NicAlert™ is a simple, cost-effective test to determine smoking status. It is an easy-to-read test strip that can be used with either a saliva or a urine sample. NicAlert™ can help:

• smokers and family members to get a more accurate measure of their smoking;
• parents to check whether their teenaged children are smoking;
• teachers and school coaches to test students for smoking or other tobacco product use;
• to verify smoking status for insurance applications;
• to test subjects in tobacco research studies.

There are many new significant opportunities for the development and expansion of research and tobacco prevention and cessation programs.

Applications

NicAlert can be used to test the level of cotinine, a by-product of the body’s breakdown of nicotine, in urine and saliva. Nicotine is the active ingredient found in tobacco products and tobacco smoke. Cotinine is a widely accepted indicator of recent tobacco use and exposure, including second hand smoke exposure.

• Validating alleged offenders under smoking ban
• Establishing innocence under smoking ban
• Supporting/ dismissing litigation claims by employees/ employers
• Identifying contributing (possible) causal factors in traffic accidents
• Expanding a suspect’s forensic profile
• A deterrent against underage smoking
• Biochemical verification of cotinine (Smoking Status) for both Life Assurance and Life Insurance policies
• Risk analysis for insurors relating to driving insurance

Potential stakeholders:

• Pharmacists
• Schools
• Police
• Prisons
• Military
• Insurance companies
• Elective surgery managers in NHS
• Contract Research Organisations

NicAlert™ is available for R&D applications. Click here for more information.