Inhalation Stick

Abstract

An inhalation stick that looks like a traditional tobacco cigarette and mimics the feel of a traditional tobacco cigarette both in the hand and on the mouth. The inhalation stick has a cartridge assembly and a filter that are linearly aligned and are wrapped in traditional tipping paper. The cartridge assembly includes a tube. Scented bodies, in the form of menthol crystals and/or scented oils, are inside the tube. When an individual inhales through the inhalation stick, the volatiles from the menthol crystals and/or scented oil are released into the inhaled air. This scents the inhaled air and provides taste and smell to the inhaled air. Accordingly, the fingers, lips, taste buds and olfactory senses all are provided with sensory inputs that mimic the smoking of a cigarette. This sensory input is sufficient to trick the subconscious mind and satisfy one's craving to smoke.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An inhalation stick assembly, comprising:
 a tube;   at least one scented body disposed within said tube that releases scented volatiles into said tube;   a filter;   a segment of tipping paper that surrounds said filter and said tube, therein holding said filter and said tube into the configuration of a cigarette.   
     
     
         2 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one scented body is at least one crystal of menthol. 
     
     
         3 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one scented body is absorptive material saturated with a scented oil. 
     
     
         4 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said scented oil is mint oil. 
     
     
         5 . The assembly according to  claim 4 , wherein said at least one scented body includes wax mixed with a scented oil. 
     
     
         6 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said tube includes a first open end and an opposite second open end and said assembly further including end plugs for closing said first open end and said second open end, wherein said end plugs are permeable to air. 
     
     
         7 . The assembly according to  claim 6 , wherein said at least one scented body is disposed in said tube between said end plugs. 
     
     
         8 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said filter and said tube have a common outside diameter. 
     
     
         9 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein said filter is a cigarette filter. 
     
     
         10 . An inhalation stick assembly, comprising:
 a tube having a first end and an opposite second end;   crystals of menthol disposed within said tube that release scented volatiles into said tube;   a filter disposed outside said first end of said tube;   a segment of paper that surrounds said filter and said tube, therein holding said filter and said tube into the configuration of a cigarette.   
     
     
         11 . The assembly according to  claim 10 , further including end plugs for closing said first end and said second end of said tube, therein trapping said crystals of menthol in said tube, wherein said end plugs are permeable to air and said scented volatiles. 
     
     
         12 . The assembly according to  claim 10 , wherein said filter and said tube have a common outside diameter. 
     
     
         13 . The assembly according to  claim 10 , wherein said filter is a cigarette filter. 
     
     
         14 . The assembly according to  claim 10 , wherein said segment of paper is cigarette tipping paper. 
     
     
         15 . An inhalation stick assembly, comprising:
 a tube having a first end and an opposite second end;   scented oil disposed within said tube that releases scented volatiles into said tube;   a filter disposed outside said first end of said tube;   a segment of paper that surrounds said filter and said tube, therein holding said filter and said tube into the configuration of a cigarette.   
     
     
         16 . The assembly according to  claim 15 , further including end plugs for closing said first end and said second end of said tube, therein confining said scented oil in said tube, wherein said end plugs are permeable to air and said scented volatiles. 
     
     
         17 . The assembly according to  claim 15 , wherein said filter and said tube have a common outside diameter. 
     
     
         18 . The assembly according to  claim 15 , wherein said filter is a cigarette filter. 
     
     
         19 . The assembly according to  claim 15 , wherein said segment of paper is cigarette tipping paper.