Processing plant-based material for use in smoking products

Abstract

The embodiments disclose a method for processing plant-based material for smoking products including maintaining the plant-based material submerged within a liquid medium in a container while the liquid medium is being boiled, removing the boiled plant-based material from the container, and drying the boiled plant-based material, the drying comprising directing negative air ions towards and through the boiled plant-based material to at least partially neutralize odor and/or taste, a plant-based material product produced by the method is also provided as a smoking product including the plant-based material product or the plant-based material product combined with a treatment material such as CBD, CBG, a flavoring agent and combinations thereof, also provided is a plant-based material product comprising boiled plant-based material dried while being exposed to negative air ions, and a smoking product such as a cigarette incorporating the plant-based material product or the plant-based material product combined with a treatment material.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for processing plant-based material for smoking products, the method comprising:
 maintaining the plant-based material submerged within a liquid medium in a container while the liquid medium is being boiled;   removing the boiled plant-based material from the container;   drying the boiled plant-based material; and   directing negative air ions through boiled plant-based materials to at least partially neutralize odor and/or taste.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plant-based material comprises hemp. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the plant-based material comprises cannabis. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the liquid medium is water. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein drying comprises drying until the moisture level of the boiled plant-based material is from about 3 percent and about 5 percent. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the boiled plant-based material includes less of the contents that are responsible for imparting odor and/or taste than the plant-based material. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the plant-based materials used for smoking include pelletized tea leaves, hemp, cocoa husks, mullein, synthetic tobacco, and synthetic non-addictive nicotine. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein directing the negative air ions towards and through the boiled plant-based material causes the negative air ions to bind with at least a portion of terpenes in the boiled plant-based material that is responsible for imparting odor and/or taste, thereby to neutralize the odor and/or taste. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising spreading the boiled plant-based material for drying thereby increasing the exposure of surfaces of the boiled plant-based material to the negative air ions. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising conveying the negative air ions bound with at least a portion of the terpenes away from the boiled plant-based material. 
     
     
         11 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a container for maintaining the plant-based material submerged within a liquid medium in the container while the liquid medium is being boiled;   a drying device for placing the boiled plant-based material from the container; and   at least one drying system includes a device for directing negative air ions towards and through the boiled plant-based material to at least partially neutralize odor and/or taste.   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a liquid medium recovery device for recovering from the liquid medium at least a portion of terpenes separated from the plant-based material during the boiling. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a treatment device for applying at least one flavoring agent onto the dried boiled plant-based material. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a negative air ions drying system for producing negative air ions for directing negative air ions towards and through the boiled plant-based material. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a humidity sensor for monitoring the humidity level of the drying boiled plant-based material. 
     
     
         16 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a non-addictive-nicotine non-tobacco plant-based material processing system for producing non-addictive-nicotine non-tobacco plant-based material smoking products;   a container for maintaining the plant-based material submerged within a liquid medium in the container while the liquid medium is being boiled;   a drying device for placing the boiled plant-based material from the container;   at least one drying system including a device for directing negative air ions towards and through the boiled plant-based material to at least partially neutralize odor and/or taste;   at least one treatment device for treating dried boiled plant-based material with at least one treatment material; and   at least one processing device for producing smoking products with the non-addictive-nicotine non-tobacco plant-based material including cigarettes.   
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , further comprising at least one treatment material that is a flavoring agent including a tobacco-flavoring agent. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , further comprising a nicotine tobacco cessation digital device app to assist the smoker of the non-addictive-nicotine non-tobacco plant-based material smoking products with suggestions in quitting smoking. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , further comprising at least one treatment material is selected from the group consisting of: cannabidiol (CBD), cannabigerol (CBG), caffeine, a flavoring agent, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , further comprising the container liquid medium is water.