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Sentiens, the technology company that has developed and patented BotanicBoost in the Novus Twig and eTwig, announced the results of its first clinical study on the satisfaction and performance of BotanicBoost for smokers.  More details on the study can be found in this article... Read More

A consumer research survey by Sentiens, the company that developed BotanicBoost®, showed that Novus Twig satisfies with 72% of smokers that tried it indicating satisfaction.  These results support the scientific theories underlying the development of BotanicBoost® by Sentiens,... Read More

Sentiens LLC, the developer of BotanicBoost® and the Novus® line of products for smokers, announced in a news release that it received notification of an allowance of patent claims in Japan related to the technology behind BotanicBoost®.   The Japanese patent, No 6087951, is... Read More

Step 1 – Remove the Top Plastic Cap: Step 2 – Remove the Bottom Plastic Cap: Step 3 – with BOTH caps removed.  PUSH from bottom to remove the eTwig: Step 4 – Remove Silicon Cap, Remove ‘red leaf’ sticker’ to increase air flow, push button... Read More

As we look back at the last 2 years and the ups and downs of being a start-up company,  We’re reminded to think about Why we started down this path in the first place.  It was not to become another tobacco company, or another pharmaceutical giant. We started because we... Read More

Sentiens, LLC announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) issued a Notice of Allowance on October 9th, 2013 in Application No. 13/710,801, “Device and Method for Simulating Chemosensation of Smoking”.  This application covers the technology behind the... Read More

Recent research and articles are growing the support for our entirely new approach for smokers. First is the growing distinction being made between smoking addiction and nicotine addiction.  I posted an entry to our Sentiens website about this issue recently that is worth reading... Read More

In a prior blog posting, I expressed our view that nicotine is in fact not the key to cessation.  If it were, then the NRTs available today would have had a much better success rate than they’ve shown to have.  As far back as 2003, research was showing that nicotine replacement... Read More

September 7, 2013 / NBCNews.com / — Electronic cigarettes work about as well as nicotine patches in helping smokers kick the habit, researchers report. And e-cigarettes helped people smoke fewer cigarettes overall, even if they didn’t quit completely. The study is the first... Read More

A recent study out of Europe is one of the first to have enough longitudinal data to provide a baseline to the continuing discussion of e-cigarettes.  The conclusions of the authors are that e-cigarettes are an interesting alternative to smoking, and they believe their study can... Read More