JPH11215977A - Coffee cigarette - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a coffee cigarette capable of removing harmful substances contained in a cigarette smoke without impairing the fragrance inhaling taste of tobacco and suppressing the harmful components inhaled in the body by the pharmacological actions of coffee components. SOLUTION: Fine particles 3 of coffee or coffee components are mixed or added to leaves 1 of cigarette or a filter 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to tobacco modification and improvement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Tobacco smoke contains more than 2,000 kinds of chemical substances, of which about 200 harmful substances,
Forty or more carcinogenic substances are known. For this reason,
Recent tobacco tends to reduce tar and nicotine in order to reduce the health harm of smoking. (A) Improving tobacco leaves to produce low nicotine leaves, (B), attaching filters to tobacco, (C), adding activated carbon to filters, (D) , Put a perforation around the filter,
When smoking a cigarette, air is taken in from outside through perforations to reduce the smoke of the cigarette. (1). All of these methods impair the taste of tobacco. Nicotine is the biggest factor in tobacco flavor, low nicotine tobacco feels unsatisfactory, and smokers eventually increase the number of cigarettes smoked. As the number of smokers increases, the amount of other harmful substances, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, formaldehyde, etc. taken into the body increases. (2). Recently, tobacco has added fragrance without exception to compensate for the decrease in flavor due to low tar and nicotine, but this fragrance produces compounds that are harmful to human health when burning tobacco. There is no guarantee that they will not. (3). When activated carbon is added to the filter, a charcoal smell is generated. For this reason, charcoal-filtered tobacco is not selling well in the United States and elsewhere. (4). Conventional cigarettes, when inhaled, receive a strong stimulus that sticks in the throat. This is because carbon monoxide, ammonia, and aldehydes such as formaldehyde irritate the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract. (5). In the above-mentioned methods (A), (B), (C) and (D), any of the methods is a preventive prescription outside the body before harmful substances generated during the burning of tobacco are taken into the body. The conventional tobacco does not take any measures after the harmful substances of the tobacco are ingested into the body by smoking. It just says, "It could damage your health." (6). In a 1976 paper published by Richard Doll et al. Of the UK, a global authority on epidemiology, on the causal relationship between smoking habits and cancer development, smoking caused 30% of human cancer-causing factors. I conclude. The United Kingdom has the highest cancer mortality rate among developed countries, partly due to the surge in lung cancer since 1920. To determine the cause of the lung cancer surge, the British government has set up a committee led by Richard Dollar to investigate the cause. Richard Dor and colleagues conducted a questionnaire survey of all male doctors in the UK, and surveyed more than 34,000 respondents over 20 years of the relationship between smoking habits and lung cancer mortality. Conclude that more than 90% of lung cancers are caused by cigarette smoking. Since then, Richard Dor and his colleagues have quantified and published this data in 1981, referring not only to their own research, but also to cancer epidemiological studies around the world. inside that,
He points out that cigarette production around the world and lung cancer mortality are parallel. Richard Dor et al. Published in the same year the paper "The Causes of C.
ancer: Quantitative Estima
tes of Available Risks of
Cancer in the UnitedStat
In "e Today", the smoker mortality rate of non-smokers compared to non-smokers was 11.3 times for lung cancer, 7 times for oral, pharyngeal, laryngeal, and esophageal cancers. Notable is the fact that lung cancer has surged in parallel with the increase in cigarette production, with a 2.2-fold increase in bladder cancer. It was first in cancer mortality, but in the next 40-50 years, stomach cancer has declined rapidly, and lung cancer has now become the leader in cancer mortality. As noted by Richard Dor and colleagues, it is undoubtedly a parallel relationship between increased cigarette production and increased lung cancer mortality, as well as in Japan. And once the stomach Lung cancer has lost its place today, with cancer topping the list of cancer mortality rates, and tobacco producers have to face this hard fact: tobacco producers producing cigarettes ,
The question of how to reduce the incidence of lung cancer due to smoking is a social issue and a task to be solved for tobacco producers.

