MSCHF Internet Studios, the people who brought you this and this, are back! This time they’re going after smoking with a side project, Cignature Films, whose mission is to replace cigarettes in movies and shows with a cute li’l orange kazoo. So far t…
View More Every cigarette in the first episode of ‘Mad Men’ replaced with a kazoo… by handCategory: smoking
Erectile pharmacy app Roman raises $88M to launch ‘quit smoking’ kit
Roman is a rocket ship, and I’m not talking about how it sells Viagra and Cialis. Less than a year after launching its cloud pharmacy for erectile dysfunction with $3 million in funding and a five-person team, Roman has grown to seventy team members and a revenue run-rate in the 10s of millions — up […]
View More Erectile pharmacy app Roman raises $88M to launch ‘quit smoking’ kitThis anti-smoking giant is taking on Juul
The largest anti-smoking organization in the US, the Truth Initiative, has been criticizing Juul’s marketing tactics and making an effort to spread awareness about the nicotine levels in the vapes as they become more and more popular among teens. Rea…
View More This anti-smoking giant is taking on JuulThe Truth campaign took down teen smoking. Now it’s going after JUUL.
JUUL is the vape giant that went from zero to $16 billion in three years. Truth Initiative is the largest anti-smoking organization in the United States.
Both the company and the non-profit claim to have the same goal: helping smokers quit tobacco ci…
Kids under the age of 21 are getting their hands on JUULs
JUUL is a nicotine-filled vape created by smokers, for smokers who want to break their cigarette addiction. But non-smokers and teens have been using them. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Smoke, Addiction, Smoking, and Cigarette
View More Kids under the age of 21 are getting their hands on JUULsThis chain-smoking robot is taking one for the team.
Researchers at the WYSS Institute at Harvard University developed a robot whose only task is smoking cigarettes. The smoke then goes through a tiny chip, lined with living human cells, that is used to study the effects of smoking on our lungs. R…
View More This chain-smoking robot is taking one for the team.Tradewind Bioscience attacks the physiology of tumors to treat cancer
Cancer remains the one counterpoint to the march of medical progress that has scored human history over the last 200 years. Last year 600,920 people in the U.S. died from cancer, and another 1.7 million received an initial diagnosis of the disease. Globally, one in six people die from cancer, according to the World Health Organization. […]
View More Tradewind Bioscience attacks the physiology of tumors to treat cancerQuit Genius, backed by Y Combinator, wants to help you quit smoking
Quitting smoking is one of the most difficult things a person can do. But despite the products out there to help, from nicotine patches and gum to ecigarettes to scary PSAs and government programs, few of these products actually get people to the point where they feel confident in their new nicotine-free life.
That’s where a new YC-backed company, Quit Genius, comes in.
Yusuf Sherwani… Read More
Kinin puts aromatherapy in your mouth
Kinin is a new portable aromatherapy vaporizer that, in theory, offers a refreshing break from THC and nicotine based vapes. Multi-use products let you inhale the strange fragrances of “Narrow leaf eucalyptus,” “Polynesian kava kava,” and “nootropics.” The product is part of the new trend toward healthier vaping and is aimed at yoga lovers and other… Read More