Jim Bixby

As the boomers hit their 60s, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), resulting from chronic bronchitis or emphysema, is on the rise. 

"The overwhelming cause is smoking," said Jim Bixby, chairman and CEO of SeQual Technologies Inc., a San Diego-based company that creates medical, military, industrial and commercial oxygen concentrator systems and air-dryer products.

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