Breathalyzer Market Trends

Growth Drivers

• Worldwide Initiatives for Road Safety to Decrease Drunk and Drive Accidents – For road safety purposes, different initiatives have been taken by the government. Moreover, the government has recognized the importance of road safety initiatives as a result of the rise in road traffic crashes. Therefore, worldwide initiatives for road safety are anticipated to increase the growth of the global breathalyzer market. According to the data by the World Health Organization (WHO), by 2030, WHO, in collaboration with UN Regional Commissions, aims to prevent at least 50% of road traffic deaths and injuries by launching an initiative—the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030.
• Growing Prevalence of Lung Diseases such as Asthma – Breathalyzers are used to detect diseases or viruses from a breath test at an earlier stage, which increases the success rate of their treatment. Therefore, it is expected to fuel the market growth of the global breathalyzer market. According to the WHO, in 2019 about 262 million people are affected by asthma and it caused about 455,000 deaths.
• Increasing Use of Prohibited Drugs such as – Prohibited drug use leads to the risk of mental and physical health issues within the human body. Moreover, it not only affects the person who is consuming but also the surrounding people. This is anticipated to drive the growth of the global breathalyzer market. According to the World Drug report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), globally, approximately 275 million people used drugs in 2021. Whereas, more than 36 million people suffer from drug use disorders.
• Growing Healthcare Industry Owing to Increasing Population Across the World - Breathalyzer is becoming a popular trend for alcohol and drug tests in the healthcare industry. Therefore, the growing healthcare industry is expected to spur the growth of the global breathalyzer market. According to the Indian Brand Equity Foundation, the Indian healthcare sector is anticipated to reach USD 372 billion in 2022.
• Increasing Use of Breathalyzers for Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) – The VOC-based breath analysis reported a specificity of more than 705 with about 99% during COVID-19.

Challenges

• High Cost of Breathalyzer
• Concern for the Inaccuracy Rate of Breath Analyzer Devices
• Breath analyzers can be interrupted by the presence of electronic interference such as radio frequency transmissions and may display false results. Also, electromagnetic signals from FM radio interfere with the device making it an untrustworthy device. Even c0nsuming something that contains a small percentage of alcohol will give false positive results impeding the market growth.
• Lack of Hygiene in the Case of Multiple Use of Breath Analyzer Devices Simultaneously