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Patent No. 5871518

Smoking Cessation Lighter and Method

A lighter for tobacco products suppresses the urge to smoke by operant conditioning.

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Examiner: Chon, Peter


Primary examiner statistics: 0 patents; average approval time: N/A
Assistant examiner statistics: 77 patents; average approval time: 108 days

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