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A Better Way? New Nicotine-Delivery Device Is Safer Than Smoking, N.C. Company Says

August 21, 2007

Eric Hunter said he believes that he can eliminate the tobacco industry — and he’s prepared to spend millions to do it. Hunter is the chief executive and co-founder of Next Safety Inc., a medical-device company in Jefferson. The company is developing a device that it says can deliver nicotine to the brain faster and safer than cigarettes.
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