Pivot Breathe, the industry's leading tobacco cessation program, provides members with the behavioral change resources needed to successfully track, reduce, and eventually quit tobacco — for good.
At the core of Pivot Breathe is a comprehensive, clinically-validated behavioral change platform that's designed to support each individual journey. Members are encouraged to track tobacco use, challenge their long-standing habits with new, healthier behaviors, engage with their coach, and celebrate success at every stage of their journey.
Pivot's Breath Sensor tracks carbon monoxide in the breath and is proven to increase motivation to quit smoking while decreasing cigarettes smoked.
Members receive expert support in the form of a dedicated quit smoking coach, equipped to help those who smoke, vape, and use all other forms of tobacco.
Tools and challenges, including practice quits and nicotine replacement therapy, help members learn how to change routines and habits.
Individuals can now purchase the Pivot Breath Sensor + App
Created for any and every stage of quit, Pivot Breathe offers tools designed to help members achieve their goals. By combining technology, human coaching, and behavioral science, Pivot Breathe changes the relationship members have with tobacco by first changing their relationship with quitting.
What percentage of individuals who currently smoke want to quit?
One in ___________ people smoke
What is the #1 cause of preventable illness, death, healthcare costs, and lost work productivity?
Those who smoke are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, and it makes a core component of controlling the condition - managing insulin - exponentially more challenging. Additional comorbidities and diabetic complications can develop as a result.
Insulin sensitivity improves when one with diabetes or prediabetes quits tobacco, making blood sugar much easier to manage.
Tobacco use is casually related to all forms of cardiovascular disease. So much so that even less than 5 cigarettes per day can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Those who smoke cigarettes aren’t the only ones affected — secondhand smoke accounts for a 20-30% increased risk of stroke.
When quitting smoking, the risk of a major coronary event is reduced by more than 50% in as little as 1-3 years.
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Tobacco reduces the blood supply to the bones and body tissue. It also decreases calcium absorption, which leads to an increased risk of bone fractures. Tobacco use can also impact tissue health and lead to increased lower back pain, sprains, fractures, and more.
Quitting tobacco allows the body to regain some normal healthy functions and reverses many musculoskeletal risks.
Of those who use tobacco, 35% have a behavioral health-related disorder. Those who vape experience 2X the risk of depression than those who do not. Additionally, tobacco use increases feelings of anxiety and tension.
Successfully quitting tobacco can reduce depression, anxiety, and stress, while at the same time enhancing one’s mood and quality of life.
Tobacco use and cancer are closely related. In fact, tobacco is one of the leading causes of cancer and deaths from cancer. It’s also linked to cancer tumor growth and blocks the body from fighting cancer.
Once someone successfully quits tobacco, their prognosis improves, and their risk of death is lowered, along with the risk of developing 12 types of cancer.
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Tobacco use causes between 80-90% of all chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) cases and as many as 8 in 10 COPD-related deaths. The number one treatment for COPD? To stop using tobacco.
In a recent clinical study, at 3-year follow-up, 33% of participants quit smoking
75% reported the sensor increased their motivation to quit
66% of Pivot Breathe members who weren’t ready to quit upon entering the program were able to do so at the same rate as their ready-to-quit peers
Focused on creating happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives, Pivot Breathe breaks nicotine addiction with effective behavioral change strategies.
Every person who uses tobacco deserves to know the triumph and sense of pride that comes with successfully quitting.
But these changes don't happen overnight. We at Pivot understand this, which is exactly why Pivot Breathe was created - to encourage long-lasting behavioral change at scale.
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