Ashtray screams, coughs at smokers

Smokers beware: the coughing ashtray is an annoying dose of reality.

(Credit: Perpetual Kid)

Want to annoy the nicotine addiction out of your smoking friend or family member? A battery-operated gadget named the "Screaming Coughing Ashtray" might just do it.

Though it's sold as a "fun" way to help people quit smoking, the gift giver might be the only one laughing. The $11 lung-shaped ashtray not only reminds smokers which body part is most adversely affect by smoking, but whenever a cigarette sits in it, it starts coughing and screaming.

Though the annoying ashtray could simply be thrown out a window, those who are sincerely trying to quit smoking could keep it around knowing they'll be subject to its awful noises if they give in to a craving. If the subtle e-cigarettes don't work maybe this screaming therapy will. I know what my brother will be getting for Christmas...

[Lerianis]

With all due respect to the person who thought this idiotic invention up.... the only thing that this will do is annoy smokers and have them ban you from their home or never come to your home again. I don't think to want to alienate them and push them out of your lives, in all honesty. My cousin smokes and I just deal with it when I am around her.

[deepakp9]

Did you know that there are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke? These include formaldehyde (used to preserve dead bodies), ammonia (used in strong cleaning liquids) and cadmium (a highly poisonous metal used in batteries).

And if that isn?t reason enough for you to quit smoking, there are more.