1. Train2Quit for U.S. Service Members and Veterans
Train2Quit is an interactive program created by the Department of Defense to help U.S. service members and veterans quit their life-threatening tobacco habits. The DoD states individuals are twice as likely to quit smoking by enrolling in a tobacco cessation program such as Train2Quit.
Veterans and current service members can sign up for the confidential online program for free and work through the program at their own pace. The program prepares smokers for the "Four Phases" of smoking cessation one step at a time. The program helps smokes prepare to quit, implement the changes and stay tobacco-free. Viewers can access activities, articles and self-assessments to stay on track. Expert coaches are available to answer confidential user questions by email or in group chats.
While the Train2Quit is only open for U.S. service members, there are plenty of articles and resources available on the website to help smokers combat nicotine.
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2. Cancer.org's Cost of Smoking Calculator
In New York City, a pack of cigarettes costs about $11.50 on average. If you smoke at least three cigarettes a day, your daily nicotine fixes can cost you about $12.50 per week, $53.70 per month, $644.40 per year and $6,444 per decade.
Use Cancer.org's Cost of Smoking Calculator to find out how much you could save by quitting tobacco. The Cigarette Calculator reveals how many packs you smoke over a period of time. If you smoke three sticks a day, that's a total of 1,096 cigarettes or 55 packs going into your lungs a year. That's a whole lot of carcinogenic compounds and toxins entering your body.
3. QuitSTART App for Teens
QuitSTART, created by the National Cancer Institute, is an app for teen smokers. The online resource lays it out plainly for teens: Smoking is bad. The QuitSTART website and app [iTunes link] offers students information about the health effects of tobacco, smoking triggers and methods to fight peer pressure in school.
QuitSTART helps smokers trying to quit keep on track. The app lets you keep track of your mood, challenges and day-to-day progress. You'll earn in-app badges for staying smoke-free for different amounts of time.
4. NCI QuitPal
The National Cancer Institute QuitPal mobile application [iTunes link] is designed for adult smokers. Use the app to record the number of days you've been smoke-free and challenges along the way. You won't want to ruin your track record with a cigarette.
To share the good news, connect to your social networks to share day-to-day successes. It's a great way to keep yourself accountable. The app also tracks health milestones to encourage progress, like this one: "24 hours after your last cigarette, your risk of having a heart attack should have started to go down." You can also see how much you've saved not buying cigarettes.
5. Since iQuit
Since iQuit [iTunes link] is a simple app created by Hugh Williams on the day he quit smoking. The app counts your good days and tells you how much money you've saved along the way. Users can also share their progress to Twitter and Facebook or by text and email.
6. "Be A Quitter" Facebook Campaign
The American Cancer Society wants you to announce to the world that you're a quitter. The anti-smoking initiative encourages Facebook users to download personal badges in support of your own battle against nicotine or in support of someone else's fight.
Walking away from tobacco can be one of the hardest things to do in life ? Like Mark Twain once said, ?Quitting smoking is easy, I?ve done it hundreds of times.?
In honor of Thursday?s Great American Smokeout and Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we have rounded up a few online resources to help you kick the habit.
By giving up cigarettes for good, you can lengthen and add to the quality to your life. The annual Great American Smokeout encourages the estimated 43.8 million U.S. smokers to banish deep-set wrinkles, yellow teeth, smoke-soaked clothing and elevated risk for cancer by quitting tobacco.
There are many anti-smoking communities online offering smokers information, mobile tools and support. To kick the cigarette habit for good, experts suggest replacing smoking with exercise, meditation and simple breathing. It?s also extremely helpful to tell everyone you know about your plan to quit. That way, you?re accountable for your actions.
For information about the health effects of smoking, and additional resources to help you quit, visit BeTobaccoFree.Gov. The Department of Health and Human Services launched the online hub this week.
Are you trying to quit smoking? Tell us in the comments if we are missing any of your favorite smoking-cessation apps or platforms.
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Source: http://mashable.com/2012/11/15/quit-smoking-apps/
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