I have been running smoking cessation clinics for many years now. Over this period of time I have treated many thousands of smokers with various types of interventions. Some of those treatments have included hypnosis, acupuncture, behaviour modification techniques, aversion therapy and various pharmacological therapies. Since 1981, I have achieved excellent success rates with the use of nicotine replacement therapies (NRT), and at the present moment I'm using NRT along with group therapy sessions.

I have used Smokerlyzer breath carbon monoxide monitors since 1985, allowing me to assess the CO level of every smoker who attends our 'Quit Sessions'. As the groups vary in size between 40 and 220, it is important that we can have a monitor that can be used by all the patients. A carbon monoxide breath monitor must be simple to use, foolproof, lightweight and portable. I pass the monitors around the group and they record their own expired air carbon monoxide levels, whilst I continue with my presentation. This 'manhandling' has confirmed that the Smokerlyzers are sturdy and stable.

In fact, I have demonstrated your CO monitors in 15 countries whilst on my international lecturing tours and I'm very impressed with their reliability and infrequent need for calibration.

However, I find the monitors greatest asset is its psychological impact on the smoker. The Smokerlyzers have a definite therapeutic effect on the patient. It's amazing how smokers are so intrigued by their own personal levels of carbon monoxide. Their attitude of “It won't happen to me!" with regard to smoking related diseases, soon alters when they see their reading of say 35ppm compared to the non-smoker's level (mine) of 5ppm.

The benefits of stopping smoking are also demonstrated by allowing the smoker to blow into the monitor 24 hours after quitting cigarettes. Within 24 hours of quitting, their level of CO has dropped to the non-smoking level. This is the only benefit of stopping smoking that can be demonstrated objectively, to the new ex-smoker - especially, at such an early stage in the quitting process.

Such a demonstration is invaluable, and I am totally convinced that the use of your Smokerlyzer breath carbon monoxide monitors has such a powerful psychological impact that it has it's own individual therapeutic effect. If anyone doubted you on that issue let them use the monitor on one single smoker and watch the effect. The monitor is also an extremely useful educational tool for use in schools, antenatal clinics and in lectures to the public on the dangers of smoking.

I am writing this to you, so you have on file my documented comments and praises of such an excellent range of products. I have nothing but praise for your Smokerlyzer CO breath monitors and I want you to know that 'officially'.

Yours sincerely

Dr Chris Steele