09.08.2004:Inhalable Alcohol Low Carbs for Bodybuilders

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Vaporize Me
Is inhalable alcohol a good idea?
By Amanda Schaffer
Posted Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004, at 4:40 AM PT

Less filling, and looks stupid, too

After years of working in the "leisure oxygen field" marketing oxygen for salons and spas in the U.K., businessman Dominic Simler came up with a novel idea: Why not create a device that would allow users to inhale vaporized alcohol along with oxygen? The machine Simler invented, called Alcohol Without Liquid, or AWOL, which takes hard liquor and disperses it as vapor in an oxygen mist, has been available at a small number of bars in the U.K. for several months; recently, a Greensboro, N.C.-based company called Spirit Partners purchased an exclusive license to sell the machines in the United States. Simler touts his invention, which looks like a slightly futuristic asthma inhaler hooked to an oxygen generator, as a low-cal, low-carb way to enjoy liquor, with no hangover.

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