Greetings.. I have a vested interest in the free flow of this commerce. While I do not currently smoke tobacco, I did in fact smoke for almost 20 years. I on my own quit cold turkey. (not pleasant but doable). In the time since, I have become acutely aware of the damages of cigarette smoking as I now work for a board certified Immunologist/Allergist and see the devastating effects on people from cigarettes. In the last 10 years, we have used many devices and ideas for patients to quit smoking and all have roughly the same success rate over time. Each also has its own set of unique drawbacks and side effects. Drugs tend to affect the mental state of a person and items like the patch and gum only address a portion of the issue. Nicotine addiction and the oral fixation of smoking present a dual addiction not addressed by any other device. The first generation of