Cigarrest Participates In ERSP Self-Regulatory Forum

New York,NY– February 24, 2006 – The Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program (ERSP) announced that CigArrest, marketers of the CigArrest Stop Smoking Program, has provided adequate support for general performance and safety claims. ERSP recommended the company modify or discontinue express performance claims, establishment claims, and comparative claims. The marketer’s advertising was reviewed pursuant to an anonymous consumer complaint.

ERSP,  the  electronic  direct-response  industry’s  self-regulatory  forum  administered  by  the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) with policy oversight by the National Advertising Review Council (NARC), reviewed several core claims that included:

• “…clinically proven methods to help you avoid smokin g in any situation.”
• “We’ve helped over a million people to quit smoking…and to remain smoke-free, for life.”
• “…become a non-smoker in as little as seven days.” “…you’ll quit smoking without gaining weight.”
• “… we have not had any serious reactions or adverse side-effects ever reported.”
• “The most successful stop smoking program.” “Other methods can add up to hundreds of dollars!”

ERSP recommended the marketer discontinue all establishment claims, including “clinically proven methods to help you avoid smoking in any situation, as well as performance claims that include “… become a non-smoker in as little as seven days.”

ERSP recommended that in future advertising, CigArrest discontinue its permanency claim. ERSP further and cautioned that the claim “We’ve helped over a million people …to remain smoke-free, for life” could be interpreted as an express claim regarding the number of products sold and should be supported by accurate sales data.

ERSP remained concerned with the claim “The most successful stop smoking program.” and recommended modifying the claim to indicate that CigArrest is a “successful” smoking program but to discontinue the use of superiority terms such as “most” in future advertising.

ERSP found that scientific literature on the specific ingredients provided adequate support for the ingredient claim “The active ingredients work to make the smoker feel more comfortable while trying to quit by relieving nervous tension, irritability and the cravings associated with withdrawal.”