Easy breathing. (L.A. Stories).Take a deep breath. That may not be the advice of most products that purport to help smokers kick the habit, but Venice-based Advanced Inhalation inhalation /in·ha·la·tion/ (in?hah-la´shun) 1. the drawing of air or other substances into the lungs.inhala´tional 2. the drawing of an aerosolized drug into the lungs with the breath. 3. Revolutions Inc. has its own ideas. The company is marketing an aromatherapy aromatherapy Therapy using essential oils and water-based colloids extracted from plant materials to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual health and balance. Single or combined extracts may be diffused into inhaled air, used in massage oil, or added to bathwater. machine that manufacturers claim will provide smokers an oral fix without the nicotine that patches and gum contain. "Manufacturers that make nicotine gum nicotine gum Nicotine polacrilex A masticant that slowly releases nicotine, ameliorating the effects of tobacco withdrawal and the intensity of relapse factors–eg, weight gain and patches just substitute one form of nicotine for another," said AIR Chief Executive Karl Goetz. "Our process provides a warm burst of air that simulates smoking." The units, called NicoHale, cost between $199 and $299. It turns out that one unsolicited group of users are health-conscious marijuana smokers who have long used machines that heat the plant substance, releasing the vapor of the active ingredient An active ingredient, also active pharmaceutical ingredient (or API), is the substance in a drug that is pharmaceutically active. Some medications may contain more than one active ingredient. tetrahydrocannabinol tetrahydrocannabinol /tet·ra·hy·dro·can·nab·i·nol/ (THC) (-hi?dro-kah-nab´i-nol) the active principle of cannabis, occurring in two isomeric forms, both considered psychomimetically active. without the lung-damaging smoke. "We anticipated the cross-over use for illegal drugs and made policies on advice from our lawyers to ensure we are not promoting drug use," Goetz said. "It's certainly not the customers we're pursuing." |
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