Smoking is the #1 Killer, yet Smoking is PREVENTABLE
Each pack of $6 Cigarettes is COSTING $15+ per pack in Subsequent Healthcare Costs
This Year Over 5 TRILLION Cigarettes will be Smoked Globally...Harming Smokers and Those Around Them
Most Smokers Try to Quit 3-5 Times, and Are not Aware of Several Free Proven Smoking Cessation Programs
Smokers INCREASE Their Odds of Quitting when Primary Care and Smoking Cessation Professionals are Involved
The are many PROVEN and FREE existing Smoking Cessation Programs and Resources
QuitKit and Watson Guide Patients and Consumers to the Cognitively Optimal Smoking Cessation Programs
QuitKit is powered by Watson and built within the IBM BlueMix platform
Accomplishments that we're proud of :
Programmed Watson to Identify a Smoker's Personality Traits, and Subsequently Watson Cognitively Matches the Patient/Consumer to the Optimal Smoking Cessation Program.
Our Next Step is to Test with Physician Offices and those Consumers Seeking Optional Smoking Cessation Programs
The Published Paper (Ya, it's only 5 pages...you got time...it's killing 500,000+ a year...do some good):
http://www2.rmcil.edu/dataanalytics/v2015/papers/Advanced_Cognitive_Computing_Applied_To_Personalized_Delivery_Of_Evidence-based_Tobacco_Cessation_Programs.pdf
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