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A recent online Harris Poll survey of 2,000 Americans asked about their belief in the effectiveness of different health messages and quit aids in the ability for a smoker to quit. The survey was highlighted on the Drug Store News website.  You can take a look at that site to... Read More

The risks and effects of smoking are not a new phenomenon to anyone due to the sustained messaging from public health organizations, and still it is undeniable that the reports on smoking effects on women and others continue to be researched and presented.   And for good reason... 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

  A news article from Australia in Pharmacy News entitled “New thinking on smoking cessation” highlights a study that found there was a higher success of quitting when smokers tried or switched between cessation treatment methods during their quit attempt. If at first you... Read More

This recent Medscape article focused on ideas to help cancer patients quit smoking.  The statistics on successful cessation are commonly understood to be incredibly low, with this article indicating a less than 10% success rate to stop smoking.  Some of the reasons cited in the... 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

In light of the previous headlines talking about the gateway effect concern of e-cigs, here’s another study that further supports the potential benefits of e-cigarettes, even as public policy experts consider the risks and benefits of this new product. The study showed that... 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