(Not a PR post - but had to share)
For those who smoke and are always looking for different tools to help you quit (I'm giving it another shot myself), I would highly recommending downloading iQuit (for the iPhone).
I've tried various apps and because of their bland interfaces and often over-complicated (feature overload) design find them next to impossible to remember to use regularly.
This app however is perfect. It's really simple. It takes your baseline cigarette consumption, asks you how long you want to take to quit (I suggest being realistic and give yourself a few months - since this method is about weening off your habit), and then begins a basic process of slowly extending time between cigarettes.
If you're looking at quitting over a couple of months, it could be as simple as the app adding 60 seconds a day to the intervals at which you smoke, which is not a big deal at all.
What's nice about it also is that it gives you 'three cheats' a day.
Whoever designed this definitely understands the mind of a smoker. Most smokers generally have one or two periods in the day which for whatever the reason they have two cigarettes instead of one - or have two within a shorter interval span than normal. So integrating a cheat system is brilliant as I've actually quit using other programs simply because there was zero flexibility in
how it attempted to manage your smoking behavior.
With this app, over time it simply extends time in-between smokes. And when you are in that in-between phase, the screen changes from green to red until the timer runs down, changing it back to green and allowing you to have a smoke.
What makes me scratch my head is why government health agencies don't hook up with the various providers of cessation-aids to help promote their availability. I can understand not wanting to cross-promote an application that costs money as potential conflicts of interest could occur, but something like this app is free.
I suppose folks figure that people will seek these applications out on their own or hear about them through word-of-mouth. But I think it makes a ton of sense to make people aware of every tool that is out there - who knows which one might do the trick.
I know for myself, this app is fun to use. It's almost like a challenge - and I tend to respond well to something that is challenging me, it's generally when my motivation is highest.
For those who smoke and are always looking for different tools to help you quit (I'm giving it another shot myself), I would highly recommending downloading iQuit (for the iPhone).
This app however is perfect. It's really simple. It takes your baseline cigarette consumption, asks you how long you want to take to quit (I suggest being realistic and give yourself a few months - since this method is about weening off your habit), and then begins a basic process of slowly extending time between cigarettes.
If you're looking at quitting over a couple of months, it could be as simple as the app adding 60 seconds a day to the intervals at which you smoke, which is not a big deal at all.
What's nice about it also is that it gives you 'three cheats' a day.
Whoever designed this definitely understands the mind of a smoker. Most smokers generally have one or two periods in the day which for whatever the reason they have two cigarettes instead of one - or have two within a shorter interval span than normal. So integrating a cheat system is brilliant as I've actually quit using other programs simply because there was zero flexibility in
how it attempted to manage your smoking behavior.
With this app, over time it simply extends time in-between smokes. And when you are in that in-between phase, the screen changes from green to red until the timer runs down, changing it back to green and allowing you to have a smoke.What makes me scratch my head is why government health agencies don't hook up with the various providers of cessation-aids to help promote their availability. I can understand not wanting to cross-promote an application that costs money as potential conflicts of interest could occur, but something like this app is free.
I suppose folks figure that people will seek these applications out on their own or hear about them through word-of-mouth. But I think it makes a ton of sense to make people aware of every tool that is out there - who knows which one might do the trick.
I know for myself, this app is fun to use. It's almost like a challenge - and I tend to respond well to something that is challenging me, it's generally when my motivation is highest.
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