Gizmodo: Smoking

Hands-On with the Indoor-Approved Super Smoker

Adam Frucci — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:30:00 EDT

Zara from Shiny Shiny got her hands on the Super Smoker, an electronic fake cigarette that allows you to smoke your filthy cancer sticks indoors due to the fact that it emits a harmless vapor. It uses replacable cartridges that come in a variety of nicotine levels, and while I'm sure it'll keep you from getting the shakes if you're a serious smoker, I doubt that it provides the smooth, satisfying flavor of a real cigarette. And for $140 plus more for the cartridges, maybe it'd be cheaper to just go outside with a real cigarette. Or, you know, quit. If only smoking didn't make you look so cool! Remember that, kids. [Product Page via ShinyShiny]

The Smoking Gun BBQs Without Bullets, Sadly

Mark Wilson — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Anybody else out there a big Top Chef fan? Because The Smoking Gun is a product right out of Richard Blais' arsenal. Packable with any wood chips you like, the gun lets out a steady stream of smoke that can "marinate" foods in flavor when the grill just won't do. I'm not sure that I subscribe to the idea that Saran Wrapping some smoke around food for a few minutes while setting the table will rock one's palate, but you can give it a try yourself for $50. [Cuisine Technology via ShinyShiny]

Bong Guitar Hits All the High Notes

AddyDugdale — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:30:00 EDT

The guy in the leopard-skin fez is Mike Edison, a former editor of High Times. The guitar that he's strumming on not-so-convincingly is the ChroniCaster, a bulletproof plexiglass little number, complete with bong add-on for those whose motto is Fumo, Ergo Sum. I think this is all a ploy to publicize Edison's new book, entitled I Like Words So Much I'm Going to Give My Autobiography a Mahoosive Title So That Everyone Will Get Tired of Reading It and Just Go Out And Buy It. Hello? Is Anyone There? Please Come Back, I'm Stoned and Paranoid. No, it's called I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World. Now, someone get him a glass of water. [YouTube via Boing Boing]

Hookah Table Not What It Sounds Like, Thank Gawd

AddyDugdale — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Not something that you frak your lady of the night on top of, nor anything to do with William Shatner, Adrian Zmed and Heather Locklear, the Hookah Table is a customized table that you can get high on, as well as under. Costing around $600 bucks, there's a bowl on top, which I guess you can put the salt in when your folks come round for dinner, and four hoses for you and your mates to suck on after your Mom has done the washing up and the coast is clear. You can choose from loads of different finishes (sadly, Happy is not one of them) but I'm sure if Ms Locklear makes it to yours you could ask her if she's up for it. [Hookah Tables via BallerHouse]

Electronic Cigar Not Something You'd Find in Monica Lewinsky's Underwear Drawer

AddyDugdale — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:21:54 EST

Although it sounds like something you might find tucked away in Monica Lewinsky's bedside table, the electronic cigar is a SMOKE. Give it its full title, "Natural Wood Effect Electronic Cigar" and you would think that it belonged in Bill's bedroom, though. It works on the same principle as most electronic cigarettes—see how in the diagram below.

The Natural Wood Effect Electronic Cigar costs $76 and comes with batteries, recharger and 22 cartridges‐apparently the equivalent to 22 packs of cigars. Last time I looked, they came in either boxes or tubes. Or Monica. [Electronic Cigar via Nerd Approved]

Solar Lighter: A Greener Way to Smoke

Kit Eaton — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:51:55 EST

Like some kind of tiny parabolic burning mirror that would make Archimedes proud, this solar lighter captures the sun's rays and focuses them to a central spot that can reach 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. Result: an economic, fossil-fuel-free way to light your smelly cigarettes. If that's not ironic enough, today is World Cancer Day! Let's just call it a "survival tool" instead, and say it's just an environmentally graceful way to, uh, start forest fires. [Shiny Shiny]

10 Gadgets For Smokers That Don't Want to Quit

Sean Fallon — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:30:12 EST

Despite being kicked out of public places, ripped off by the man at the checkout, bombarded with annoying "truth" ads about the horrible death that awaits you, and generally being treated like outcasts by society —you continue to reside in that little country called "Flavor." And you have decided that no commercial or politician in Washington is going to force you to pick up and move. So, for all of those die-hards out there, it is nice to know that there are still a few manufacturers that are smoker friendly.

