JUUL has been called'highly addictive', but the firm may be developing a new product that helps users kick the habit once and for all. The San Francisco company filed a patent that describes an artificial intelligence powered product that delivers fewer nicotine amounts to the user by learning their smoking habits over time. The document highlights a device that alternates between nicotine and a non-nicotine product in order to gradually reduce the intake of the drug. The device may also be connected to a smartphone that could log how much nicotine is being consumed, allowing the device to determine how it should regulate the drug, as first reported on by The Logic. JUUL started off as a way of providing the world's one billion smokers with an alternative to combustible tobacco products. With their goal to completely eliminate smoking, JUUL has now become the number one vapor product in the United States, according to Nielsen.

A new internet-connected e-cigarette from vape company, Juul, will look to curb underage consumption and collect an unprecedented amount user data in the process. The product, called Juul C1, was recently launched in the United Kingdom and comes with a host of new safety features which are enabled through the use of its companion smart phone app, according the Financial Times. Among the biggest new features, says the report, is a more stringent age-verification process. That process involves'facial recognition and two-step background check with third-party databases' according to Dan Thomson, a managing director for Juul in the U.K. who was interviewed by the Times. The company is also reportedly considering the use of a geofencing feature that would prevent the devices from being used in smoke-free areas like schools and hospitals. A company spokesperson for Juul told Gizmodo that it doesn't currently have the capability to do so.

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