Introduction to the Pivot Breath Sensor

Welcome to your new Pivot Breath Sensor. As you may know, smoking is harmful to your health and to the health of those around you. No amount of smoking is safe. Quitting smoking completely and permanently is the only way to lower your risk for smoking-related illness. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control: 

• Approximately 70% of people who smoke indicate that they want to quit smoking
• 50% of people who smoke try to quit every year¹

Since you have acquired the Pivot Breath Sensor, it is likely that you are thinking about quitting smoking. This breath sensor can be used to help you monitor the amount of carbon monoxide in your breath to inform you about how breath carbon monoxide levels are affected by smoking. What are some ways I can stop smoking?

^{1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Quitting Smoking Among Adults — United States, 2001–2010. MMWR 2011;60:1513-1519.}