QuitMeter Counter

While using quitting applications (apps), counters and meters to track progress is fun and inspiring, no app can undo the consequences of just one hit of nicotine. Nicotine addiction is a brain wanting disorder, an illness and disease that’s every bit as real and permanent as alcoholism.

While most quitters walk away from trying to cheat feeling like they’ve gotten away with it, brain scan studies teach us that just one puff and up to half of dopamine pathway receptors become activated by nicotine. And it won’t be long before the cheater finds their brain wanting, plotting to obtain, or even begging for more. It’s not a matter of weakness or a lack of willpower. It’s about the design and function of brain dopamine pathways: to make activating events nearly impossible to ignore in the short term, the time needed for recovery.

Sadly, from advertisements to buy worthless quitting products to trying to get you to purchase the app’s premium quit meter or additional features, most apps are designed to take your money. Keep your money!!!

Each and every year the vast majority of nicotine addicts who succeed in arresting their dependence do so cold turkey. But don’t take our word for it. As the U.S. Surgeon General wrote in his 2020 Smoking Cessation Report, “most smokers who quit successfully do so without medications or any type of formal assistance … cold-turkey quitters do as well or better than those who use over-the-counter NRTs.”

One additional point that Joel suggested we share. A 2019 study found that of “36 top-ranked apps for depression and smoking cessation available in public app stores, 29 transmitted data to services provided by Facebook or Google, but only 12 accurately disclosed this in a privacy policy.”

Become smarter and wiser than nicotine’s grip upon your mind, thinking and life. Read, learn and grow at WhyQuit.comQuitMeter Counter Standalone calculates to the second (or minute, or hour, or month, or year – you name it) how long it’s been since quitting smoking (or a variety of other vices), along with the amount of money saved. It runs whenever your computer is on, so it can be checked anytime with a click of the mouse. No-smoking stats can be inserted into an e-mail with a single hotpaste key combination.

The popular application QuitNow is for smart phone and tablet
computer users. It tracks days without smoking, cigarettes not
smoked, money saved, time saved, nine aspects of your health
that you will see gradually improve, facts about snuff, and more.

There are many “high-tech” tools available online that can help you quit smoking. You may find they help make quitting more fun, give you something to focus on and keep you motivated.

Try these free tools – which is just a sampling of the hundreds available!

Keep in mind that most of the available tools and apps are not research-based and therefore have limitations. For most people, successfully quitting smoking involves a combination of supportive counseling and medications to help you manage nicotine withdrawal.