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quitSTART Quit Smoking App
quitSTART Quit Smoking App
The quitSTART app is a free smartphone app that helps you quit smoking with tailored tips, inspiration, and challenges.
The quitSTART app helps you:
Get ready to quit with tips and information to prepare you for becoming smokefree
Monitor your progress and earn badges for smokefree milestones and other achievements
Tag times or places that make you want to smoke so you get encouragement when you need it most
Get back on track if you slip and smoke once or twice or start smoking again
Manage cravings and bad moods in healthy ways
Distract yourself from cravings with games and challenges
Create your own Quit Kit with customized tips and materials. The more information you add about your smoking behaviors, the better the app can personalize content to fit your needs
Store helpful tips, inspirations, and challenges in your Quit Kit
Share your progress and favorite tips through social media
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The quitSTART app is a product of Smokefree.gov, a smoking cessation resource created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and input from tobacco control professionals, smoking cessation experts, and people who have successfully quit smoking.
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Technical support is available to help you download and use quitSTART. If you need help or have any questions, please contact
NCISmokefreeTeam@mail.nih.gov
Quit Notes
Drop a pin! Get tips when you’re in the places that make you want to smoke. quitSTART can do that.
Quit tip: distract yourself through cravings. quitSTART comes with games that can help.
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