ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,153, issued on March 24.

"Oral formulations of kava and nicotine" was invented by Jerry Wayne Ross (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are oral formulations comprising a nicotine composition and/or a kava composition. The oral formulations comprising a nicotine composition and/or a kava composition disclosed herein may be formulated as a chewable tablet, a lozenge, a chewing gum, a dissolvable oral strip, or a pouch. Also disclosed herein are methods for making a chewable tablet, a lozenge, a chewing gum, a dissolvable oral strip, or a pouch comprising a nicotine composition and/or a kava compositio...