There’s been a recent push among manufacturers of so-called anti-choking devices that have tirelessly been lobbying state and local elected officials across the country to require that schools have these devices on hand.

Our father, Dr. Henry Heimlich, the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, knew a thing or two about how to save people from choking. Untold numbers of choking victims have been saved by the Heimlich maneuver around the world. Each week, there are dozens of news reports on lives saved by his method, and, rarely, is the Heimlich maneuver − when performed properly − not effective.

Dad also knew a great deal about anti-choking devices and emphatically warned the public against them, because he knew they tend to be unsafe and ineffective.

"The drawbacks of such devices are obvious," our father stated in his autobiography, "Heimlich’s Maneuvers": "They require that such instruments be handy in the unexpected instance that a person chokes. And it........

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