Wristwatch Lighter (Because It's Always Time for a Smoke Break)

Mark Wilson — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:01:06 EST

Fact: smoking will kill you. More important fact: smoking is cool. And since we've given up on ending your enviable addiction, you might as well take it to the next level with this 1947 Wrist Lighter. Not actually containing a time mechanism, users could use other situations to denote chronological importance, like "it sure is a good time now that they've outlawed prohibition" and "this time I'll try not to light my hair on fire." You know, stuff like that is all you really need. [modernmechanix via gadgetlab]

Cigarette Machine to Teens: "Get Outta Here Ya Damn Kids!"

Benny Goldman — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:00:00 EST

Listen up, Japanese teens: vending machine maker Fujitaka Co. is on to your sneaky cigarette-buying ways, and has created a machine that uses a camera and face recognition software to try and stop you. The machine takes your picture when you press the "Adult Recognition" button, and analyzes your face for wrinkles and sagging. If it thinks you aren't saggy enough, you must insert your license for age verification. In a test of 500 people, the machine spotted adults with 90% accuracy. Looks like the big kid with the crustache sitting at the back of your math class is about to be your new best friend; at least until you smoke enough to get wrinkled and buy cigarettes on your own. [Textually via The Raw Feed]

Light 'Em Up With This Pig Lighter

Charlie White — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:52:43 EDT

What's up with these weird smoking accessories lately? First we see the immoral cigarette extinguishing devices (NSFW), and now here's this crazy Pig Lighter that works when you push his goofy little hat back. Suddenly, flames come billowing out his nostrils like he's some kind of angry fire-breathing dragon. And then the clincher: When you want to refill him with butane, you stick that nozzle right up his ass. Weird. [Idea Topic, via TFTS]

Cigarette Extinguisher Has a Big Mouth (NSFW)

Charlie White — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:40:00 EDT

Oh, for crying out loud. What are those kooky Japanese people going to think of next? Inserting a butt into this innocent gal's mouth? It even sounds wrong. There are so many things here that we don't approve of, we'll just have to make a bulleted list:
• Smoking
• Harlotry
• Improper fantasies
• Nudity
• Porcelain figurines
• Drinking
• Spitting/Swallowing
• Putting out cigarettes in somebody's mouth
Let's hope no Gizmodo readers ever partake of such filth. Look, even her nipples are showing. Somebody, make this $3.23 cigarette-parking device go away. Watch out for the NSFW gallery, where this suckweed-gagging clay-fired strumpet looks even tackier. [Tokyo Mango]

Crown7 'Electronic Cigarette' Delivers All the Nicotine with None of the Smoke

Adam Frucci — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:00:05 EDT

Do all these smoking bans have you feeling down? Do you miss being able to puff away on your death sticks with impunity, no matter where you were? Well, this Crown7 "electronic cigarette" will allow you to enjoy some piping-hot nicotine wherever you are, be it a place that allows smoking or not. It's basically a nicotine vaporizer, using nicotine cartridges to give you the drug you so badly crave. They market it as an answer to smoking bans, but it seems just as suitable for helping you quit your disgusting habit as well. [Product Page via Coolest Gadgets]

Mem|lite USB Lighter Stores Your Data/Lights Up Your Spliff

Charlie White — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:03:06 EDT

Having trouble getting that nicotine monkey off your back? Until you do, might as well make that addiction useful by carrying around Mem|lite, a USB flash drive that doubles as a lighter, putting together two objects that have very little to do with each other. Well, not unless you want to store all the reasons why you are quitting on that 512MB (or up to 4GB) of flash memory storage. We like the way the product's website explains it best:

Mem|light is like a relationship between a man and a woman. In many ways both don't go together very well. Still, this medley of fire, emotion and rational logic results in an exciting combination.

