FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new cigarette or cigarette- like device intended for administration of at least one substance to a human. The device is a medical cigarette device .

BACKGROUND

It is desired to provide an efficient and inexpensive method of administering various substances to a human.

Cigarettes with nicotine on the outside are known.

WO2006052177 discloses a smokeless cigarette wherein a surface layer of the cigarette in at least a region at the part of the cigarette that when using the cigarette is intended to come in contact with the skin of a user, is impregnated with nicotine, so that the nicotine therein can be transferred to the skin of the user when handling and using the cigarette and therefrom into the blood system of the user. There are also cigarettes, e-cigarettes and so on which administer nicotine via the air that is drawn through the device in inhaled by the user. The nicotine solution can be vaporized and inhaled.

US8656932 discloses a cigarette with nicotine on the sleeve and nicotine in a filter region.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

A problem in the state of the art regarding administration of various substances is that administration to the lips or via the inhaled air may not always be sufficient or may lead to undesired effects such as an unpleasant feeling on the lips.

Another problem in the art is that some substances to be administered may have an unpleasant taste and that masking the unpleasant taste with another substance which is administered the same route is difficult.

It is an object of the present invention to obviate at least some of the disadvantages in the prior art and to provide an improved cigarette or cigarette-like device. Advantages of the invention includes the possibility of an easy way of administering various substance with the aid of a cigarette or cigarette-like object. Often a cigarette-like object can be manufactured in a cost efficient way.

The administration of a substance using a single route may be difficult. For instance, the masking of an unpleasant taste can be easier when the substance and the aroma are

administered by different routes. For instance, a substance can be vaporized and a tasteful substance can be administered via the lips. The administration of several substances at the same time is an advantage. The administration of a substance together with for instance a conventional cigarette is also an advantage since the user can continue the smoking habit and that the conventional cigarette can mask an unpleasant or unfamiliar taste or smell of the substance to be administered. Further, the administration of one or several substance can become more efficient with using both inhalation and contact with lips/ fingers .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION Before the invention is disclosed and described in detail, it is to be understood that this invention is not limited to particular compounds, configurations, method steps,

substrates, and materials disclosed herein as such compounds, configurations, method steps, substrates, and materials may vary somewhat. It is also to be understood that the

terminology employed herein is used for the purpose of

describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting since the scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

It must be noted that, as used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise . If nothing else is defined, any terms and scientific

terminology used herein are intended to have the meanings commonly understood by those of skill in the art to which this invention pertains.

In a first aspect there is provided a medical cigarette device intended to be used by a human user where at least a part of the outside surface of the medical cigarette device is

intended to come into contact with the lips and/or fingers of the user, and wherein it is intended that the user shall inhale air drawn through the medical cigarette device, wherein the medical cigarette device is coated with at least one first substance at least on a part of the outside surface intended to come into contact with the lips and/or fingers of the user, and the medical cigarette device comprises at least one from the group consisting of -means for making an aerosol of solid particles of at least one second substance and/or an aerosol of liquid droplets of at least one second substance in air to be inhaled by the user,

-means for making a solution of at least one second substance in air to be inhaled by the user, and

-means for making a reaction product of at least one second substance in air to be inhaled by the user.

In one embodiment the first and second substances are the same. In an alternative embodiment the first and second substances are different substances.

It is conceived that the medical cigarette device is a

suitable way to administer various compounds to a human. First the medical cigarette device comprises a substance that comes into contact with the user and secondly there is another substance (or in some embodiments the same first substance) to be administered for instance in another way. The second substance can be administered as an aerosol or dissolved in the air or gas inhaled through the medical cigarette device. It can also be administered by making a reaction product which is inhaled. The reaction can be heating for instance if the medical cigarette is a conventional cigarette the substance is heated as the cigarette is smoked.

In one embodiment where the medical cigarette device is a conventional cigarette the outer paper of the medical

cigarette device is coated and/or impregnated with a substance and the smoke is inhaled as the cigarette burns. The substance impregnated in the paper is thus inhaled or a reaction product of the impregnated substance in inhaled.