[0003]

Why do people smoke while knowing that smoking is harmful to health? . That's because nicotine can't stop stimulating the central nervous system. Experiments have shown that once nicotine is removed from a tobacco leaf, no one smokes the cigarette. Therefore, nicotine is essential for tobacco. To smoke is to consume nicotine, and it is inevitable that other harmful substances will be inhaled as a by-product. The present invention focuses on the pharmacological action of coffee, and aims to suppress the harmful effects of tobacco components ingested into the body by inhaling coffee components together with tobacco smoke.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems (1). The present invention relates to mixing and adding finely ground coffee beans into tobacco leaves, or immersing dried tobacco leaves in an extract extracted from roasted coffee beans, or The coffee ingredient is permeated and added to the tobacco leaves by other methods. (2). Mix and add roasted and ground coffee bean particles into the filter, immerse the filter fiber in roasted coffee bean extract, or add coffee ingredients to the filter by other methods .

[0005]

[Operation] (1). Nicotine is the main alkaloid of tobacco. In addition to the main alkaloids, tobacco includes nornicotine,
Nicoterin (ni-cotellin), anabasine (anabasine), anatabine (anatabi)
ne) and nearly 20 alkaloids, which are structurally closely related to each other. Nicotine is highly toxic, _{LD 50} is 7.1mg. Nicotine in the lungs,
It is absorbed into the body through the oral mucosa, gastrointestinal mucosa, and skin. Nicotine absorption is the fastest in the respiratory tract and appears in the blood 7 seconds after inhalation and reaches the brain 10 seconds later. Nicotine that enters the body is metabolized in the liver, and metabolites are excreted from the kidneys. The half life of nicotine in the body is about 40 minutes,
Faster than other addictive drugs. Therefore, the effect disappears quickly. Nicotine has conflicting duality of excitement and suppression. Nicotine has an excitatory effect on the central nervous system, vasoconstriction, blood pressure increases, and heart rate decreases. It then moves to suppression, where the heart rate is accelerated and the blood pressure falls. Peripheral excites the neuromuscular junction at first, then suppresses it. Chronic toxic symptoms from nicotine include nasal and bronchial irritation, contraction of peripheral blood vessels and consequently decreased skin temperature, increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, increased blood sugar, increased dysuria, increased fatty acids. , And so on. (2). Many purine-based alkaloids isolated from plants have nitrogen methylated,
The representative ones are caffeine and theophylline, which are contained in tea and coffee.
hyline) theobromine (theo-bromi)
ne). These alkaloids are xanthine derivative (xan-thine derivative).
e) is bonded to a methyl group (CH ₃ ) using skeleton as a skeleton.
Caffeine is a type of trimethylxanthine in which three methyl groups are bonded to xanthine. These alkaloids are the main components of excitable drinks that are widely consumed around the world. Caffeine is contained in cola, coffee, tea, guarana, and mate, and theophylline, which is dimethylxanthine, is contained in cocoa, tea, chocolate, and the like. Until now, caffeine has been ingested as a drink like coffee and tea, and has not been inhaled into the body as a gas phase substance by the respiratory route as in the present invention.