Run out of fire, refill the lighter. Run out of ideas, refill the drive with fresh data. Makes sense to me. The Mem|lite's USB drive is quite small, storing itself away on the bottom of the lighter like a little car parking in a garage. Plus, you can customize these things with your own corporate logo, if your company is one of those "two worlds collide" type of organizations, or maybe a bunch of doper hackers. The 512MB model sells for $40. [Mem|lite, via Everything USB]

VPapers Self-Sticking Rolling Papers Take the Lick Out Of Smoking

Charlie White — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EDT

Stop licking that blunt, getting your spit all over it and everything, and start using these self-stick VPapers from Sustainable Trading Limited. Apparently creating and patenting these self-sticking rolling papers was not quite as simple as you might think.

These guys did extensive market research, probably involving smoking lots and lots of, uh, vegetable material, just to make sure the finished product was up to snuff. The researchers discovered that "more than half the people we spoke to said whilst they love the ritual of rolling, they would rather not have to lick their cigarette to seal it shut." Now they've patented the process, somehow making the ends self-sticking while still making the papers easy to package and dispense.

Stamps are increasingly self-sticking, why not rolling papers? Great idea. VPapers are available in a couple of different weights, and also in regular and king-size, giving you a nice long 100mm smoke. Fire 'em up. [VPapers]

Tar Ashtray Concept Measures Your Dwindling Lifeforce, Smokers

Brian Lam — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:15:18 EDT

Anthony Voz, of London, designed this concept ashtray which would measure the ash in its base to guesstimate just how many minutes, days, weeks, and years you shave away with every puff. Could be time to pick up that $200 anti-smoking cigarette. Or lose the preachy friends. Just saying.
[Imovate IDG via Yanko]

Tobacco-Flavored Condoms, Party In Your Mouth

Mark Wilson — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:46:33 EDT

In order to promote safe sex among India's prostitutes, Hindustan Latex Ltd has developed "paan-flavored" condoms—making a man's...cigar...resemble the tasty Indian treat of betel nuts, spices and tobacco wrapped in betel leaves. At first you might say, "Sign me up!!" And we can certainly understand the enthusiasm. But are these prophylactics missing the point?

After all, don't we all smell like tobacco after a good night of partying anyway? I always considered that odoriferous menthol coating on your skin to be free with the purchase of enough drinks—a sort of invisible car freshener for your body, or 25-cent bowling bathroom cologne without the need for spare change.

I remember when taking a girl to a bar and getting her drunk used to mean something—and condoms were something you just pretended to wear. But give me a tobacco AND tequila AND rufie flavored condom...and that's a complete night on the town. [hindlatex via theregister]

Solopipe Self-Igniting Bowl Lets the Good Times Roll

Charlie White — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:45:22 EDT

No more fumbling around for a lighter with the brand new Solopipe, the self-lighting pipe that lets you put your weed in its bowl, slide the lid over it, and then you can carry around your own personal mobile smoking station right there in your pocket. Open up the lid on that bowl, pull the lighter's trigger, and it automatically fires up that fine smoking mixture you've packed inside.

Too bad there's not a stash compartment inside that lets you inject just the right amount of smoking substance into that bowl. Maybe that'll be one of the features of version 2.0. Anyway, just keep this baby filled up with gas and weed, and you're good to go. The bad news? You'd better smoke the schwag for a while, because this little tokin' tool will set you back $80.

