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Stop paying $5,816 per smoking employee per year.

FreeAir Coach is a clinically-grounded smoking cessation benefit your employees actually use — built by a board-certified pulmonologist, priced at $79.99 per employee per year. The math, frankly, is embarrassing for the status quo.

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The hidden line item on every benefits budget

Smoking employees cost employers an estimated $5,816 more per year than non-smokers — driven by smoking breaks, excess healthcare costs, absenteeism, and lost productivity. (Source: Berman et al., Tobacco Control, 2014.)

Yet most companies offer smokers either nothing or a generic EAP module that no one logs into. The result: a budget line nobody owns, and employees who keep smoking.

What FreeAir Coach delivers as a benefit

ROI Calculator

Enter your numbers. We’ll compute your annual cost of inaction.

U.S. adult smoking rate is ~11.5% (CDC, 2024). Industry-specific rates vary — construction & manufacturing trend higher; tech & finance lower.
Default reflects the Berman et al. (2014, Tobacco Control) estimate. Your real number may include healthcare-claim loading, life-insurance premiums, and absenteeism.
This is a planning input you control. Adjust to your own assumption. Published chatbot-cessation meta-analyses (Luo et al., 2023) describe a range of sustained-abstinence rates; FreeAir Coach has not been independently clinically validated and does not predict a specific outcome.

Planning estimates only. Actual outcomes depend on enrollment, engagement, smoker baseline, and many other factors. FreeAir Coach has not been independently clinically validated and does not promise or predict any specific cessation outcome. Individual results vary.

The 90-Day Pilot Program

Test FreeAir Coach with up to 100 of your employees for 90 days at a fixed pilot fee. Engagement benchmarks and any refund provisions are set out in a simple written pilot agreement before launch, so both sides know exactly what success looks like.

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Enterprise & 1,000+ employees

For deployments of 1,000 or more employees, we offer custom volume pricing and can scope requirements such as SSO, aggregate reporting, and dedicated support as part of an enterprise agreement. Healthcare systems, manufacturers, transportation, construction, and unionized workforces are typical fit.

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Common employer questions

What employee data does the employer see?

Aggregate, anonymous enrollment metrics only — total enrolled, total active, total quit-date-set. We do not provide individual usage data, craving logs, or AI Coach transcripts to employers under any circumstances. This is a hard architectural commitment, not a policy you can override with a contract.

Is this HIPAA-covered?

FreeAir Coach is a direct-to-consumer wellness application and is not a HIPAA-covered entity. Health information is collected and stored on the employee’s device. We are subject to the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule (16 CFR Part 318). For employer programs, we can discuss contractual data-protection terms — including a Business Associate Agreement where one is appropriate — as part of the program agreement.

Can we add this to our existing wellness platform?

Yes. We support deep-link enrollment from any wellness platform that can issue a unique access code per employee. Common integrations: Virgin Pulse, Limeade, Wellable, Rally, and direct deployment alongside an EAP.

What if an employee already uses nicotine replacement therapy or Chantix?

FreeAir Coach is designed to complement pharmacotherapy, not replace it. Combination behavioral + pharmacological therapy is the clinical gold standard for cessation. We educate users about NRT, varenicline, and bupropion options and direct them to consult their physician for prescriptions.

Is there a minimum contract?

The 90-day pilot has no long-term commitment. Annual enterprise contracts are typical for full deployments. We do not have multi-year lock-ins.

Do you have case studies?

FreeAir Coach is in early access — we’re actively recruiting our first 3 employer pilot partners and offering charter pricing in exchange for permission to publish anonymized aggregate outcomes. Email admin@freeaircoach.com if you’d like to be considered.

Smoking is the most expensive line item nobody on your benefits team is tracking.

One conversation. Fifteen minutes. A real number for your CFO.

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