Hypnotist M. Vance Romane - Romane promotes his seminars, tapes, and videos, for weight loss and quitting smoking. The usual testimonials; no measurements of effectiveness provided.
The I've Quit Process - Product is an audio CD and booklet. Makes no effectiveness claim.
Joelle Publishing - Sells a quit-smoking book and on-site training courses.
Lifesign - Small electronic timer that tells you when you can have your next cigarette; used for tapering off. Effectiveness measurements: about 25% of customers were smokefree 18 months later, about 40% for customers who also were in group counseling.
Lightfree - It's a cigarette but you don't light it, you hold it and suck on it; no quit effectiveness claim made.
LivingFree - Online quit smoking program; makes a claim of 60-80% effectiveness, based on unpublished or uncited research.
Mint Snuff - Non-tobacco chew made of mint claimed to be an alternative to, or way of quitting, chewing tobacco or smoking. Makes a safety claim (safe to eat) but not a quitting effectiveness claim.
MIR Holistics - Product is herb pill based on Ayurveda.
Naturstopp - Product is herb drops. No effectiveness claim made.
NicoBloc - Product is corn syrup drops claimed to block nicotine when dropped on the cigarette.
Nicobrevin - Product is pills; doesn't say what they contain. Claimed to calm nerves and reduce craving. No quit effectiveness claim made.
Nicotine Free Cigarettes - Cigarettes made from the cocoa bean don't contain nicotine. Makes no quit effectiveness claim or safety claim.
One Step at a Time - Set of four filters. Each filter claimed to remove progressively more tar and nicotine, which is then claimed to wean smokers from addiction. No effectiveness measurements presented.
Online Hypnosis - Interactive online audio/video quit smoking program. Makes no quit effectiveness claim.
Personal Perforator - Product pokes holes in the filter which is claimed to help tapering down. No effectiveness measurements presented.
PhaseOut - Pokes holes in the filter, which is claimed to reduce nicotine. Effectiveness: the company "disclaims all warranties, including fitness for a particular purpose."
Stop Smoking Now - Laser pointer claimed to be a quit smoking, quit drinking, quit drugs, and lose weight product.
Stop Smoking Recovery Programs - Quit smoking program, including books, tapes, and videos, videos with closed-captioning for the hearing impaired, cessation treatment, sobriety. No effectiveness measurements presented.
Stop Smoking With Hypnosis - Hypnotic technique to help you quit smoking easily and permanently and without gaining weight. Developed by Licensed Clinical Psychologist who helped many quit, including himself, with hypnosis.
Stopring - A ring that you put on your finger is said to make smoking awkward. No quit effectiveness claim made.
System 4 - Information and ordering instructions about a filter-based progressive method of reducing your dependency on nicotine, making it easier to quit smoking.
War on Terrorism Focus on the war on terrorism: September 11, 2001, Al-Qaida, US intervention in Afghanistan, military operations, news and media, human rights and liberties, international policy. www.war-on-terrorism.info
Actionpact - Product is an online tutorial. No effectiveness claim made.
Botanics - Product is herb pills. No quit effectiveness claim made.
Butt It Out - Claims to have Health Canada and FDA approval. Product is herbs, in pills or spray form. No effectiveness measurements presented.
Cigamint - Mint inhaler shaped like a cigarette. No quit effectiveness claim made.
Ciganot Inc. - Offering a smokeless cigarette to address the hand-to-mouth portion of the addiction.
CigArrest - Herbal pills, gum, and lozenges. Makes a safety claim but not an effectiveness claim.
Cig-No - Herbal spray claimed to create an aversion to smoking. No quit effectiveness claim made.
Crush the Habit - Product is a rubber stress ball in shape of cigarette pack; you squeeze it instead of lighting up. No effectiveness claim made.
Fibre shake - Drink claimed to remove nicotine from the body. Makes no quit effectiveness claim.
Fifty, or How to Quit Smoking in 7 days! - Product is a book.
Filtered Cigarettes - Product is a device claimed to filter nicotine from the cigarette; no quit effectiveness claim made.
Final Smoke - Herb pills said to remove nicotine from the body; makes no quit effectiveness claim.
Gama Health Systems - Product is herb pills. No effectiveness claim made.
Honeyrose Products Ltd. - Sales of herbal mixes and cigarettes.