In other words, it was taken into the body as a drink or chewed food. Thus, caffeine is mostly absorbed in the intestine (partly in the stomach), blood, saliva, semen,
Appears in breast milk and body fluids. In the present invention, caffeine in the gaseous phase is inhaled together with tobacco smoke, so that oral, respiratory,
Absorbed in the lungs. Thus, caffeine is absorbed faster than in the intestine and appears in the blood 7 seconds after inhalation and reaches the brain 10 seconds later. Some nicotine is excreted as it is in breath and urine, but caffeine is rarely excreted as it is, and circulates throughout the body until it is broken down by enzymes in the liver . The metabolism / decomposition of caffeine proceeds in the order in which the methyl groups are removed one by one in the enzyme. When the first methyl group leaves, it is converted to dimethylxanthine. The efficacy of dimethylxanthine is slightly stronger than that of trimethylxanthine. When one methyl group is removed from dimethylxanthine, it becomes methylxanthine, and when the last one is removed, xanthine has no stimulating action. Xanthine is either excreted in the urine or partly recycled through the body. As described above, the time required for metabolizing and decomposing coffee is much more complicated and longer than that for nicotine, and the half-life of caffeine in the body is 5 to 6 hours on average. During that time, it circulates through the body. The common pharmacological effects of xanthine derivatives are as follows. Excitation of the central nervous system and respiratory system, skeletal muscle excitation, diuretic effect, heart excitation, smooth muscle relaxation, etc. Caffeine acts on the cerebral cortex to clear up thoughts (awakening action) and reduces sleepiness and fatigue. Theophylline is a substance used as a smooth muscle relaxant. Theobromine is used as an ethylenediamine salt in the treatment of cardiac edema and angina. Most smokers complain of sore throat. Sputum is caught and cough comes out. These symptoms are caused by some aldehydes such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde contained in cigarette smoke irritating the mucous membrane of the throat. (Sore throat involves not only aldehydes but also ammonia and carbon monoxide). If this condition becomes chronic, the likelihood of suffering from bronchitis increases. Sometimes edema (swelling)
And compresses the bronchi. Xanthine derivatives cause relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle. The bronchi and other respiratory organs damaged by smoking are exposed to xanthine derivatives and have significant therapeutic effects due to the systemic circulation of the xanthine derivatives. (3). Smokers have a much shorter body half-life of caffeine than non-smokers, averaging 3 hours. The mechanism is not fully understood, but it is estimated that smoking activates liver enzymes. In this case, since it is not considered that nicotine activates the enzyme, PAH (polycyli) generated during tobacco combustion is used.
It is considered that some reaction or synergistic action occurs between the caromatic hydrocarbon (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) and the caffeine component. The half-life of caffeine in the body about half means that some compound of PAH is consumed as metabolic energy for the metabolism of caffeine components. It is not just a matter of taste, but a natural physiological need of the human body that smokers want coffee and drink coffee and want cigarettes. There was. (4). Nicotine taken into the body is decomposed while consuming vitamin C in the liver. Vitamin C has an immunopotentiating effect and is used for prevention and treatment of infection. The large amount used for cold medicine is based on the immunopotentiating action of vitamin C. The effectiveness of vitamin C in preventing, treating, and controlling cancer has been recognized and is being studied by medical associations worldwide. Recently, the causal relationship between active oxygen and cancer development has attracted attention. Active oxygen is generated when tobacco is burned, and also when food is metabolized in the body. Vitamin C acts very effectively to eliminate these active oxygens. In addition, it has been reported that vitamin C has a drug detoxifying action, fatty acid metabolizing action, and antioxidant action, and that vitamin C deficiency is observed in people exposed to smoking stress. Masaki Omori reported on the results of experiments on the degradation of coffee components and vitamin C in "Food and Health" 1996
Published in the monthly issue. 0.1% vitamin C aqueous solution, control group without adding anything, fruit extract preparation,
