Everyone commenting on this thread seems to make the assumption that all smokers in fact smoke cigarettes inside their residence. As a 26 year-old semi-heavy smoker, I've never once even considered smoking inside my apartment, nor do I know any smokers who do so. This may be dismissed as anecdotal by the type of vehement anti-smoking zealot you seem to be,But I believe it's an accurate depiction of smokers at large.
The next step for HealthIT (after widespread adoption of robust EHR/PHR systems) is capturing data from a variety of devices in order to monitor health in real time. This includes everything from BMI to blood sugar levels to heart rate and even more complex data from implanted monitoring devices. It's really invigorating to finally see this ultra-connected future approaching over the horizon.
This is exactly the kind of discussion that needs to be taking place in this industry, which has lagged far behind most in terms of adopting modern IT solutions. Of course, the post is talking about the (very) long term, but these ideas have to start brewing somewhere. No doubt that in the distant future, all of this technology will be widespread and more importantly, cheap. And yes, it would be cool!
Maybe 3D glasses will take off as a fashion accessory when these little boxes start popping up all over the place and we experience mass vision impairment
The idea is that with your medical records in the cloud, an ER doctor in europe treating the ankle you broke skiing in the Alps would know right off the bat whether you were allergic to any particular meds. It would prevent the need for redundant tests if they had your access to your health data, thus saving money in an industry fraught with wasteful spending. I personally think this is a great idea, and to encapsulate the service in such an elegant and refined user experience is the stuff of startup success.