Short explanation
I would like to create an attractive and presentable oxygen inhaler wich would allow smokers to quit without
loosing the "positive effects" of this addiction (ex.: higher concentration) and without health side effects. It should be
as handy as a cigarette so it can be used anywhere, anytime.
Explanation
The smoking process:
Tar brings
Nicotine to the lungs, the lungs bring nicotine to the brain via blood circulation in about 7 seconds. Additionally a smoker
inhales 4000 chemicals some of them being toxic.
Here follows a comparison between the
effects from smoking and the effects from an oxygen inhaler:
| Smoking |
Oxygen inhaler |
|
|
| The „positive effects“: |
|
| |
|
| 1- Concentration |
yes |
| 2- Faster thinking |
yes |
| 3- Happiness |
yes |
| 4- Better memory |
yes |
| 5- More energy (by the effect on hormones) |
yes |
| 6- One becomes less agressive. |
yes |
| |
|
| The negative Effects: |
|
| |
|
| 1- Free radicals (unstable oxygen molecule) |
none |
| 2- Respiratory problems |
none |
| 3- Cancer |
none |
| 4- Addiction |
none |
There is no practical replacement to meet smoker’s needs, smokers remains stuck
in the addiction line (Diagramm).
Phase 1 - Smoker seeks a well-being feeling.
Phase 2 - Smoker feels good after a cigarette; "positives effects" of nicotine.
Phase 3 - "Positives effects" diminishes and negative effects start damaging
the
body, the smoker feels unwell.
Phase 4 - Smoker remembers the good feelings of phase 2, he smokes another
cigarette.
Phase 5 - Smoker feels well again, this reinforce the feeling that smoking helps
him feel well, therefore strengthens his addiction.
Phase 6 - The cycle renews itself. His general well-being is worse than phase 3+4.
His need to smoke is greater. He smokes more and/or
more frequently.
The smoker’s need is genuine and "good" however he becomes it from the wrong sources, therefore the idea of an oxygen
Inhaler.
Oxygen therapy is nothing new, but it is not possible to use it in all places or at any given moment. Of course there are
already portable oxygen sources but it looks as though you are taking your “medicine". It is not well accepted in public
places therefore uneasy to use.
My idea is an oxygen inhaler in a new attractive design shaped like a cigarette. One could get a healthy mental stimulation
at any time, in any places and this would be publicly acceptable.
There is no danger of overdose, the oxygen inhaler is at any time enjoyable. The inhalers are offered in similar packaging
as cigarettes. The outside of the inhaler is made of light alloy where various design can be printed (e.g. classic, sport,
rock, artistic etc....). It could even glow in the dark or the mouthpiece could be manufactured with different tastes. The
possibilities are infinite and the smoker becomes an additional spiritual boost. The used inhalers could be recycled to save
the environment. The inhalers are simply a pleasant way with style to strengthen one’s health anywhere, anytime. This
can ease the life of many smokers (and others).
