According to WHO reports, tobacco is responsible for the death of roughly 6 million people each year. This high number isn’t too surprising when you consider the fact that tobacco kills up to half of its users. When you look at those numbers, it boggles the mind why anyone continues to smoke past their impressionable teenage years.
And if you’re like most smokers…you have tried to quit smoking…lots of times. And no one is saying that it’s going to be easy, but there are several cessation techniques that can be of help to you. E-cigs may be of help, and so may be counseling or medication.
E-cigarettes, currently under much scrutiny for their health implications, may nonetheless do you good; a 2011 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggested that more than 30% of E-cigarette users quit smoking after around 6 months of making the switch.
Whatever method you choose, you will need extra motivation to aid your cessation efforts. Your android mobile can help provide that. Here is a list of the top 5 android apps which can help you quit smoking.
Quit Companion
Get Rich Or Die Smoking
This is an interesting app which provides what is a brilliant incentive for quitting any bad habit – the promise of more money.
Quit Smoking: Cessation Nation
Another application which believes that unity is the key to abstinence.
tweetsmoking
This app concept is truly unique. tweetsmoking helps make the social-network Twitter, a part of your personal cessation campaign.
Other wacky graphics, coupled with the innovative concept make this a very interesting quit-smoking app.
Quit Smoking
A most simplistic application that has received rave reviews from its users, Quit Smoking helps users live up to their promises of quitting.
Butt Out
With a cool name and some seriously cool features, this app has become quite popular. The app lets you:
Ciggie
A lot of smokers like this app as it helps them create a database of how many times they have smoked and makes them aware of their average cigarette count, time between smokes, comparison with the previous day, etc.
Green Quit Smoking
On similar lines as Ciggie, this android app lets users keep track of their smokes as well, but divides the entire process of quitting into two stages—Recording and Restraint. This means in the first stage smokers can record their smoking habit, and restraint is when they use this awareness to wean themselves off cigarettes, by lighting up only when the app reminds them to.
Smoke Control
Based on the principle of restraint this app too is useful for smokers who do not want to quit cold turkey, but gradually reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke till they are ready to give up completely. The app helps smokers track their daily smoking routine and the let’s them know when it’s okay to light up the next one.
So, which app should you go for? Frankly, it’s a subjective decision. People get motivated by different things, so the app you choose should be one that offers features that you think would help you kick the butt for good.
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Debi Harper
June 24, 2013 at 6:29 am
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