Education and demonstration – Psychology
Patent
1992-08-31
1994-05-03
Weiss, John G.
Education and demonstration
Psychology
G09B 1900
Patent
active
053082451
ABSTRACT:
A kit for facilitating a person stopping smoking includes a resilient, manually graspable tactile device or grip that is about the shape and size of a usual pack of cigarettes that fits into the hand of a person, and inducement means for inducing a person to use the tactile means and for instructing the person in the use of the kit, the inducement means may include prerecorded audio material and/or printed material. A method to facilitate a person stopping smoking includes holding a tactile means is one hand, squeezing the tactile means until a burning sensation is experienced in the forearm, releasing the tactile means, changing hands and repeating the foregoing steps until the desire to smoke a cigarette decreases to a controllable level.
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Gat-A-Grip Enterprises
Smith Jeffrey A.
Weiss John G.
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