Hypnotist M. Vance Romane - Romane promotes his seminars, tapes, and videos, for weight loss and quitting smoking. The usual testimonials; no measurements of effectiveness provided.
The I've Quit Process - Product is an audio CD and booklet. Makes no effectiveness claim.
Joelle Publishing - Sells a quit-smoking book and on-site training courses.
Lifesign - Small electronic timer that tells you when you can have your next cigarette; used for tapering off. Effectiveness measurements: about 25% of customers were smokefree 18 months later, about 40% for customers who also were in group counseling.
Lightfree - It's a cigarette but you don't light it, you hold it and suck on it; no quit effectiveness claim made.
LivingFree - Online quit smoking program; makes a claim of 60-80% effectiveness, based on unpublished or uncited research.
Mint Snuff - Non-tobacco chew made of mint claimed to be an alternative to, or way of quitting, chewing tobacco or smoking. Makes a safety claim (safe to eat) but not a quitting effectiveness claim.
MIR Holistics - Product is herb pill based on Ayurveda.
Naturstopp - Product is herb drops. No effectiveness claim made.
NicoBloc - Product is corn syrup drops claimed to block nicotine when dropped on the cigarette.
Nicobrevin - Product is pills; doesn't say what they contain. Claimed to calm nerves and reduce craving. No quit effectiveness claim made.
Nicotine Free Cigarettes - Cigarettes made from the cocoa bean don't contain nicotine. Makes no quit effectiveness claim or safety claim.
One Step at a Time - Set of four filters. Each filter claimed to remove progressively more tar and nicotine, which is then claimed to wean smokers from addiction. No effectiveness measurements presented.
One-Day-at-a-Time SmokeStoppers Program - Based on 23-year SmokeStoppers program. Online course and assistance. Makes no effectiveness claim.
Online Hypnosis - Interactive online audio/video quit smoking program. Makes no quit effectiveness claim.
Personal Perforator - Product pokes holes in the filter which is claimed to help tapering down. No effectiveness measurements presented.
PhaseOut - Pokes holes in the filter, which is claimed to reduce nicotine. Effectiveness: the company "disclaims all warranties, including fitness for a particular purpose."
Quit Smart Stop Smoking Resources, Inc. - Offering a kit, hypnosis cds and tapes. Includes information on local classes.
Quit Smoking Hub - Product is herb pills. No quit effectiveness claim made.
Quit Smoking With Joe - Product is software.
101QuitSmoking.com - Sells several cessation aids.
Quitting in Time - Booklet and audio cassette.
Smoke RX - Herb product; makes no quit effectiveness claim.
The Smoke Stop - Sells "the Cure" which is a technique. No quit effectiveness claim made.
SmokEnders - Self-study course based on seminar program plus phone consultation; claims 38% quit effectiveness.
Smokerlyzer - Product is a carbon monoxide tester and a quit plan.
Smokers Edge - Cigarette alternative, which contains no tobacco or nicotine.
SmokeSignals - Device similar to LifeSign, schedules when to smoke, arranges a tapering off method of quitting.
Smokexit - Product is a manual or workbook.
Stop Smoking - Product is a book and audio tape. Book said to contain subliminal messages to quit. No effectiveness claim made.
Stop smoking for good - Offers a 10 piece educational audio stop smoking kit.
Stop Smoking Now - Laser pointer claimed to be a quit smoking, quit drinking, quit drugs, and lose weight product.
Stop Smoking Recovery Programs - Quit smoking program, including books, tapes, and videos, videos with closed-captioning for the hearing impaired, cessation treatment, sobriety. No effectiveness measurements presented.
Stop Smoking With Hypnosis - Hypnotic technique to help you quit smoking easily and permanently and without gaining weight. Developed by Licensed Clinical Psychologist who helped many quit, including himself, with hypnosis.
Stop Using Smokeless Tobacco Now - Product is an e-textbook along with support forum.
Stopring - A ring that you put on your finger is said to make smoking awkward. No quit effectiveness claim made.
System 4 - Information and ordering instructions about a filter-based progressive method of reducing your dependency on nicotine, making it easier to quit smoking.
Therapy Store Smoking Cessation Program - Stop smoking program uses Lifesign product to help users to quit smoking, chewing or dipping nicotine products.
