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My QuitBuddy app

Health app | By: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

In summary

  • About: helps you get, and stay, smoke-free and vape-free
  • Suitable for: adults
  • Cost: free
  • More information: My QuitBuddy app

The My QuitBuddy app that helps you get, and stay, smoke-free and vape-free. It provides helpful tips to overcome cravings and tracking systems to chart your progress. My QuitBuddy gives you the facts you need to understand the impacts smoking and vaping have on your health.

Quitting smoking and vaping can be difficult but My QuitBuddy is here to help you every step of the way. Designed to deliver you support in a way best-suited to you, My QuitBuddy helps you get, and stay, smoke-free and vape-free.

You can easily customise the My QuitBuddy app. For example:

  • choose to 'Quit Now', ‘Continue Quitting’, or prepare to 'Quit Later'
  • set your goals and understand your motivations to quit
  • nominate friends or family who can help you in the tough times
  • view your progress, including a count of every day, hour and minute you stay vape or smoke-free and how much money you've saved
  • nominate any ‘Danger Times’ and My QuitBuddy will send you notifications to keep you on track
  • engage in a range of distractions to occupy your mind and your hands through any moments of craving

My QuitBuddy is free to download from the Apple Store or Google Play.

My QuitBuddy app by Department of Health and Aged Care

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Last reviewed: January 2025

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