Development/Commercialization of a Sensing Device to Detect Vaping

气泡检测传感装置的开发/商业化 摘要 电子烟或电子烟的使用自推出以来一直在稳步增加。 虽然可能是一种让吸烟者戒掉可燃烟草的工具，但一种 引入这些设备的后果是采用蒸发 青少年。虽然提供蒸发设备销售的公司指出，他们的 这些材料是针对成年人的，旨在帮助戒烟，最近 报告显示，许多初中生和高中生 一些年仅13岁的国家已经开始使用电子烟。2015年的数据分析 美国的一项研究表明，16%的高中生和5%的中学生 学生们报告说，在过去的30天里，他们使用了电子烟。大多数研究人员推测， 用户数量将在这些基线的基础上增加，有证据表明， 预测是正确的。坊间证据表明，在初中和高中使用电子烟 学校的卫生间是一个主要问题。 FreshAir传感器目前销售烟草和大麻吸烟传感器以及 全天候监控设备。该公司利用传感器的知识 开发生产早期传感系统的初步组件 能够检测到蒸发的。证明这一成就的初步数据是 如果是这样的话。本提案中描述的快速通道研究将使优化成为可能 以及在最短的时间内将所得到的仪器商业化。 迫切需要减少并最终消除青少年使用尿布的现象。这个 在学校和其他教育机构部署拟议的设备将 避免在学校时间内蒸发，因此将有助于改善 通过减少尼古丁摄入量，提高青少年的整体健康水平。

Development/Commercialization of a Sensing Device to Detect Vaping Summary The use of e-cigarettes or vaping has been steadily increasing since its introduction. While potentially a tool to wean cigarette smokers from combustible tobacco, one consequence of the introduction of these devices has been the adoption of vaping by adolescents. While companies that offer vaping instruments for sale note that their material is directed to adults and intended as an aid for smoking cessation, recent reports have demonstrated that middle school and high school students in many countries, some as young as thirteen, have taken to vaping. Data analysis from a 2015 study in the U.S. indicated that 16% of high school students and 5% of middle school students reported vaping in the past thirty days. Most researchers speculated that the number of users would increase from these baselines and evidence indicates that this prediction is correct. Anecdotal evidence indicates that vaping in middle school and high school bathrooms is a major problem. FreshAir Sensor currently sells tobacco and marijuana smoking sensors along with 24/7 monitoring of the devices. The company has leveraged the knowledge of sensor development to produce preliminary components of an early stage sensing system capable of detecting vaping. Preliminary data to demonstrate this accomplishment is provided. The fast track research described in this proposal will enable the optimization of the sensor as well as commercialization of the resulting instrument in minimal time. The need to reduce and eventually eliminate adolescent vaping is urgent. The deployment of the proposed device in schools and other educational institutions will eliminate vaping during school hours and will, therefore, contribute to improvements in the overall health of adolescents by curtailing nicotine intake.