Product Page [Solopipe]

Lighter in a Cell Phone's Skin: Sort of Sneaky, Sort of Not

Matt Buchanan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:30:11 EDT

What at first glance looks like a dolphin fetishist's DoCoMo cellphone is in fact a covert lighter, perfect for keeping your dirty habit under wraps (except you know, the packs of fags lying around, the smell, etc.).

If you drop the three bucks and change on one of these (available in a rainbow of five colors), be sure to pick up a smoking jacket as well to keep the cancer away from the rest of us. I'll take mine from a Wi-Fi router, thank you very much. – Matt Buchanan

Product Page [via Tokyo Mango]

Ashcan is an Ashtray for One

Jason Chen — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:15:20 EDT

Considerate smokers (har, har) looking for an ashtray to deposit their refuse into can take a look at the ashcan. It's a personal ashtray that's shaped like a cigarette that lets you deposit your ashes inside while at the same time keeping the smoke from bothering others.

The only downside to this is that it costs $2.40 per ashcan, so you'll have to either clean them out afterwards or invest in a lot of ashcans. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Ashcan via Geekologie]

Fire-Safe Cigarettes to Keep Idiots Alive a Bit Longer

Adam Frucci — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:15:00 EDT

How many stupid people have started fires by falling asleep while smoking a cigarette? One might see this as Darwinism in action, but apparently the bleeding hearts over in Europe think differently. They've developed "fire-safe" cigarettes that put themselves out after a minute or two when not being smoked.

Whatever, if cigarette smokers were so worried about their personal safety they wouldn't be smoking cancer sticks in the first place. Just let these people kill themselves if that's what they want so badly. –Adam Frucci

New Zealand Herald [via Spluch]

BBQ Tower Smoker Can Handle All Kinds of Meat, At Once

Travis Hudson — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:00:57 EDT

It may be a little late to order this beast for your Memorial Day barbecue later this evening, but it is still a great addition to any grill hound's arsenal. The smoker provides less direct heat to the meats on the top racks.

This BBQ tower has six different racks for meat and two racks underneath for the fire and any smoking flavoring. If I didn't live in a tiny apartment I would be all over something like this. It is a hell of a lot better than my George Foreman or tiny Weber grill. $500. –Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via SCI FI]

Smoking Jacket Eliminates 2nd Hand, Tars Another Pair of Lungs

Travis Hudson — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:20:12 EDT

The Smoking Jacket is a conceptual work by Fiona Carswell. It includes a giant popped collar where smoke can be blown in to. There is a pair of lungs on the front that kind of act like a warning system to others and filters the smoke. Over time the lungs will darken from the cigarette smoke and eventually turn black. I like it. This jacket gets rid of secondhand smoke and tells me what people to avoid chatting up. Not bad, Fiona. –Travis Hudson

Smoking Jacket [WMMNA]

$200 Electronic Cigarette Helps Kick the Habit

Travis Hudson — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:30:21 EDT

China's Golden Dragon Group has introduced the first ever electronic cigarette. This "electronic cigarette" is really just a battery-powered nicotine inhaler that looks like a cancer stick. The device even emits vapors to give you that smoker look. The e-cigarette is already available in China, Israel, Turkey and some European countries and by the proven financial success the device should be coming Stateside to compete with the heavy hitters like Pfizer and Novartis in the nicotine-replacement market. This first gadget to assist in quitting, but it may be the best. –Travis Hudson

Chinese "e-cigarette" helps you stub out the habit [Via The Raw Feed]

Ashtray Clock Keeps Track of Your Smoking Habits

Travis Hudson — Mon, 07 May 2007 15:20:36 EDT

Time sure does fly when you are tarring over your lungs. The Ashtray Clock is a unique twist on a couple of old products. This clock can actually be used as an ashtray, but once the cigarette butts and ashes start to accumulate it may be a bit hard to count down the minutes until your next fix. Maybe you should just use it as a decorative piece and keep knocking those ashes into your leftover beer cans, you smelly bastard. $35. –Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via Nerdapproved]

