Matthew BarsMatthew "Matt" Bars is a master's-level psychologist and has been engaged in the treatment, management, and administration of nicotine addiction services for many years. Matt was the Clinical Director of the IQuit Smoking Program at RWJ Barnabas Healh-Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey, and was appointed to their medical staff in 2011. He is also the co-developer and Clinical Director of the Tobacco Treatment Program of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). The FDNY Tobacco Treatment Program enjoys a biochemically confirmed quit rate of 70% at 10 year follow-up. Matt is also a former President of the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD). ATTUD is a non-profit organization of providers dedicated to the promotion of and increased access to evidence-based tobacco treatment for the tobacco user. Since December 2006, he has been retained by the American College of Chest Physicians as a principal author for their Tobacco Treatment Toolkit, a training and consultation document and online resource for pulmonologists and other clinicians worldwide. In addition, he helps physicians, hospitals, and medical centers establish sustainable and clinically successful tobacco treatment programs. In March 2013, Matt was appointed to the faculty of St. George's School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and he also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Smoking Cessation and the Journal of Medical Internet Research. Matt is the creator, founder and Chief Quitting Officer of IntelliQuit.org and CustomQuit.com, the world's first point-of-care, cloud-based biochemical nicotine monitor for health care professionals and tobacco and nicotine dependent patients. Read More Read Less