Patent ID: 8381739
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A24F,A61K,A61M

Abstract:
1. A system for simulated tobacco-free smoking, the system comprising: a first group of containers wherein each container of the first group confines a dosage of a liquid tobacco-free nicotine formulation that is aerosolizable and inhalable; a second group of containers wherein each container of the second group confines a dosage of a liquid tobacco-free nicotine formulation that is aerosolizable and inhalable and wherein the second group is different from the first group of containers in the amount of nicotine in the containers; and an inhaler device configured to accept a container from the first group or second group of containers and aerosolize all of the nicotine formulation confined in a container for delivery in a single inhalation; wherein the dosage is present in the container in a sufficient amount, and the inhaler device is characterized such that when the formulation is aerosolized it provides an aerosol of particles that when inhaled by a human provides an arterial nicotine concentration of at least 15 ng/ml in 1 minute or less.