The medical cigarette device is an easy and cost efficient way to administer a substance to a human. In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises tobacco. In an alternative embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises does not comprise tobacco.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises a filter impregnated with at least one substance.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device is a

conventional cigarette comprising tobacco, optionally a filter, a tipping paper around the filter or region intended to come into contact with the lips of the user, and a paper around the tobacco. In one embodiment the paper around the tobacco is impregnated with any of the substances mentioned in this application. The substance (s) will be administered together with the smoke of the cigarette. In one embodiment the tipping paper is impregnated with the same or any other of the substances mentioned in this application. The substance (s) will them mainly be administered via the lips of the user and to some extent via the skin for instance on the fingers. In one embodiment the filter itself is impregnated with the same or any other of the substances mentioned in this application. The substance (s) will them be administered with the smoke of the cigarette and to some extent vie the lips. In one

embodiment the tobacco is impregnated with the same or any other of the substances mentioned in this application. When the user is smoking the conventional cigarette the

substance (s) is (are) inhaled together with the smoke of the conventional cigarette.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises a vaporizer .

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one medical substance. In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one substance intended to give a desired taste.

In one embodiment the at least one substance at least on a part of the outside surface intended to come into contact with the lips and/or fingers of the user is at least one substance intended to give a desired taste.

In one embodiment the at least one substance intended to give a desired taste is at least one selected from the group comprising whisky aroma, and cognac aroma. In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one substance selected from the group consisting of 4- Methylmethcathinone, a-Methylphenethylhydroxylamine,

Acetyldihydrocodeine, Amphetamine, Cannabinol and derivatives, Cannabis, Cannabinoids , Codeine, Dihydrocodeine,

Ethylmorphine, Glutethimide, Ketamine, Lefetamine,

Lisdexamfetamine, Marijuana, Mecloqualone, Methaqualone,

Methcathinone, Methoxetamine, Methylphenidate,

Methylphenobarbitone, Naphyrone, Nicocodeine, Nicodicodine, Norcodeine, Pentazocine, Phenmetrazine, Pholcodine, Propiram, THC, and Zipeprol.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one pharmaceutically active substance.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one pharmaceutically active substance. In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one alkaloid.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one phenantrene. In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of morphine, codeine, and thebaine.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of amphetamine, amphetamine derivatives, 3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, and ephedrine.

Any combination of two or more of all substances and classes of substances mentioned in the text as well as any other substance and substances and classes of substances can freely be combined to achieve desired effects in the present medical cigarette device.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant. In one embodiment the medical cigarette device is cylindrical.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device looks like a cigarette .

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device is coated with at least one first substance at least on a part of the outside surface intended to come into contact with the lips and/or fingers of the user, wherein the at least one first substance has a pleasant taste, and wherein the medical cigarette device comprises at least one second substance with an unpleasant taste. In one embodiment the second substance is intended to be inhaled as an aerosol. The substance which comes into contact with the lips of the user will mask the taste of the inhaled aerosol which for some substances is more efficient compared to for instance a masking substance in the aerosol. In one embodiment the at least one substance is in liquid form.

In one embodiment the at least one substance is in gel form.

In one embodiment the at least one substance is present as a cream.

In one embodiment the at least one substance is in solid form.

It is conceived that there is at least one substance coated on at least a part of the outside surface of the medical

cigarette device. Further there is at least one substance from which an aerosol and/or a solution in air can be made. The least one substance coated on at least a part of the outside surface of the medical cigarette device can be viewed as at least one first substance. The at least one substance from which an aerosol and/or a solution in air is made can be viewed as at least one second substance. These two groups of substances can be the same or different substance.

The at least one second substance is made into an aerosol by means known to the skilled person. It can also be made into a solution in air drawn through the medical cigarette device. The air comprising the aerosol and/or solution of substance in the air is intended to be inhaled by the user.

In one embodiment the medical cigarette device comprises at least one vitamin.

In a second aspect there is provided a method of

administrating at least one substance to a human characterized in that a medical cigarette device described above is used.