Matt Bars, a Global Expert in Smoking Cessation, Joins Next Safety a...( Next Safety Inc. has developed the mo...)

Next Safety, Inc. has developed the most effective pulmonary nicotine delivery device to help people quit smoking

JEFFERSON, N.C., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Matthew P. Bars, MS, CTTS, has joined Next Safety, Inc. (NSI) as chairman. In his smoking cessation work, he has appeared on the NBC Today Show several times, as well as the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, ABC World News Tonight, CNBC and CNN.

Mr. Bars has a B.S. in Psychology, an M.S. in Clinical Psychology and is a member of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. He is a consultant and key opinion-maker for many pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical diagnostic companies and has been engaged in the treatment, management, and administration of nicotine addiction services since 1980.

Mr. Bars is a contributing editor to the National Cancer Institute's "Clearing the Air" stop-smoking publication. He is also the expert consultant and director for smoking cessation for the Fire Department of New York City and the co-developer of the "Tobacco Free with the New York FD" program. He is the current clinical director of the Palisades Medical Center's IQuit Smoking Program (an affiliate of the Columbia University New York Presbyterian Healthcare System and a director of the IQuit Smoking Consultation Service).

"I have worked against nicotine addiction for almost 30 years and I am excited to be working with a company that is poised to save lives with what I have named 'the Next Step' in nicotine replacement therapy," said Mr. Bars.

In human trials, utilizing the Next Safety Platform, the device was highly effective in the pulmonary delivery of nicotine and other drugs. The phase I trials included blood results that were independently measured by a leading laboratory at a major academic research institution. Participants reported significant psychoactive effects.

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