Smokeless tobacco-free snuff product

Abstract

A smokeless tobacco-free snuff product and method that utilizes a mixture of green or black tea with extracted nicotine and caffeine in a small pouch to be inserted and consumed between a consumer's cheek or gum. The mixture of nicotine, caffeine and tea provides a source of nicotine for consumption with reduced hazards that are normally associated with tobacco products. The present invention combines finely ground green or black tea with nicotine and caffeine in a pulverized dip that may be pinched and placed between the lip and gum of the consumer thus providing a non-toxic source of nicotine.

1 . A snuff product for delivering nicotine during the consumption thereof comprising:
 a. nicotine;   b. caffeine; and   c. tea leaves, where the nicotine and caffeine are finely ground with the tea leaves for consumption as a snuff product.   
     
     
         2 . The snuff product according to  claim 1 , where product includes about 2 to 5 milligrams of nicotine. 
     
     
         3 . The snuff product according to  claim 1 , where the product includes about 100 to 200 milligrams of caffeine. 
     
     
         4 . The snuff product according to  claim 1 , the tea leaves includes at least one of green tea leaves and black tea leaves. 
     
     
         5 . The snuff product according to  claim 1 , where the combination of the tea leaves, nicotine and caffeine are placed in small sachets. 
     
     
         6 . The snuff product according to  claim 1 , where the combination of the tea leaves, nicotine and caffeine are ground into a pulverized dip. 
     
     
         7 . The snuff product according to  claim 1 , where the tea leaves include tea flavor enhancers such as wintergreen, mint, peach and mango.