Ubiko Robot Smells Fire, Reacts in a Timely Manner

Travis Hudson — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:15:53 EST

Ubiko is a robot that can save lives and tattle on the smokers. Ubiko is equipped with sensors that are capable of smelling odors commonly associated with fires. Upon smelling the odors, Ubiko sends a wireless signal to security that can come and put out the fire and proceed to kick the smoker's ass outside. See, kids? Smoking is bad because cute Japanese robots don't approve. –Travis Hudson

Ubiko robot knows where the smokers hang [pinktentacle]

DIY Cigarette Camera Flash Diffuser

Travis Hudson — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:59:57 EST

Has your expensive smoking habit prevented you from picking up a real DSLR flash? Well continue to tar up those lungs because that problem has been solved. Conveniently, an empty pack of cigarettes provides the perfect flash diffuser for the integrated flash lens of Canon DSLRs. Diffusing a flash prevents really washed-out images and make the lighting appear more natural. Hit the jump to see a before and after.

– Travis Hudson

Cigarette Packet Flash Diffuser [instructables]

Nicostopper Helps Kick the Habit

Travis Hudson — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:07:25 EST

Cold turkey is a delicious meal and one hard feat to accomplish. If you are unable to kick the smoking habit that way, then allow the Nicostopper to help. Nicostopper may look like an MP3 player, but it is actually a device that will release cigarettes at timed intervals. It will hold 10 cancer sticks and also offer motivational messages in attempt to ween you off of cigarettes. If you thought smoking was an expensive habit, trying to quit is even worse, the Nicostopper will set you back $300. – Travis Hudson

Nicostopper, Helping You Become Smoke Free [Uberreview]

Coughing Screaming Ashtray: Saves Lives, Gets You Killed

Mark Wilson — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:00:13 EST

Apparently, and this was news to everyone at Gizmodo, smoking is bad for you. To help break "bad" habits, we have the Coughing Screaming Ashtray.

In addition to its lung-inspired design, the $9.99 ashtray coughs and screams whenever a cigarette is placed inside. But we don't understand how that function promotes quitting smoking, as it seems more to deter the use of ashtrays instead. Maybe we need lighters that make fart noises, releasing large, noxious amounts of methane gas. Now that would make people laugh AND save lives. Get it? Farting is funny. – Mark Wilson

Product Page [via popgadget]

Blow Smoke Rings without Getting that Nasty Lung-Cancer

Travis Hudson — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:22:00 EST

The Zero Blaster is a new toy that encourages kids to blow smoke rings, but with a gun—not cigarettes. The Zero Blaster includes a light for fun at day or night and can blow the rings up to a distance of 12 feet. It requires a water-based non-toxic fuel to create the rings. At least you can't put someone's eye out with this gun, but you do encourage smoking. Oh well, gotta make sacrifices. $20 from Zero Toys. – Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via Popgadget]

Linkman Gives You Permission To Quit Smoking

Jason Chen — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:05:32 EDT

If all other methods for getting rid of your addiction has failed, the Linkman may help you stamp out cigs for good—provided you follow its guidance.

Whenever you feel the urge to smoke, double click the button on the Linkman. If the light turns green, go ahead. If it's red, you need to wait. The Linkman starts its minimum wait-time at 10 minutes, then gradually increases the time every time you press that button. Eventually you'll reduce your cigarette intake to something more manageable—or possibly even quit entirely. If you don't quit for your kids, quit for the guy (me) who has to smell your smoke. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Linkman via Medgadget via Sci Fi Blog]

Shockulate Vault: Torture Thyselves, Oh Ye of No Will

Charlie White — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:53:59 EDT

You've done it to your dog, now do it to yourself—threaten yourself against unwanted behavior with an electric shock.

The Shockulate Vault has a timed lock on top, and if you try to get one of those belly-busting candies or deadly suckweeds out of there before the allotted time is up, you'll be in for a shock.