The tea extract preparation and the fresh coffee extract preparation were added at 0.05%, filled in an irradiation bottle, sterilized at 120 ° C. for 5 minutes, stored at room temperature, and the residual amount of vitamin C was measured every 10 days. The experimental results are as shown in the following table. In the test plot (fresh coffee extract), a four-fold or more residual effect was shown with respect to the single-digit amount of the control plot. It can be easily estimated from the above experimental results that the intake of coffee increases the residual ratio of vitamin C in the body. Therefore,
As in the present invention, it can be estimated that taking nicotine and caffeine simultaneously has remarkable effects on nicotine metabolism / decomposition and smoking stress. Active oxygen species such as xyl radical (.OH) are also called toxic oxygen because they have strong activity and damage the living body. The human body is an enzyme that eliminates these toxic oxygen Catalase and glutathione peroxidase (glutathini-oneper)
However, organisms do not have enzymes that eliminate or detoxify the most toxic of these toxic oxygens, .OH. Therefore, in the body
When H is generated, the damage to the human body due to this cannot be prevented. OH is known to cut DNA strands and react with bases to form up to 20 types of conjugates. The first demonstration of reactive oxygen species as carcinogenic was in an experiment by Weitzman et al. Of Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States. Since then, many researchers have also shown that active oxygen has a promoting effect on cell carcinogenesis. At the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association (September 1997, Kyoto), Dr. Hiroshi Kasai (University of Occupational and Environmental Health) stated, "Mutation and carcinogenesis by oxygen radicals:
The role of DNA damage products, 8-hydroxyguanine, 2-hydroxyadenine, and glyoxal "is published in a research paper. In this paper," 8-hyd
Roxyguanine is currently the most widely used marker for oxidative DNA damage, but when smoked, 8-hyd is found in human leukocytes and DNA in the central lung.
increased levels of hydroxyguanine and, in lung cancer patients, 8-hydroxyguaua in DNA at the periphery of the lung.
Nine levels are high. "In other words, smoking causes DNA damage in the central lung, and lung cancer patients damage DNA in the peripheral lungs. Although there are free radicals, important in relation to carcinogenicity are nitric oxide radicals such as NO and NO _{2. In} a cigarette smoke, these radicals are 1,000 ppm (according to environmental standard values). , The average hourly value of 0.02 ppm or less) is included, and reacts with H ₂ O ₂ to form a radical OH having a strong activity. (See “Why do human cancers occur?” By Chikayoshi Nagata) Recent studies have shown that coffee components act very effectively to scavenge these radicals, April 1995. In Kyoto At the 16th International Coffee Science Conference, Japan There is a strong scavenging effect on radicals such as H ₂ O ₂ ,
The results of the experiment have been announced. (ASIC, 16 ^e
(Colloque, Kyoto, 1995). At the same meeting, Professor Emeritus Tsuneo Namba of Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University also added SOD (superoxide dismu) to the coffee extract.
experiment), which has the same effect as in the case of Tase). A strong SOD effect was observed for caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid, which are one of the coffee components, and the SOD effect increased in proportion to the concentration of chlorogenic acid in the coffee extract. According to the present invention, coffee components are inhaled into the body together with tobacco smoke. Active oxygen that is absorbed into the body when mixed with tobacco smoke is subjected to SOD action according to the concentration of caffeic acid or chlorogenic acid, which is one of the coffee components. (6). Recent studies have shown that the coffee component acts as a powerful inhibitor against cancers that develop in the mouth, colon, liver, etc., which are directly exposed to the coffee component. Professor Hideki Mori, Gifu University School of Medicine, is conducting animal experiments on the inhibitory effect of coffee components on cancers that occur in the large intestine, liver, and oral cavity. Cancer Let
The following is a summary of his research paper published in ters (vol 30, 1986). MAM
(Methylazoxymethanol: methylazoxy
(Methanol) and chlorogenic acid were given to mice, and the effect was shown. When only MAM was given, colon cancer occurred at a rate of 40%, whereas M
10. When AM and chlorogenic acid are mixed and given.
According to the report, 25% (3 out of 24) of colorectal cancers occurred, and when only chlorogenic acid was mixed with food, no cancer occurred. Journal o
f Nutrition, Growth and Ca
ncers (1986. 3), another professor's paper on nitrosamine (Nitrosamine).
