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Inland Journal, Dec. 10, 2019: New Breathalyzers Help Consumers Make Driving Decisions

Think Twice

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, helping people who go out and have a drink or two determine when it’s ok to drive home and when they should call a cab.

Think Twice, a Bellevue, Washington-based company, is marketing what it calls a single-use breathalyzer. That’s a device that someone who has been drinking can blow into and determine in short order their blood alcohol level. Think Twice sells its product to bars and restaurants and to beverage distributors around the Northwest , mostly in the Puget Sound region. Recently it announced it had added a new customer, the Hayden Beverage Company, which supplies beer and wine to companies throughout Idaho and Montana.

We talk with Justin Thompson, the founder and president of Think Twice. He says the goal is to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road.

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