Anti-tobacco day — Next-gen technology to help you quit smoking

• Anti-tobacco day is celebrated on May 31 to raise awareness of the dangers of using tobacco.
  
• Many people around the world are using the power of technology to help people to quit smoking.
  
• Here some next technology studies in the works right now.
  

India is home to nearly 120 million smokers. The World Health Organisation (WHO), estimates that is nearly 12% of all smokers worldwide — and it shows no signs of slowing down.

Nicotine gum, patches and even hypnosis have been around for a while but with the advent of technology, there are more effective ways in the works to help smokers quit the habit.

There are already multiple apps that you can download on your smartphone but researchers are trying to come up with more innovative approaches to make sure that when you decide the quit — it sticks. Because a burgeoning problem is that more than half of the people that decide to quit smoking, tend to relapse within the span of six months.

On the anti-tobacco day, here’s a list of the next-gen technologies that people around the world are working on to help people quit smoking — and stay tobacco-free for the long haul: