METHOD OF REDUCING TOXICITY OF TOBACCO FOR HOOKAH Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A24B3/12 

FIELD: tobacco industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to production of smoking mixture for hookah, comprising selection of leaf tobacco raw material, stem removal, moistening and milling leaves to sizes not less than 1 cm², preliminary preparation of sauce and its application on tobacco, ageing mixture and packaging, wherein nicotine content is first determined in milled tobacco raw material, tobacco is mixed with milled plant additive with aromatic note in a certain ratio, depending on nicotine content in tobacco, but for the vegetal additive to be of not more than 20 % of the total composition of the target product, mixture is conditioned to moisture content 25-30 %, pasteurised at temperature 50±5 °C for 7 hours, and sauce, consisting of glycerine and honey, is heated to 60 °C, mixture is held for not less than 72 hours with periodic mixing.

EFFECT: technical result is reduction of toxicity.

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