摘要 |
<p>A nicotine-reducing agent and a smoking device for reducing nicotine which are to be used for lowering the nicotine content in the tobacco mainstream smoke; and a method of lowering the nicotine content in the tobacco mainstream smoke by using the nicotine-reducing agent or the smoking device for reducing nicotine as described above. This nicotine-reducing agent may comprise an aqueous liquid composition containing at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of tamarind seed gum, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, tara gum, guar gum, pectin, pullulan, psyllium seed gum, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxyprpylmethylcellulose and carageenan and having a viscosity of from 500 to 3000 mPa.s.</p> |