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EP-4740757-A1 - SMOKELESS ARTICLE

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Abstract

A smokeless article for oral delivery comprising a pouch enclosing a content comprising a cellulosic material, wherein the cellulosic material is or comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of: of coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, carob powder, and a combination of star anise and one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, and carob powder, a method of manufacturing the smokeless article, a use of the smokeless article, a kit comprising one or more of the smokeless articles, and a use of cellulosic material.

Inventors

  • HALL, STEVEN
  • JONES, HAYDN
  • GRIFFITHS, Catherine

Assignees

  • Imperial Tobacco Limited

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20241111

Claims (15)

  1. A smokeless article for oral delivery comprising a pouch enclosing a content comprising a cellulosic material, wherein the cellulosic material is or comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, carob powder, and a combination of star anise with one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, and carob powder.
  2. The smokeless article according to claim 1, wherein the cellulosic material is or comprises one or more of coffee grinds, corn silk, and cocoa nibs.
  3. The smokeless article according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the cellulosic material is or comprises one or more of coffee grinds and corn silk.
  4. The smokeless article according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cellulosic material is or comprises coffee grinds.
  5. The smokeless article according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cellulosic material is or comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of: corn silk, seaweed and carob powder.
  6. The smokeless article according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the seaweed is or comprises at least one of dulse seaweed and kombu seaweed.
  7. The smokeless article according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the content comprises nicotine.
  8. The smokeless article according to any one of claim 1 to 7, wherein the content comprises a colourant.
  9. The smokeless article according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the content is free of cannabinoid compounds.
  10. The smokeless article according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the content is free of tobacco.
  11. A method of manufacturing the smokeless article according to any one of claims 1 to 10, comprising: (a) providing a content comprising the cellulosic material wherein the cellulosic material is or comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, carob powder, and a combination of star anise with one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, and carob powder; and (b) enclosing the content within the pouch.
  12. A use of the smokeless article according to any one of claims 1 to 10 in oral delivery.
  13. A kit comprising one or more smokeless articles according to any one of claims 1 to 10 and a container.
  14. Use of cellulosic material in a pouch, to mimic at least one of the appearance, texture, odour and taste of a snus pouch, wherein the cellulosic material is or comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, carob powder, and a combination of star anise with one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, and carob powder.
  15. Use according to claim 14, to mimic each of the appearance, texture, odour and taste of a snus pouch.

Description

FIELD The present disclosure relates to a smokeless article. This disclosure also relates to a method of manufacturing the smokeless article, a use of the smokeless article for oral delivery, a kit comprising the smokeless article, and related uses. BACKGROUND Smokeless articles are placed in the mouth where saliva extracts the soluble element from the content contained within. Typically, the smokeless article is placed in the oral cavity, sublingually or in the oral vestibule (between the teeth and lips/cheeks). The user may assist extraction by oral manipulation, such as by chewing and/or sucking or pressing on the outside of the mouth to squeeze the pouch. One example of a smokeless article is a snus pouch, which contains a content (snus) comprising tobacco. Snus and snus pouches may have appealing appearances to some users. Other users may prefer tobacco-free alternatives. The present invention has been devised in the light of the above considerations. SUMMARY In a first aspect, the present disclosure provides to a smokeless article for oral use. In some examples, the smokeless article may be an oral nicotine delivery (OND) article. In some examples, the smokeless article may comprise a pouch enclosing a content. In some examples, the content may comprise a cellulosic material, wherein the cellulosic material comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, carob powder, and a combination of star anise with one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, and carob powder. In some examples, the content may comprise a cellulosic material, wherein the cellulosic material is one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, carob powder, and a combination of star anise with one or more selected from the group consisting of: coffee grinds, corn silk, cocoa nibs, lapsang tea, vanilla rooibos tea, seaweed, and carob powder. A content comprising the cellulosic material defined herein may, through the perception of a user, resemble the snus of a snus pouch. A pouch enclosing a content comprising the cellulosic material defined herein may, through the perception of a user, resemble a snus pouch i.e. may resemble a pouch containing a content wherein the content is snus. References herein to the resemblance of a pouch to a snus pouch should be considered to encompass resemblance of the content to snus. For example, the pouch of the present disclosure may have at least one sensory characteristic which resembles a snus pouch, such as its appearance, texture, odour and/or taste, and the content of the present disclosure may have at least one sensory characteristic which resembles snus, such as its appearance, texture, odour and/or taste. In some examples, the pouch described herein has at least two sensory characteristics which resemble a snus pouch, such as two or more of appearance, texture, odour and taste. For example, the pouch may resemble a snus pouch in terms of at least its appearance and texture, or its appearance and odour, or its appearance and taste, or its texture and odour, or its texture and taste, or its odour and taste. In some examples, the pouch may resemble a snus pouch in terms of at least its appearance and texture, or in terms of its odour and taste. In some examples, the pouch described herein has at least three sensory characteristics which resemble a snus pouch, such as three or more of appearance, texture, odour and taste. For example, the pouch may resemble a snus pouch in terms of at least its appearance, texture and odour, or its appearance, texture and taste, or its appearance, odour and taste, or its texture, odour and taste. In some examples, the pouch described herein has at least four sensory characteristics which resemble a snus pouch, such as in terms of its appearance, texture, odour and taste. In some examples, the pouch has as many sensory characteristics resembling a snus pouch as possible. In some examples the pouch herein may have sensory characteristics resembling a snus pouch because the cellulosic material of the content has sensory characteristics resembling snus. For example, the cellulosic material may resemble at least one, at least two, at least three or at least four sensory characteristics of snus (e.g., at least one, two three or four of the appearance, texture, odour and taste of snus). "Snus" will be familiar to the skilled person in this technical field and is a smokeless, powdered form of tobacco intended for oral delivery. Snus may be provided in loose form or in a pouch, e.g., a conventional snus pouch. Snus is typically made from ground tobacco and additives such as water and salt. "Snus pouch" is used herein to refer to a pouch containing snus. The resemblance of a pouch of the present smokeless articl