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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1994
Jed E Rose, Durham, NC (US);
Frederique M Behm, Durham, NC (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A non-nicotine method and apparatus for use to reduce the need to smoke tobacco and which utilizes one or more constituents from black pepper or red pepper which are introduced into the user's respiratory tract by inhalation from either a vapor delivery system or an aerosol delivery system. Subsequent to inhalation, the constituents from black pepper or red pepper create respiratory tract sensations similar to those created by tobacco smoke and thereby serve to reduce the need to smoke tobacco. The one or more constituents from black and/or red pepper include essential oils of black and/or red pepper as well as pepper irritants including capsaicin, piperine and phellandrene.