Photo credit: Getty Images | A smoker puffs away at Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan in 2009 before New York City banned smoking in its parks. (Sept. 15, 2009)
Nicotine patches. Check.
Nicotine gum. Check, check.
Will of steel. Check, check, check.
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And to tech it up, we've got five free iPhone / iPad apps to help you along the way if you're giving up your smokes on World No Tobacco Day Friday:
1) Since iQuit: This nifty app tells you how long it's been since you tossed your cigs aside, how much money you've saved (in euro, if you you're a super fancy type who buys those Gauloises abroad) and allows you to share your info with the world if you choose via Twitter, Facebook , email or text. Oh, and you can opt for your tobacco of choice: cigarettes, pipes or cigars.
2) No Smokes: An interactive quiz asking you how long you've smoked, how much you smoke, why you want to quit, when you're quitting. You're asked to choose whether you're Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander or both or neither, though the answers don't seem to change much no matter how you answer this question. At the end of the quiz, which is navigated by a computer-generated voice with an endearing Australian accent, you're given suggestions on how to approach quitting. After that, you're on your own with this one.
3) Zombie Smokeout: A Zombie-themed video game developed by the American Cancer Society . You are the super heroine out to douse the world's secondhand smoke. You jump over smoking Zombies. If you miss, you are enveloped in a deadly cloud of Zombie smoke. It's a distraction. And a pretty good one.
4) My Last Cigarette: This is the "Scared Straight" app. It shows you how much you've reduced your risk of heart attack and lung cancer and the number of people who died from smoking-related deaths since you tossed your cigs. It also tallies your savings and the number of cigarettes you've opted not to smoke. (Downside: Lots of advertisements, though there's a 99 cent version that makes the ads go away.)
5) Quit Pro: A simple interface tells you how much time since you've quit, how much you've saved, how many hours of life you've gained. It also helps you identify triggers -- hunger, stress, boredom -- as well as motivators for continuing to live a tobacco-free life.
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