Preparation and a component intended to be added to a tobacco product
AssigneeBiohit Oyj
InventorsOsmo Suovaniemi, Mikko Salaspuro, Ville Salaspuro, Martti Marvola
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of a preparation comprising a substance that is capable of binding acetaldehyde, and to the use of a filter that is attached to a tobacco product to reduce tobacco and/or alcohol dependence.
Claims21
1-21. (canceled)
An acetaldehyde-binding compound for use in reducing tobacco and/or alcohol dependence, wherein the compound is to be used simultaneously with consuming a tobacco product and/or with consuming alcohol, and wherein the acetaldehyde-binding compound is selected from a group comprising:
- L-cysteine, D-cysteine, cysteinic acid, cysteine-glycine, cystine, threo- or erythro-β-phenyl-DL-cysteine, β-tetramethylene-DL-cysteine, methionine, serine, D-penicillamine or its N-terminal dipeptide, semicarbazide, glutathione, reduced glutathione, β-mercaptoethyl amine, DL-homocysteine, DL-homocysteinic acid, N-acetylcysteine, L-cysteinyl-L-valine, β-β-tetramethylene-DL-cysteine, cysteinylglycine, mercaptoethyl glycine, cysteine hydrochloride, thiamine hydrochloride, sodium metabisulphite, arginine, glycine, lycine, ammonium chloride, 1,4 ditiothreitol, mercaptane, or it is the salt of any of these compounds.
The use of acetaldehyde-binding compounds for the manufacture of the preparation or the part or component, which is attached to the tobacco product and which is capable of binding acetaldehyde, for a reduction in tobacco and/or alcohol dependence.
A method of reducing tobacco and/or alcohol dependence, according to which
- a) an individual, who is dependent on tobacco or alcohol, is given a preparation comprising the compound capable of binding acetaldehyde to be consumed simultaneously with consuming a tobacco product and/or alcohol, and/or
- b) the individual, who is dependent on tobacco or alcohol, is given a tobacco product, to which a part or component is attached, comprising the compound capable of binding acetaldehyde during smoking and/or drinking alcohol, and
- c) the individual is allowed to smoke and/or drink alcohol, whereby the acetaldehyde-binding compound binds the acetaldehyde formed from the tobacco product or alcohol, thus preventing the formation of a substance called harmane, and
- d) the stages (a) and (b), or both simultaneously, are repeated, and (c) as many times that the reduction in the smoking and/or alcohol dependence of the individual results in a cessation of smoking or consuming alcohol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.