Non-Combustion Smoking Tool

Abstract

In order to use a commercially available cigarette or cigar as it is, vaporize nicotine from the tobacco leaves, and enable inhalation of the vaporized nicotine without burning the product, a non-combustion smoking tool comprises a slender heater 1 having a sharp end which is directly inserted into a commercially available cigarette or cigar 100 to directly heat the leaves of the cigarette or cigar by the heater so as to vaporize nicotine contained in the tobacco leaves and enable inhalation of the vaporized nicotine.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a tool for allowing smoker to inhale nicotine vaporized from tobacco leaves by directly heating the tobacco leaves without combusting the tobacco leaves.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Tobaccos include chewing tobacco, snuffing tobacco, cigarette, cigar and so on, in which the cigarette and the cigar allow vaporization and inhalation of nicotine, tar and other components contained in tobacco leaves by lighting the tobacco leaves and combusting the tobacco leaves. The temperature of the burning portion reaches 600 to 900° C. Many fires are reported to be caused by smoking in bed, throwing burning cigarette, and so on.[0003]In recent years, many cigarettes are smoked because of the easiness of handling. However, when a cigarette is lighted for smoking, it is known that the tobacco leaves are burned, and at the same time the wrapping paper containing many chemicals is burned, so that the tobacco smoke contains many harmful materials to human bo...

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Benefits of technology

[0019]While products of prior inventions cannot be used without filling tobacco leaves in a container or forming the tobacco leaves in a sheet shape, the present invention has an advantage to allow use of a commercial cigarette or cigar as it is, which is practically very convenient.

[0020]Further, the prior inventions heat tobacco leaves by allowing “hot air” to pass through in the container filled with the tobacco leaves. However, the present invention has an advantage that by inserting a heater into a commercial cigarette or cigar and supplying heat from the heater directly to the tobacco leaves, it is possible to vaporize nicotine from the tobacco leaves at a relatively low temperature (70° C. to 230° C.) and supply nicotine from the real tobacco leaves to the smoker without producing harmful tar, carbon monoxide, benzopyrene, and so on that are produced at the time of lighting tobacco for smoking and are inhaled into the body.

[0021]Further, the present invention also has an advantage that since the heater inserted in the real cigarette or cigar directly heats the tobacco leaves, the heat utilization efficiency increases, making it possible to use a relatively small heater, and reducing the amount of electric power used, so that if a battery is used as a power supply, it can be a small battery, resulting in that the shape of the tool can be made small so as to increase the portability of the tool.

[0022]Further, the present invention also has an advantage that since the heating portion is located near the center of the cigarette, the temperature of heating the wrapping paper containing many chemicals is lowered, thereby enabling reduction of the vaporization of harmful chemicals from the wrapping paper.

[0023]Further, the present invention also has an advantage that since the heating portion is located near the center of the cigarette, the heat transfer to the outer case is reduced, resulting in that the outside temperature of the tool is low, thereby preventing the smoker even holding the tool of the present invention by hand from feeling hot.

[0024]Further, the present invention also has an advantage that even when a commercial cigarette or cigar is inserted into the tool of the present invention, the shape of the cigarette or cigar does not change, so that it is possible to take a cigarette or cigar out of the tool midway during smoking of the cigarette or cigar using the tool, move to a smoking-permitted place, and light the cigarette or cigar taken out, so as to enable normal smoking by lighting.

Problems solved by technology

However, when a cigarette is lighted for smoking, it is known that the tobacco leaves are burned, and at the same time the wrapping paper containing many chemicals is burned, so that the tobacco smoke contains many harmful materials to human bodies, other than nicotine, as represented by tar, carbon monoxide, acetaldehyde, acrolein, benzopyrene, and so on.

However, although the harm of tobacco to a smoker smoking a filter cigarette and thus inhaling smoke with a reduced level of these harmful materials is reduced, bad effects of so-called passive smoking have been pointed out that people around the smoker are forced to directly smoke the smoke (secondary smoke) rising from the burning portion, and thus to directly inhale the smoke containing these harmful materials.

Furthermore, smoking causes that a room or car where the smoking has taken place is filled with specific smell of tobacco smoking, and very unpleasant smell for non-smokers remains in the room or car.

It is said that work stops during such time, essentially reducing work time, thus reducing work efficiency.

It is said that the reason why a smoker cannot quit smoking regardless of such bad effects is because the body of smoker is already nicotine-addicted, so that the amount of nicotine in the body decreases by not smoking for a certain period of time, causing withdrawal symptoms, and that the desire of the body to ease the withdrawal symptoms makes quitting smoking difficult.

However, these non-combustion smoking tools cause inhalation of nicotine and so on along with “hot air”, thus causing the mouth of the inhaler to be hot inside.

However, these vapors are not nicotine and so on from real tobacco leaves, so that they are very far from the flavor of real tobacco leaves.

However, inhalation of a general commercial cigarette or cigar, as it is, is not possible with this tool.

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