Editing Alcohol inhalation (section)

===AWOL===
The practice gained popularity in 2004, with the marketing of a device dubbed AWOL (Alcohol without liquid), a play on the military term [[AWOL]] (Absent Without Leave).<ref name=slate>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2004/09/vaporize_me.html |title=Vaporize Me |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |first=Amanda|last=Schaffer|date=September 8, 2004|access-date=January 23, 2014}}</ref> AWOL, created by British businessman Dominic Simler,<ref name=slate/> was first introduced in Asia and Europe and then in United States in August 2004. AWOL was used by nightclubs, at gatherings and parties, and it garnered attraction as a [[novelty]], as people 'enjoyed passing it around in a group'.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/3493487.stm |title=Inhaling alcohol may 'harm brain' |publisher=BBC |date= February 16, 2004}}</ref> 

AWOL was gimmicked as an alcohol "vaporizer", implying that it would heat the liquid until it entered a gaseous state, but is in fact a [[nebulizer]], a machine that agitates the liquid into an [[aerosol]].  AWOL's official website states that "AWOL and AWOL 1 are powered by ''Electrical Air Compressors'' while AWOL 2 and AWOL 3 are powered by ''electrical oxygen generators''",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awolspirit.com/purchasing.htm |title=AWOL Official page: AIR POWERED AWOL MACHINES |access-date=2014-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202111418/http://www.awolspirit.com/purchasing.htm |archive-date=2014-02-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which refer to mechanisms used by the device for facilitating inhalation. Although the AWOL machine is marketed as having no downsides, such as the lack of calories or hangovers, Amanda Shaffer of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' describes these claims as "dubious at best".<ref name=slate/> Although inhaled alcohol does reduce the caloric content, the savings are minimal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2013/06/smoking_alcohol_can_you_inhale_calories.html|title=Can You Inhale Calories?|last=Palmer|first=Brian|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=June 18, 2013|access-date=January 23, 2014}}</ref> 

After expressed safety and health concerns, sale or use of AWOL machines was [[#Regulation|banned]] in a number of American states.<ref name="nytimes2006">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/us/08whiskey.html?fta=y&_r=0|title=Citing Safety, States Ban Alcohol Inhalers|work=[[The New York Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=October 8, 2006|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> The AWOL device was later followed by new products for alcohol inhalation, such as "Vaportini", created in 2009, which uses simple thermal vaporization.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.macleans.ca/2013/07/16/take-a-deep-breath-and-dont-drive/|title=Vaportini doesn't live up to the hype|last=Richler|first=Jacob|work=[[Maclean's]]|date=July 16, 2013|access-date=January 23, 2014}}</ref>