Smoking Jacket catches smoke, darkens symbolic lungs

We've seen jackets that alert you when approaching uncomfortable scenarios, light up on demand, and track the poor soul trapped within, but Fiona Carswell's iteration does a number on smokers who don't mind warning labels. Similar in craftiness to the Ruyan e-cigarette, the Smoking Jacket sports a stylish white exterior with a pair of symbolic lungs and a sophisticated internal tubing system. The aptly-dubbed "visceral, absurd information displays" morph from pristine air containers to dark, murky caverns as smokers blow excess smoke into a tube located in the collar. The one-way air valve traps smoke in the lungs, creating a relatively repulsive sight in the eyes of both onlookers and smokers alike. Of course, Fiona can't promise that such a dramatic effort will faze the hardcore puffers, but trying to continually ignore the disgusted faces looking your way as you walk by would be challenging indeed.

[Via WMMNA]

[Harry @ May 22nd 2007 7:10AM]

I don't get it. It sounds like smokers are supposed to hate this.. but they're supposed to buy it? What's next? A portable e-frame for alcoholics that displays a slideshow of damaged livers? SIGN ME UP!! ...or not.

[Sean @ May 22nd 2007 7:21AM]

Yeah, the message is out folks. I think everyone is pretty clear on the smoking is bad for you thing. Driving is bad for you to, but yet millions still do it. Life is risk, so what of some choose to be more direct with their carcinogens. This is not going to help.

[nikster @ May 22nd 2007 7:31AM]

I don't mind anyone smoking themselves silly or doing anything else that doesn't harm others. What I do mind is smoking in my vicinity because frankly it stinks. What smokers say if I keep on farting around them?

As for the jacket - for women, it's not exactly sexy to wear painted lungs on your chest area. This might be the opposite of a wonderbra, really.

C'me on Engadget, this can't be real. Did you get this by way of a leaked internal email? Sorry, couldn't help it;)

[Karim @ May 22nd 2007 1:39PM]

nikster: What smokers say if I keep on farting around them?

Perhaps you should try the coordinating Smoking Pants that trap flatulence.

[Bill Koslosky, MD @ May 22nd 2007 7:33AM]

This tends to perpetuate the myth that lung disease is the sole sequela of smoking. Certainly, the risk of cardiovascular and peripheral vascular diseases needs to be highlighted also.

[zorg @ May 22nd 2007 7:55AM]

Looks good for me. Just need to verify I can pay for it in symbolic money.

Cuz I'm prepared to pay a lot of symbolic money for it. Oh yeah.

[Tommy @ May 22nd 2007 8:53AM]

that is sick and fing stupid.

[Dan @ May 22nd 2007 9:11AM]

I know a few smokers who'd were that jacket proudly.

[Dan @ May 22nd 2007 9:11AM]

wear that is.

[Vinay @ May 22nd 2007 10:17AM]

Looks like someone ripped her * bewbs * off of her chest, lol!

[Traveler @ May 22nd 2007 10:37AM]

I don't smoke. But I don't see how this works in reality.

[boolean22 @ May 22nd 2007 10:51AM]

There should be jackets for passive smokers, that react to smoke on the ambient... that should kick some smoker's ass. Imagine entering a room where people has this Smoke-Reacting jackets that warn you that the level of smoke there is just too much for you also polluting the air once again.
Oh, and at least for drivers, there are sidewalks, but for smokers, you can't avoid that easily being a passive smoker. I'm glad in Argentina we finally got a prohibition of smoking in public closed spaces!!

[Luke @ May 22nd 2007 11:49AM]

I am only an occasional smoker, but I would love to wear that jacket. I mean, those people that get disgusted by smoke are going to be disgusted anyway, so why not spite them further? This really is hilarious. Is there a male version available?

[Ratchet the Lombax @ May 22nd 2007 12:07PM]

I think this is kinda weird and gross. I am not a smoker but as long as I don't have to smell it then it is fine with me if people want to slowly kill themselves after all it is their choice. If you go to the link in the article it shows other creations by the artist. I like the bikini that uses UV light to make fake moles slowly appear on it.

[Othello @ May 22nd 2007 2:28PM]

I'm going to take up smoking just to buy that jacket.