We are investigating how coffee components affect liver cancer induced by e). Nitrosamines are produced in the stomach when you take aminopyrine and sodium nitrite together. The experimental rats are divided into two groups, and group I is fed daily with aminopyrine, nitrous acid and coffee mixed with food. Group II is fed daily with aminopyrine and nitrous acid mixed with food.
The experiment lasted 630 days. As a result, in Group I in which coffee was mixed with the food, the rate of liver cancer was 22%, whereas in Group II without coffee, liver cancer occurred in a rate of 78%.
From these experimental results, it is concluded that it is clear that the coffee component has an inhibitory effect on the development of liver cancer. Carcinogenesis, vol 14 (1
In his research paper published in 993), he experimentally revealed that one of the coffee components, chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid, has the effect of suppressing oral cancer that occurs in the tongue and the like. In this experiment,. Induce oral cancer 4-
NQO (4-nitroquinoline-I-ox
ide) alone when given to rats. When 4-NQO and caffeic acid were given to rats together,. 4-
Comparing the case where rats were given NQO and chlorogenic acid together, the results showed that the incidence of oral cancer in rats was 60% in the case, but zero, and 13%. At the Japan Cancer Society held in Kyoto on September 25, 1997, researcher Manami Inoue of the Aichi Cancer Center found that those who drink more than three cups of coffee a day are less likely to develop rectal cancer. Has announced. The effect of coffee is particularly apparent in rectal cancer. If the risk of rectal cancer is "1" for those who drink very little, "those who drink more than 3 cups daily" is 0.46, and the risk is less than half. A similar study was presented at a Swedish academic meeting in 1995. Organs such as the small intestine, large intestine, liver, and oral cavity are directly exposed to coffee components. In those organs that are directly exposed to the coffee component, it is clear from the results of the above-mentioned animal experiments and epidemiological studies that the coffee component has a significant inhibitory effect on the occurrence of cancer. In the present invention, the coffee component is also inhaled and absorbed into the body along with the cigarette smoke along the same respiratory route. Therefore, respiratory organs such as the oral cavity, bronchi, and lungs will be directly exposed to the coffee component, and it can be estimated that a similar inhibitory effect acts on cancer development. (7). Professor Yoshihiko Koga of Kyorin University School of Medicine conducted an experiment on how coffee scent affects brain function, and presented the results at the 16th International Coffee Science Conference. (ASIC, 16 ^e Colloqu
e, Kyoto. 1995). Experiments have shown that the scent of coffee increases blood flow in the right brain, which controls emotions, and that women are more susceptible than men. In other words, the scent of coffee just refreshes the scent and makes people feel refreshed. In the present invention, in the tobacco leaves or in the filter, the fine particles of roasted coffee beans, or the coffee component is mixed and added, but in this case, the blood flow of the right brain is activated by the aroma of the coffee, Refresh the smoker's mood. (8). Nicotine and caffeine are very easily absorbed by the body. Caffeine and nicotine carried to the brain by the blood stimulate the central nervous system. Caffeine has an average half-life in the body of 5 to 6 hours, but is much longer than the average half-life of nicotine in the body of 40 minutes. Therefore, its efficacy lasts much longer than nicotine.
Caffeine and nicotine are identical in stimulating and stimulating effects on the central nervous system, but are completely opposite in other pharmacological effects. Nicotine is dependent, but caffeine is not. The former slows down the work of the heart, while the latter increases the work of the heart. The former causes impaired blood circulation, while the latter improves blood circulation. The former causes dysuria, while the latter has a diuretic effect. The former raises fatty acids, while the latter has the effect of releasing and lowering fatty acids. It differs greatly in such points. Can these opposing actions cancel each other out like actions and reactions? . In the direct action, there are cases where it can be said "yes", and "not so"
In some cases, it is possible to say "yes" in indirect actions. Carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin in the blood and inhibits oxygen transport. Deficiency in blood oxygen is a direct cause of angina attacks, but caffeine widens capillaries and increases blood circulation, supplementing blood deficiency. When asthmatic people smoke, they cough violently and sometimes have seizures, but drinking coffee subsides. President Theodore Roosevelt
As a child, she was susceptible to asthma attacks. The attending physician recommended drinking coffee to reduce seizures.
