Patent ID: 7845358

Claim:
A method of controlling, reducing, and quitting smoking by periodically reducing the chamber length of a non-combustible smoking device to reduce the amount of tobacco consumed, whereby the smoker can, at his or her own pace, gradually reduce the amount of tobacco he or she smokes, comprising the following stops: a) providing a series of non-combustible smoking, devices, each device employing (i) a noncombustible tube, (ii) a non-combustible baffle to prevent the smoker from inhaling the combustible material, and (iii) a loading chamber for measuring the amount of tobacco to be smoked; each non-combustible smoking device of the series shall have a different fixed chamber length; b) selecting the largest chamber length from said series of non-combustible smoking devices; c) loading a limited amount of tobacco material into the non-combustible smoking device, that is limited by the fixed chamber length; d) igniting the limited amount of tobacco material by external flame; and e) inhaling/smoking said limited amount of tobacco material until said limited amount of tobacco material is exhausted.