Development/Commercialization of a Sensing Device to Detect Vaping

检测吸电子烟的传感装置的开发/商业化 总结 自推出以来，电子烟或vaping的使用一直在稳步增加。 虽然可能是一种使吸烟者从可燃烟草中戒断的工具， 这些设备的引入的结果是采用vaping， 青少年。虽然提供电子烟销售工具的公司指出， 材料是针对成年人，并打算作为戒烟的援助，最近 报告显示，许多国家的初中和高中学生， 一些国家，有些只有十三岁，已经开始使用电子烟。2015年数据分析 美国的一项研究表明，16%的高中生和5%的初中生 学生们在过去的30天里报告了vaping。大多数研究人员推测， 用户数量将从这些基线增加，有证据表明， 预测是正确的。传闻证据表明，在初中和高中， 学校厕所是一个大问题。 FreshAir Sensor目前沿着销售烟草和大麻吸烟传感器， 24/7监控设备。该公司利用传感器的知识 研制生产早期传感系统的初步部件 能够检测电子烟。证明这一成就的初步数据是 提供了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仪器商业化。 减少并最终消除青少年电子烟的必要性迫在眉睫。的 在学校和其他教育机构部署拟议的设备将 在上课时间消除电子烟，因此将有助于改善 通过减少尼古丁摄入量来改善青少年的整体健康。

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.