. In addition, the migration of peppermint constituents during the storage period resulted in some accumulation of aroma in cigarette filters (data not shown in table 6).

Example 7: Mixture of tobacco and lemon myrtle

In example 7, lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) was used to prepare practically homogeneous mixtures of lemon myrtle leaves and American Blend tobacco. From mixtures containing 2%, 5%, 10% and 20% by weight of lemon myrtle (with respect to the total weight of lemon myrtle and tobacco), designated LM1, LM2, LM3 and LM4, respectively, cigarettes with a 7.8 mm diameter filter were prepared with a 25 mm long cellulose acetate filter and a 58 mm long tobacco / lemon myrtle column. Some components of the tobacco / myrtle lemon mixtures were analyzed. On the other hand, the properties of cigarettes, including smoke data (according to DIN ISO 4387 / A) were measured. The results for samples LM1, LM2, LM3 and LM4, as well as for a control sample CS (American Blend tobacco without lemon myrtle) are summarized in Table 7. The abbreviations used in Table 7 are explained at the end of table 7.

From table 7, it is evident that tobacco nicotine (that is, the relative amount of nicotine present in the mixture of tobacco and lemon myrtle) decreases as the amount of lemon myrtle in the mixture increases. No decrease in smoke nicotine was observed.

Table 7. Data for cigarettes prepared from mixtures of American Blend and lemon myrtle

Sample

CS LM1 LM2 LM3 LM4

Physical data Units

Mixture

AB AB + 2% LM AB + 5% LM AB + 10% LM AB + 20% LM

Mm format

7.8 x (58 + 25) 7.8 x (58 + 25) 7.8 x (58 + 25) 7.8 x (58 + 25) 7.8 x (58 + 25)

Weight of the cigarette mg

823 832 838 855 853

Oven Moisture in oven%

11.5 10.8 11.1 11.0 10.3

Open pressure drop Pdo * mmWG

71 73 74 72 68

Pressure drop closed Pdc ** mmWG

118 121 121 119 110

% Ventilation

51.7 50.6 50.2 51.5 51.4

Tobacco data Units

Tobacco Nicotine% d.b. Ammonia% d.b. Nitrate% d.b. Chloride% d.b. Sucrose (HPLC)% d.b. Glucose (HPLC)% d.b. Fructose (HPLC)% d.b. Tobacco pH Acid equivalents *** Propylene glycol% d.b.

2.33 0.16 1.04 0.93 1.4 2.1 3.0 5.54 11.0 1.2 2.28 0.16 1.00 0.90 1.4 2.0 3.0 5.56 10.6 1.2 2.07 0.15 1.04 0.96 1.4 2.0 3.1 5.59 10.1 1.2 1.95 0.14 1.00 0.93 1.4 1.9 2.9 5.57 9.8 1.2 1.75 0.13 0.85 0.89 1.4 1.9 3.1 5.54 9.4 1.1

Smoke data (DIN ISO 4387 / A)

Nicotine of smoke mg / Cig. WTPM mg / Cig. NFDPM mg / Cig. Number of puffs CO mg / Cig.

0.48 6.5 5.3 6.1 5.3 0.52 6.9 5.9 6.3 5.7 0.53 7.1 6.0 6.6 5.8 0.54 7.2 6.2 6.7 5.9 0.54 7.7 6.6 6.8 6.2

Explanations to tables 7 and 8

CS: Control sample LM1-LM4: Lemon myrtle samples 1-4 G1-G3: Ginger samples 1-3

* Pressure drop measured with open filter sublayer perforation ** Pressure drop measured with closed filter sublayer perforation *** in mg KOH / g tobacco d.b. AB: American Blend d.b .: dry base mmWG: millimeters water column (ISO 10185) HPLC: WTPM high performance liquid chromatography: Total wet particulate material (ISO 10185)

NFDPM: Dry particulate material without nicotine (ISO 10185)

Cig .: Cigarette

Example 8: Tobacco and Ginger Mix

In Example 8, ginger (Zingiber officinale) was used to prepare practically homogeneous mixtures of

5 dried particles of ginger rhizome and American Blend tobacco. From mixtures containing 2%, 5% and 10% by weight of ginger (with respect to the total weight of ginger and tobacco), designated G1, G2 and G3, respectively, cigarettes with a filter of 7 were prepared, 9 mm in diameter with a 27 mm long cellulose acetate filter and a 56 mm long tobacco / ginger column. Some components of the tobacco / ginger mixtures were analyzed. On the other hand, the properties of cigarettes were measured, including data from

10 smoke (according to DIN ISO 4387 / A). The results for samples G1, G2 and G3, as well as for a control sample CS (American Blend tobacco without ginger) are summarized in Table 8. The abbreviations used in Table 8 are explained at the end of the previous table. 7.

From table 8, it can be seen that tobacco nicotine (ie, the relative amount of nicotine present

15 in the mixture of tobacco and ginger) decreases as the amount of ginger in the mixture increases. No decrease in smoke nicotine was observed.

Table 8. Data for cigarettes prepared from mixtures of American Blend and ginger tobacco

Sample

CS G1 G2 G3

Physical data

Units

Mixture

AB AB + 2% ginger AB + 5% ginger AB + 10% ginger

Fomato

mm 7.9 x (56 + 27) 7.9 x (56 + 27) 7.9 x (56 + 27) 7.9 x (56 + 27)

Cigarette weight

mg 907 858 842 905

Pressure drop closed Pdc **

mmWG 169 165 158 172

Ventilation

% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Tobacco Facts

Units

Tobacco Nicotine Ammonia Nitrate Sucrose Chloride (HPLC) Glucose (HPLC) Fructose (HPLC) Tobacco pH Propylene Glycol Acid Equivalents

% d.b. % d.b. % d.b. % d.b. % d.b. % d.b. % d.b. ***% d.b. 2.36 0.18 1.05 0.95 1.6 2.0 3.0 5.58 10.7 1.2 2.23 0.17 1.00 0.86 1.6 2.0 3.0 5.59 10.6 1.2 2.08 0.17 0.97 0.79 1.1 1.9 3.0 5.53 10.9 0.7 2.05 0.16 0.95 0.86 1.7 2.0 3.0 5.60 10.0 1.1

Smoke data DIN ISO 4387 / A

WTPM Smoke Nicotine: NFDPM Number of CO Drafts

mg / Cig. mg / Cig. mg / Cig. mg / Cig. 0.62 10.1 8.1 5.9 11.7 0.62 10.2 8.4 6.1 12.3 0.60 10.0 8.2 5.9 12.1 0.67 10.8 8.8 6.8 12.5

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Example 9: Mix of tobacco and lavender

Cigarettes containing 2% and 5% of lavender flowers (Lavandula officinalis) (with respect to the total weight of lavender and tobacco) were prepared according to example 4. Cigarettes were smoked by an expert panel to assess their properties flavor. While it was considered that the sample with 2% lavender had a slightly soapy and fragrant taste, the flavor of lavender was clearly identified in the sample with 5%.

Both versions were also smoked by a machine in an experimental stainless steel chamber. After finishing the smoking process, the air present in the closed chamber was completely mixed by 30 fans. A panel of people with trained smell was asked to evaluate camera smoke using a standard questionnaire. It was revealed that the intensity of the smoke remained unchanged compared to a standard cigarette, while the smell of smoke was deemed less intense and more pleasant for the

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