Electronic cigarette liquid flavoring and nicotine additives

Abstract

A flavor or nicotine pouch for adding flavoring and/or nicotine to electronic cigarette liquid, or “e-juice.” The pouch may include a polymer housing holding a liquid solution including a flavoring and/or a nicotine solution designed for adding a flavor and/or nicotine to an electronic cigarette juice, and a removable seal for accessing the liquid solution. The removable seal may be a tear tab, twist off cap, snap off cap, or the like that is removable to create an opening into an interior of the polymer housing where the liquid solution is contained. The removable seal, in some cases, may be operably re-connectable with the polymer housing to reseal the opening.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A flavor pouch for adding flavoring to electronic cigarette liquid, the flavor pouch comprising:
 a polymer housing comprising a liquid solution comprising a flavoring designed for adding a flavor to an electronic cigarette juice, and   a removable seal for accessing the liquid solution.   
     
     
         2 . The flavor pouch of  claim 1 , wherein the polymer housing is sized and shaped to contain up to about 0.5 mL of the liquid solution. 
     
     
         3 . The flavor pouch of  claim 1 , wherein the liquid solution further comprises at least one of propylene glycol, ethyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, glycerin, and vegetable glycerin. 
     
     
         4 . The flavor pouch of  claim 1 , wherein the liquid solution further comprises water. 
     
     
         5 . The flavor pouch of  claim 1 , wherein the removable seal comprises a tear tab that is completely removable to create an opening into an interior of the polymer housing where the liquid solution is contained. 
     
     
         6 . The flavor pouch of  claim 1 , wherein the removable seal comprises a twist off or snap off cap, that can be twisted or snapped off to create an opening into an interior of the polymer housing where the liquid solution is contained. 
     
     
         7 . The flavor pouch of  claim 6 , wherein the cap is operably re-connectable with the polymer housing to reseal the opening into the interior of the polymer housing. 
     
     
         8 . The flavor pouch of  claim 1 , where the polymer housing comprises an ejection limiter that limits the amount of liquid expelled from an interior of the polymer housing where the liquid solution is contained to some portion less than a full volume of the interior each time the polymer housing is squeezed. 
     
     
         9 . The flavor pouch of  claim 1 , where the polymer housing comprises an ejection limiter that substantially consistently limits the amount of liquid expelled from an interior of the polymer housing where the liquid solution is contained each time the polymer housing is squeezed. 
     
     
         10 . The flavor pouch of  claim 9 , wherein the ejection limiter limits the liquid expelled to equal to or less than about 0.5 mL. 
     
     
         11 . The flavor pouch of  claim 1 , wherein the flavoring of the liquid solution is at least one of tobacco, Turkish tobacco, menthol, peppermint, spearmint, green tea, cream, natural sweetener, banana, strawberry, blueberry, mango, raspberry, peach, pineapple, apple, orange, papaya, watermelon, grape, cherry, coffee, chocolate, vanilla, cola, piña colada, coconut, almond, cinnamon, white chocolate, rum, butterscotch, and caramel. 
     
     
         12 . A nicotine pouch for adding nicotine to electronic cigarette liquid, the nicotine pouch comprising:
 a polymer housing comprising a liquid nicotine solution designed for adding nicotine to an electronic cigarette juice, and   a removable seal for accessing the liquid nicotine solution.   
     
     
         13 . The nicotine pouch of  claim 12 , wherein the liquid nicotine solution is nicotine extracted into a liquid form. 
     
     
         14 . The nicotine pouch of  claim 12 , wherein the liquid nicotine solution comprises at least one of propylene glycol, ethyl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, glycerin, and vegetable glycerin. 
     
     
         15 . The nicotine pouch of  claim 12 , wherein the liquid nicotine solution comprises water. 
     
     
         16 . The nicotine pouch of  claim 12 , wherein the removable seal comprises a tear tab that is completely removable to create an opening into an interior of the polymer housing where the liquid nicotine solution is contained. 
     
     
         17 . The nicotine pouch of  claim 12 , wherein the removable seal comprises a twist off or snap off cap, that can be twisted or snapped off to create an opening into an interior of the polymer housing where the liquid nicotine solution is contained. 
     
     
         18 . The nicotine pouch of  claim 17 , wherein the cap is operably re-connectable with the polymer housing to reseal the opening into the interior of the polymer housing. 
     
     
         19 . The nicotine pouch of  claim 12 , where the polymer housing comprises an ejection limiter that substantially consistently limits the amount of liquid expelled from an interior of the polymer housing where the liquid nicotine solution is contained each time the polymer housing is squeezed. 
     
     
         20 . The nicotine pouch of  claim 12 , wherein the liquid nicotine solution further comprises a flavoring designed for adding a flavor to an electronic cigarette juice.