Device and method for sampling a nicotine product

Abstract

A method of purchasing one or more nicotine products includes: providing one or more sample sticks with an ingestible coating, the ingestible coating representing one or more flavors of the one or more nicotine products; displaying the one or more sample sticks to a purchaser of the one or more nicotine products; sampling the one or more sample sticks representing the one or more flavors of the one or more nicotine products; and purchasing the one or more nicotine products based on the one or more sampled flavors of the one or more nicotine products.

1 . A method of purchasing one or more nicotine products comprising:
 providing one or more sample sticks with an ingestible coating, the ingestible coating representing one or more flavors of the one or more nicotine products;   displaying the one or more sample sticks to a purchaser of the one or more nicotine products;   sampling the one or more sample sticks representing the one or more flavors of the one or more nicotine products; and   purchasing the one or more nicotine products based on the one or more sampled flavors of the one or more nicotine products.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible coating weight is between 0.0001 and 20 grams. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more sample sticks are hollow sample sticks. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more sample sticks are solid sample sticks. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible coating of the one or more sample sticks is flavored with non-nicotine derivatives of the one or more nicotine products. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible coating of the one or more sample sticks is flavored with a non-nicotine additive flavor. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible coating of the one or more sample sticks is flavored with one or more artificial flavors matching the one or more flavors of the one or more nicotine products. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the one or more hollow sample sticks provide a passage for nicotine vapors of the one or more nicotine products to be inhaled. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more nicotine products is a cigarette, an e-cigarette, a cigar, an e-liquid, chewing tobacco, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible coating weight is between 0.0001 and 1 gram. 
     
     
         11 . A sampling device for an inhaled nicotine product comprising:
 a substrate;   an ingestible coating disposed on the substrate, the ingestible coating containing at least one flavoring representing a flavor of the inhaled nicotine product or at least one flavoring to augment a flavor of the inhaled nicotine product; and   wherein, the ingestible coating weight is between 0.0001 and 40 grams.   
     
     
         12 . The sampling device of  claim 11 , wherein the substrate is a hollow substrate. 
     
     
         13 . The sampling device of  claim 11 , wherein the ingestible coating weight is between 0.0001 and 20 grams. 
     
     
         14 . The sampling device of  claim 11 , wherein the ingestible coating weight is between 0.0001 and 1 gram. 
     
     
         15 . The sampling device of  claim 12 , wherein the substrate further comprises: a hollow substrate channel for channeling the inhaled nicotine product. 
     
     
         16 . The sampling device of  claim 15 , wherein the substrate forms at least a portion of a sampling mouthpiece of an electronic nicotine vaporization device. 
     
     
         17 . The sampling device of  claim 11 , wherein the inhaled nicotine product is an e-liquid. 
     
     
         18 . The sampling device of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one flavoring representing a flavor of the inhaled nicotine product is a derivative of the inhaled nicotine product. 
     
     
         19 . The sampling device of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one flavoring representing a flavor of the inhaled nicotine product is a non-nicotine additive flavoring. 
     
     
         20 . The sampling device of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one flavoring representing a flavor of the inhaled nicotine product is an artificial flavoring.