The first smokeless, non-tobacco cigarette device was patented by Herbert A. Gilbert from Beaver Falls, PA in 1967. This non-tobacco cigarette was thought to be a safe and harmless method of smoking by replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavored air. Read More> Course Author(s): David Nguyen, BSDH, EPDH; Gail Aamodt, RDH, EPDH, MS