About us

We're building a method to quit smoking.

Kaiho is a small company on a mission: help people understand addiction rather than fight it, so anyone can break free from tobacco.

A method recognized by the media and trusted by smokers

Logos of the media that covered the method: M6, France Inter, France 24, Top Santé

Vincent Pellaumail, voted France's #1 quit-smoking coach by Psychologies Magazine in 2025.

Our story

A shared frustration

Vincent has coached smokers for years. Arthur has built mobile apps for just as long. They didn't know each other, but they shared the same observation: almost every quit-smoking app out there is bad.

They shame you when you slip. They bet on willpower alone. Most have no real method behind them: just a counter, a streak that resets at the first stumble, and a moralizing tone that turns quitting into punishment.

In early 2026, Vincent was looking for a developer who could translate his method into a real app, without betraying it. They found each other. Kaiho was born from a simple conviction: you don't quit smoking through willpower, you quit by understanding. No score, no moral lectures. A method, tools, calm.

What we do

Most quit-smoking products treat addiction as a willpower problem. We don't. We build software that helps people understand the triple dependence (physical, behavioral, psychological) that keeps them trapped, and walk through it, day by day.

Our flagship product, the Kaiho app, combines a step-by-step preparation program, daily coaching, craving exercises and progress tracking. Everything is grounded in the approach of Vincent Pellaumail, our co-founder and quit-smoking coach, refined over years of field experience.

We're independent, we move slowly on purpose. We see the people who use our app as adults manipulated by an industry, never as wrongdoers to reform. They deserve clarity, not gimmicks.

Our commitments

What we believe

Four convictions that guide every decision we make on Kaiho.

The team

Two people behind the app.

Vincent Pellaumail

Vincent Pellaumail

Co-founder, quit-smoking coach

Author of « Les 7 clés pour se libérer du tabac » and « 77 mantras pour se libérer définitivement du tabac ». Recognized as France's #1 quit-smoking coach by Psychologies Magazine, he now guides 150,000+ people online. His method, built on years of coaching and studying the psychology of addiction, is the foundation of the app.

Arthur Chambriard

Arthur Chambriard

Co-founder, product & engineering

Mobile developer and product builder. Arthur translates Vincent's approach into an app that ships on iOS and Android, with a focus on craft, calm and care.

Tracking screen: time reclaimed, money saved, cigarettes avoided and health milestones Coach screen: quit preparation, daily support and Vincent Pellaumail's books

The Kaiho app

A complete companion for the journey to a smoke-free life, built around Vincent Pellaumail's 7-keys method.

Personalized preparation, daily rituals, exercises to navigate cravings, progress tracking, and a relapse module that doesn't reset your effort.

Discover the app

Coming soon on the App Store and Google Play