This was addicting and later I became a big coffee lover. It is said that his coffee cup was bigger near the tub. There is a strong causal relationship between smoking habits and the development of cancer,
It has been pointed out that a decrease in antioxidants such as vitamins A, C, and E causes the occurrence of cancer. It can be said that inhaling and ingesting tobacco and coffee together as in the present invention has a counteracting effect on nicotine toxins due to the antioxidant effect of coffee. What about bladder cancer, which is known to occur more frequently in smokers? Initiation of bladder cancer is believed to be due to 2-naphthylamine. Caffeine molecule and 2
How the naphthylamine molecule reacts and acts so far is not well understood. We only know that caffeine has a diuretic effect. In this case, it can be said that there is no direct effect and some effect acts indirectly. (9). By adding coffee bean fine particles or roasted coffee fine particles to tobacco leaves, it is possible to obtain higher combustion heat than normal cigarette combustion heat during combustion. Tar and carbon monoxide in tobacco smoke are produced by incomplete tobacco combustion. The combustion temperature of tobacco is usually around 800 ° C.
When the temperature is raised above ℃, a part of carbon monoxide is changed to carbon dioxide, and the amount of tar generation decreases as the combustion temperature of tobacco increases. The main component of tobacco leaves is fibrin,
In a dry state, once it starts burning, it will burn out very quickly. For this reason, humectants have been added to tobacco to make it harder to burn. Therefore, when the tobacco is burned, the organic component molecules of the tobacco and the water undergo a chemical reaction to generate a large amount of tar and carbon monoxide. Coffee beans are mainly composed of protein and fat, and burn with higher heat than tobacco leaves when burning. For this reason, carbon monoxide is converted into carbon dioxide by a thermal reaction, and the amount of generation of tar and nicotine is reduced. Instead, caffeine generated by the burning of coffee beans is contained in cigarette smoke. (10). With conventional cigarettes, inhalation causes severe irritation pain in the throat, but with the cigarette of the present invention, the irritation pain is not felt or is felt much lighter. Irritation pain in the throat is caused by the formaldehyde (Fo) produced when burning tobacco.
rmaldehyde) is the main culprit. Formaldehyde (H ₂ C) is an aliphatic aldehyde having the minimum number of carbon atoms.
30 ° C or more (ignition temperature of formaldehyde gas is 430
Decomposition rate is high at a high temperature of (° C). In the combustion of tobacco, the temperature is as high as 800 ° C. at the ignition point, but much lower in the surrounding area. Formaldehyde gas is generated around the ignition point where the temperature is low. The roasted coffee bean fine particles mixed and scattered in the tobacco leaves are semi-activated carbonized and adsorb organic compounds (form albitide is also one of them) generated when tobacco is burned. The organic compound adsorbed on the coffee bean fine particles is burned and decomposed together with the combustion of the coffee beans as the combustion of the tobacco advances and moves from the ignition point toward the mouthpiece. Therefore, in the tobacco of the present invention, when inhaling it, the inhaled amount of formaldehyde is lower than that of the conventional tobacco. (11). In the present invention, the reason why the roasted coffee fine particles or the coffee component is mixed or added to the tobacco filter is that it does not utilize the aroma, adsorption and deodorizing effects of coffee. Generally, when you say deodorant,
There are a method of adsorbing and removing odor molecules and a method of masking odors by odors emitted by other aromatics. The fine particles of the roasted and ground coffee are so-called semi-activated carbonized, and have a great effect of adsorbing and removing nicotine odor and charcoal odor of tobacco. The aroma emitted by the roasted and ground coffee particles is rather intense and effectively masks the nicotine smell of tobacco and the charcoal smell of charcoal filters.