But what happens when the time is up? All bad things come to those who wait. – Charlie White

Shockolate Vault [TRFJ]

VitaCig, The Cigarette With Vitamin C

gizmodo.com — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:07:20 EDT

Our first contender for Stupid Invention of the Week:

A Quebec company is producing a cigarette it claims does not stain teeth, has less of an odour than regular brands and contains beneficial ingredients like vitamin C. Called the "VitaCig," it was invented by non-smoker Roger Ouellette for his wife, who has smoked a pack of cigarettes every day since the age of 14. "We give you all the vitamins you lose, plus some vitamins to help you," he told CTV News.

Sure, you'll still get cancer, but at least you won't die of scurvy!

Canadian creates cigarette with vitamin C [Sympatico/MSN, thanks Monty!]

Artsy Lamp Enjoys 2nd Hand Smoke

Travis Hudson — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:43:09 EDT

This smoker's lamp is the work of Helen Evans and Heiko Hansen and it currently on display in a Paris art gallery. In some clever work a smoke alarm has been reverse engineered to display colors and sound upon the presence of nicotine-filled smoke. This is an excellent excuse to take up smoking again, right?

Lamp for art-loving smokers [WMMNA]

SmokeSignals Cigarette Quitting System

gizmodo.com — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:55:39 EST

If you're trying to quit smoking by tapering off instead of going cold turkey, you might want to check out the SmokeSignals personalized system. The main draw is the smart cigarette case, which tracks when and how often you take a cigarette out of it. After a week of normal smoking, you stick a phone cable in the case and it uploads your data to the SmokeSignals server, which calculates the data and customizes a Quit Plan for you which you can access via the web and also gives the case a reduced smoking pattern for you to follow. The case will alert you in evenly-spaced intervals when it's time for you to smoke, making sure you avoid cravings and the highs and lows of withdrawal that make quitting so difficult; the intervals get spaced out further and further every day, week by week, until you're completely off cigarettes.

$149.00 for the package, fourteen day money-back guarantee. If you pass it on to friends to use, SmokeSignals will only charge $79.00 to reactivate the device per person.

SmokeSignals [via The Raw Feed]

USB Ashtray

Travis Hudson — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:16:45 EST

You must already be wondering how a simple device like an ashtray can be USB powered. This device requires USB power to properly suck all of the delicious tar out of the air. When I'm sitting around at my computer smoking I would hate the thought of possibly getting smoke in or around my computer components, but I am more than happy to allow it to flow throughout my lungs. Fifty bones to further my quest to completely tar over my lungs while keeping my computer components smoke-free, sounds like a hell of a deal to me.

Smoke Sucking USB Powered Ashtray [OhGizmo!]

NicoHale: Quit Smoking Geekily

gizmodo.com — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:37:45 EST

Air 2 is a maker of digital vaporizers for smoking, uh, herbs. Now they've expanded a little more with the NicoHale, an alternative way to stop smoking. Using special magnets, NicoHale helps remove tar, smoke, and nicotine from your ciggs to allow a cleaner, "healthier" smoking experience. NicoHale is designed to help you quit once and for all. It's going for $40 and is available now.

No More Smoking For Japanese Schoolgirls

tgrumet — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:04:12 EST

I'm actually surprised to see this massive push in Japan to prevent underage smoking, considering even the dogs tend to have a pack of cigarettes tucked away somewhere. But I guess they've finally decided to join the rest of the world in cutting down. And in an even bigger move than any we've seen here in the US, the actual tobacco companies are planning on handing out micro-chip embedded cards to smokers 20 or over who can then use them to buy cigarettes from the 620,000 vending machines nationwide. This will become effective in 2008 and the new machines will include a sensor that will read the cards. No card, no butts baby. Smokers will have to apply for these cards for free by sending in an application along with a document that shows their age.

Tobacco industry to introduce IC cards to stop minors' smoking [Japantoday]