Anti-smoking oral composition

• US 4,832,994 A
• Filed: 09/02/1987
• Issued: 05/23/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael S. Fey
• Original Assignee: Michael S. Fey
• Inventors: Fey, Michael S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Robinson, Ellis P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ryan, P. J.
• Application Number:
  US07/092,045
• Time in Patent Office: 629 Days
• Field of Search: 426/3, 426/5, 424/48, 424/439, 424/440, 424/464, 424/468, 424/469, 424/484, 424/485, 514/813, 514/948, 514/959, 514/964, 514/965, 514/974
• US Class Current: 424/48
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/28 Compounds containing heavy metals
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/0056 Mouth soluble or dispersible forms; Suckable, eatable, chewable coherent forms; Forms rapidly disintegrating in the mouth; Lozenges; Lollipops; Bite capsules; Baked products; Baits or other oral forms for animals

Abstract

Anti-smoking oral preparations are provided containing a silver compound as the anti-smoking agent and a sweetener in which the silver compound is present in amounts of from 0.1 mg. to 2.5 mg. and the ratio of sweetness intensity based on sucrose to silver compound content is from 100:1 to 2500:1.

Claims

1. A lozenge having an acceptable taste upon dissolution in the absence of smoking but providing an unpleasant taste upon smoking, the sole smoking deterrent active ingredient in said lozenge consisting essentially of from 0.1 mg to not more than 2.5 mg of silver acetate uniformly distributed in a lozenge base, said lozenge providing a uniform release of said silver acetate upon dissolution of said lozenge base in the mouth, said lozenge base containing as its major component a quantity of sweetener sufficient to produce a ratio of sweetness intensity to silver acetate of from 100:

1 to 2500;

1.

2. A lozenge according to claim 1 wherein the amount of silver acetate uniformly distributed in the lozenge base is from 0.5 to 2 mg.

3. A lozenge according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of sweetness intensity to silver acetate is from 500:

1 to 1000;

1.

4. A lozenge according to claim 1 wherein the sweetener comprises sucrose.

5. A lozenge according to claim 1 wherein the sweetener comprises corn syrup.

6. A lozenge according to claim 1 wherein the sweetener is a mixture of sucrose and corn syrup.