[0006]

EXAMPLE The implementation of the present invention is extremely simple. The present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the claims.
1 shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, coffee bean fine particles 4 are mixed and added into the cut leaf portion 1 of the cigarette. There are two types of coffee bean fine particles to be mixed and added to the chopped leaves: fine green coffee beans and fine roasted coffee beans, but fine green coffee beans are difficult to burn, so they must be finely ground. . It is known that roasting coffee beans weakens the antioxidant action of chlorogenic acid, one of the coffee bean components. Therefore, the addition of green coffee bean fine particles is desirable from the point of pharmacological effect, but on the other hand, green coffee bean fine particles are less likely to burn and generate a large amount of smoke due to incomplete combustion.
There is a possibility that the smoker may feel uncomfortable with the taste of tobacco. The roasted coffee bean fine particles play the role of activated carbon,
Since it has an effect of adsorbing organic compounds, it is desirable to add roasted coffee bean fine particles. In the practice of the present invention, when a habitual smoker smokes the tobacco of the present invention and conventional tobacco, he adds to the tobacco a quantity of coffee bean particulates to an extent that both tobacco cannot be distinguished by routine smoking. . Taking cigarettes as an example, 50 mg of roasted coffee bean fine particles are added to the cut leaf portion of one cigarette.
Add in the range of ~ 120 mg. (Additional amounts in this range cannot be discerned by smokers using normal smoking practices for both tobaccos). However, the amount of tar and nicotine contained in tobacco smoke varies by tobacco manufacturer and brand, so the amount of fine coffee particles to be added must be adjusted in proportion to the content of tar and nicotine. Of course. In addition to the above-described embodiments, the coffee component is infiltrated and added to the tobacco leaves or cut leaves by, for example, immersing the tobacco leaves in the coffee bean extract or spraying the coffee extract on the tobacco leaves. You can also. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, roasted and ground coffee bean fine particles 3 are mixed and added into an acetate filter portion 2. The activated carbon of the activated carbon filter bonded to the conventional cigarette is coconut shell activated carbon, and its addition amount is about 50 mg. Since the roasted and ground coffee bean fine particles do not have the capacity to adsorb organic compounds as much as coconut shell activated carbon, an amount of 100 mg to 200 mg per filter attached to one cigarette is added. However, the amounts of tar and nicotine contained in cigarettes vary from manufacturer to manufacturer and from brand to brand. Therefore, the amount of tar and nicotine can be appropriately adjusted according to the content of tar and nicotine. In addition to the above embodiments, the acetate component constituting the filter carrier is immersed in a roasted coffee bean extract, or the coffee component is applied to the filter by a method such as spraying a coffee extract onto the acetate fiber. It can also be added.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when burning tobacco, the fine particles of coffee are also burned at the same time, and the coffee component is contained in tobacco smoke and inhaled into the body. Absorbed through oral mucosa, respiratory organs and lungs. In this case, (1) bronchi and other respiratory organs damaged by smoking have a remarkable therapeutic effect due to exposure to xanthine derivatives, one of the coffee components, and systemic circulation. (2) Conventional cigarettes give irritating pain that comes to the bronchi, but the cigarettes of the present invention have no or slight irritation. (3) Activate liver enzymes to effectively metabolize and degrade nicotine and hydrocarbon compounds. (4) Some of the carbon monoxide contained in tobacco smoke is replaced by carbon dioxide. (5) Eliminate active oxygen. (6) It can be expected to suppress the occurrence of lung cancer, oral cancer, and other cancers that occur in the respiratory tract. (7) Refreshing the smoker's mood by the aroma of coffee. (8) Masks the nicotine smell of tobacco and the charcoal smell of the charcoal filter with the strong aroma of coffee. And so on. In claim 2, (1) the coffee fine particles are semi-activated carbonized, and have a great effect of adsorbing and removing the organic gas phase substance contained in the smoke of tobacco. (2) Masks the nicotine smell of tobacco and the charcoal smell emitted from the charcoal filter with the strong aroma of coffee. (3) Relieve irritation to the throat. (4) Refreshing the smoker's mood with the aroma of coffee. And so on. Although the effects of the present invention are wide-ranging, the last remaining problem is that it does not impair the taste of tobacco or gives the smoker a sense of incongruity and does not cause rejection. 5 women smokers who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day for more than 5 years
