There are a number of devises on market that smokers can use to reduce intake of tar and one of most practical seems to be a mini, inconspicuous cigarette holder called targuard.

A good friend of mine swears by them because without use of chemicals or moving parts, they manage to take out well over half tar before smoke is inhaled.

It is all done by centrifuge principal, or so he tells me, but whatever it is there is no doubting disgustingly visible brown sticky deposit left in filter and certainty that it is better left in there than taken into body.

He uses them for four or five cigarettes and then throws them away and he really does reckon that his breathing has improved considerably since he started using them regularly and he notices more subtle differences between various red wines he is for ever sampling.

So from me one last plea to readers who still smoke cigarettes. Please do try once more to give up, there are after all any number of courses, patches and other forms of help readily available.

To those that ignore this plea, at least smoke in a little less unhealthy way by using targuard or something similar to take out a substantial amount of damaging tar before it enters your body.

The End

Article by author and journalist Hannah Chartwell who can be contacted at hbc@severnc.co.uk

More information on targuard can be found at www.healthiersmoking.co.uk

Article by author and journalist Hannah Chartwell who can be contacted at hbc@severnc.co.uk

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