Smoking Cessation’s Quiet Design Failure
The gap between how nicotine use has evolved and how cessation treatment has evolved is a meaningful part of why quit rates have plateaued.
FDA warning letter puts maker of nicotine gummies in a sticky situation
The FDA issued a warning letter about nicotine gummies—the first ever notification sent for such a product. The agency’s concern is that the flavored gummies resemble candy and pose a toxicity risk to children.
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The Healthcare Payments Industry Has a Perception Problem
Healthcare payments are no longer about transactions. It’s about controlling the revenue cycle. And increasingly, that control is not sitting with ISOs.
Chrono Therapeutics raises $47.6M for smoking cessation wearable to deliver nicotine fix before you wake
Chrono Therapeutics will use the funding to support clinical trials of the wearable device in the U.S. and Europe to wean smokers off cigarettes using timed delivery of nicotine.
Wow of the Week: A breathalyzer and video game to help smokers quit the cigs
A weapon of ash destruction. That’s what New York startup IntelliQuit‘s calling its new smoking cessation system – a nicotine breathalyzer that comes coupled with a couple of video games to teach smokers how to develop self control and quit the cigs. “It’s the equivalent of a weight scale to dieters, or a blood glucose […]