An experiment on the taste of the cigarette of the drawing "Fig. 1" described in the claim "Claim 1" of the present invention by selecting five male smokers who have more than 30 cigarettes and smoking history for more than 10 years a day. Was done. The experimental condition setting and its method are as follows. (1) The subject was not given the information of the present invention in advance. (2) The subjects were asked to drink,
Alcohol and other drugs were banned. (3) The tobacco used in the experiment was a cigarette with a charcoal filter having a tar content of 6 mg and a nicotine content of 0.5 mg. The cigarette was removed from both the control section and the experimental section. Rewinded so that it could not be recognized. Perforations were made around the filter wrap. (4) Tobacco in the experimental section has coffee fine particles (particle diameter: 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm) roasted and ground in chopped leaves.
mg was added. (5) In the experiment, one control group was sucked, and
After sucking the book, it was rested for 15 minutes, and then sucked again. The test was performed for 4 minutes in the control section and 4 pieces in the experimental section. (6) Subjects were held in individual enclosures and prohibited contact with each other. The results of this experiment are as follows. (1) Those who answered that the taste of the tobacco in the control group and the experimental group were different: 1 female smoker and 1 male smoker. Said they felt lighter and less irritating. (2) Those who answered that they did not know or did not understand: 3 female smokers, 4 male smokers, (3) Those who pointed out that the tobacco in the experimental area smelled of coffee: 1 female smoker, (4) ) In the third experiment, the control group and the tobacco in the experimental group gave fake information that the type of tobacco was different, and in response to the question as to which tobacco they liked, Those who liked cigarettes: Five female smokers, four male smokers, and one male smoker replied that the experimental plot felt more unsatisfactory. (5) In the final experiment, tobacco in the experimental area
After telling them that coffee fines were contained, they asked if they would like to taste it. Except for male smoker 1, the rest of the subjects showed that the cigarettes in the experimental plot were "fresher" and "scented" Is good. " Needless to say that the above experiments need to be conducted on a larger number of smokers and more diversely, but at least as far as this experiment shows, the cigarette of the present invention,
No one felt uncomfortable or disliked it. In other words, the coffee component and the tobacco component contained in the cigarette smoke have an affinity and did not cause a rejection reaction to the smoker.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one cigarette with an activated carbon filter in a state in which the wrapping paper of a cut leaf portion is removed. This figure shows a state in which fine particles of coffee beans or roasted and ground coffee beans (4) are mixed and added into the tobacco leaf portion (1).

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a single cigarette in a state in which the wrapping paper of a filter portion (2) is removed. Fine particles of roasted and ground coffee beans (3) on filter (2)
Shows the state in which is mixed and added.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Fig. 11 shows a cut leaf portion of a cigarette 2 is an acetate filter portion 3 is an activated carbon filter portion 4 is a coffee bean fine particle Fig. 21 is a cut leaf portion 2 is an acetate filter 3 is a coffee bean fine particle

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Fine particles of finely ground coffee beans (including roasted coffee beans) are mixed into tobacco leaves.
Cigarettes, chopped tobacco and cigarettes, to which cigarette leaves are added or soaked in a coffee extract, or otherwise impregnated with coffee ingredients into tobacco leaves. 2. A method of mixing or adding roasted and ground coffee bean particles into all or a part of a filter used for cigarettes, immersing filter fibers in a coffee extract, or A filter to which a coffee component is added by another method, and a cigarette to which the filter is adhered.