Looking for the perfect gift for your smoking spouse or friend this Christmas? Check out this baby. I don't know what its named but it is otherwise known as Great Britain patent # 2251542.

The patent application describes it as: "An ash-tray assembly comprising a base 9 for holding a CDS photoresistance or photosensor 102, an integrated circuit 10 and a speaker 7, and an upper deck 3 covered on said base for holding a cigarette lighter 5 and an ash-tray. When the cigarette lighter is removed from place, outside light is immediately sensed by said CDS photoresistance or photosensor to trigger said integrated circuit to provide an audio alarm through said speaker, so as to warn a smoker not to smoke."

In other words, it is an ashtray which nags you when you smoke.

Maybe the Surgeon General ought to replace the warnings on the side of cigarette packages (which are presumably well ignored by now) with a coupon for a free one of these guys.