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The Short List- One Thing You Really Should Know - London Live , 21st August, 2007

Another weapon for smokers trying to give up in the wake of the ban, Nico Pipe is a mouthpiece containing a cartridge that releases nicotine when you inhale to relieve you urge to light up. Hopefully it will help you blow away the cravings for good.

Snuff is enough, James Delingpole - The Spectator, 7th July, 2007

...Also worth trying, maybe, are these new things called Nico Pipes. They are jewel-coloured metal tubes into which you insert a nicotine cartridge, so you can carry on getting your party-nerves-conquering nicotine hit while also having a comforting social accessory to wave around in your hand....

More Smoke, Rod Liddle - The Times OnLine, 6th July 2007

...A friend bunged me one of those new smoke-free smoking devices, called the “Nico pipe”, a slender, tapered, black metal thing into which you insert a nicotine cartridge purchased from “pharmacies or your doctor”...

Ways to quit smoking... and what to do if you can't, Leanne White - Guardian Unlimited, 29th June 2007

...If you can't quit, the Nico Pipe might just be the inhalator for you....

The "fashionable" inhaler

Some smokers, like Georgina Godwin and Rebecca Minnitt, found the conventional nicotine inhalators a bit ugly. So together they came up with the Nico Pipe which they say looks like a "hand-held jewel". You can suck on it as you would a cigarette to get that familiar rush. And of course, you'll be benefiting from Ms Godwin and Ms Minnitt's "sleek pipe design".

What's the best method of giving up smoking?, Vanora Bennett - London Evening Standard, 26th June 2007

...But the kit I really love is the tacky white plastic cigarette-holder thing. (Those who find it cheap-looking will be relieved to find you can buy sexier metallic ones from www.nicopipe.com.)

The Ten Best Ways to quit, Rebecca Armstrong - The Independent, 2nd July 2007

1 Your doctor; 2 Nicorette Nasal Spray;3 Nicofix; 4 NiQuitin CQ Gum; 5 Nico Pipe; 6 NiQuitin CQ Clear patches; 7 www.quit.org.uk; 8 Nicorette Microtab Nicotine 30; 9 Boots NicAssist lozenges; 10 Acupuncture5 Nico Pipe

A nicotine inhaler; the Nico Pipe is brainchild of an ex-smoker. Put off by the traditional inhalers that were "reminiscent of a tampon", Georgina Godwin came up with this sleek pipe.