Vaporizable Tobacco Wax Compositions and Container thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to tobacco wax compositions suitable for use in a vaporizer. The tobacco wax may comprise additional excipients including vapor agents, penetration agents, buffer agents, and rheological agents. The composition contains nicotine. The tobacco wax composition leaves a minimum of residue in the vaporizer when used. In another aspect, the invention relates to a portion-sized container (“pod”) of a tobacco wax composition for administration to a mammal or person. The pod is intended for use in a personal (or other) vaporizer.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A tobacco wax composition suitable for vaporization, comprising tobacco wax and at least one vapor agent. 
     
     
         2 . The tobacco wax composition of  claim 1  wherein the tobacco wax composition has a nicotine content of greater than 2%. 
     
     
         3 . The tobacco wax composition of  claim 1  wherein the tobacco wax composition is flowable. 
     
     
         4 . The tobacco wax composition of  claim 2 , wherein the tobacco wax composition comprises 30% to 65% of a vapor agent. 
     
     
         5 . The combination of the tobacco wax composition of  claim 3  and a cartridge, wherein said tobacco wax composition is contained in the cartridge. 
     
     
         6 . The combination of  claim 5 , wherein the areas of the cartridge in contact with the tobacco wax composition comprise a material with a surface energy of less than 20 Dynes/cm. 
     
     
         7 . The combination of  claim 6 , wherein the material with a surface energy of less than 20 Dynes/cm comprises PTFE or FEP. 
     
     
         8 . A system for vaporization of a tobacco wax composition, comprising a device including a heating element, and a pod containing a tobacco wax composition, said tobacco wax composition comprising tobacco wax and at least one vapor agent. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the system has vapor emissions with TSNA levels below quantifiable limits on a per puff basis, when measured using: 55 mL puff/30 sec interval/3 sec duration, and the quantifiable limit is 0.20 ng/puff. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the system has formaldehyde emissions of below quantifiable limits on a per puff basis, when measured using: 55 mL puff/30 sec interval/3 sec duration, and the quantifiable limit is 0.20 μg/puff. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the system has vapor emissions of formaldehyde of less than 50% of the IQOS Heet comparator, tested using the Canadian Intense smoking regime. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the system has on off functionality 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the device has an operating temperature within the range of 160° C. to 240° C. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , where the system has a pressure drop of 75 (mm H 2 O) to 130 mm (H 2 O). 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 8 , where, when sufficiently heated, the tobacco wax composition has a utilization rate of greater than 80%. 
     
     
         16 . A method for manufacturing a heat not burn tobacco product, comprising extracting the wax partition and oil partition from tobacco leaf, and mixing that wax partition and oil partition with a vapor agent. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , where the wax partition and the oil partition are extracted by supercritical CO2 extraction. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , where the wax partition and the oil partition are extracted separately from tobacco leaf and subsequently mixed together.