QuiText: Text Message support to quit smoking

QuiText Featured in Shape Magazine

2008-07-22T14:53:00.004+10:00

QuiText was featured in Shape magazine's "Live Healthy News" this month alongside other companies using text messaging to provide health based services to personal mobile phones.

Shape is a monthly fitness magazine for women and is distributed worldwide. Among many regular features it promotes are exercise workouts, healthy eating and healthy lifestyles. Kick butt indeed! Quit those cigarettes and start enjoying a bit more Zing! in your life, that's what we say.

Thanks Shape Magazine.

QuiText on CNN

2008-04-17T20:36:00.002+10:00

QuiText appeared on CNN's American Morning recently in a piece covering the how cell phone technology is being used to address health issues in new an innovative ways. During the article, CNN correspondent Veronica De La Cruz talked about text messaging being used for medical alerts, prescription reminders and, of course, help with quitting smoking. With the ever growing popularity of text messages in the United States De La Cruz stated, "It's fast. It's cheap. It's private" and here at QuiText, we couldn't agree more.

Thanks for the mention CNN! If anyone knows where we can get a copy of the program which was aired, please let us know.

source: CNN
To find out more visit www.quitext.com

Mobile quit smoking support for Keitai Culture

2008-03-13T19:47:00.004+11:00

QuiText is excited to announce the launch of it's quit smoking text message service in Japan from today. After success in Europe and Australasia expansion into Japan means that the QuiText service is now available to an additional 33 million smokers through their mobile phones.

QuiText is now available on all major Japanese mobile networks, KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, Softbank and Vodafone K.K. (J-Phone). At QuiText we're very excited about the prospects of working together to help Japanese smokers quit and are very much looking forward to providing futher mobile products and services in the future.

source: Japan International Center for Occupational Safety and Health

UK National No Smoking Day - March 12th

2008-03-04T19:09:00.004+11:00

So, the New Year is well and truly under way at the usual alarming pace. Smoking is still going on the world over causing untold misery and yet, quietly, persistently and with great determination, individuals are breaking free from their nicotine addictions and giving up. If you managed to quit this year - Good On You!! If you quit, and relapsed, don't worry and certainly don't beat yourself up over it. If you didn't try to quit at all, well, now is your chance to make up for being tardy.

Every year National No Smoking Day runs in the UK and every year over a million smokers will band together in a collective push to try and kick cigarettes out of their lives. March is springtime in the UK. A time of renewal, hope and plenty of fresh air. Just what tired rusty old smokers need to inspire them to quit the habit.

So, now that we've let you know about it and given you a great reason for quitting, it's up to you to make the effort. You can find out more about the QuiText support program here or alternatively, get on the Internet and make a plan.

Remember, quitting won't happen by itself.

source: nosmokingday.org.uk

To find out more visit www.quitext.com

Happy New Year!

2008-01-07T20:18:00.000+11:00

Well, it's that traditional "stubbing out" time of year again when millions of smokers world-wide will hang up their lighters and embark on a smoke free life (or rather, revert back to one as we like to think here at QuiText).

Great news in France and Germany too with smoking bans coming into force in both countries which will undoubtedly have a massive impact on the health of their citizens across all ages! So a special "Bon Chance!" and "Viel Glück!" goes out to them all!

If we could give you all one "New Year Quit Tip" it would be to treat every day the same as you did January 1st!! It's easy to muster the enthusiasm to quit smoking at New Year. When one year ends and another begins we naturally look to the future with optimism and a new perspective. But what do you do on January 17th when it's cold and rainy and you're going mad for a smoke? Pretend it's January the 1st again, take a deep breath, tell yourself you can do it and move on.

Here's to a healthy 2008 for one and all!

Website And Service Enhancements

2007-11-29T19:02:00.000+11:00

It's been a busy few months here at QuiText again with improvements being made to our site and service and a new toy for ex-smokers being released!

First of all, we've taken on board some feedback you've made and simplified the look and feel of the main site. We're very happy with the result and think it's much cleaner and brighter - exactly what we hope your futures will be once you kick those cigs out! One addition we particularly like is our tips page with lots of useful (and proven!) tips and tricks for making your quit process that little bit easier.

Also, we've upgraded our text message delivery systems so you can now schedule your text to arrive to the nearest 15 minutes! We feel this is an important improvement especially for those of you who are trying to get delivery of your message just before an important trigger situation such as a morning coffee break. Delivery at 9:45am just before your 10:00 coffee break is much more potent that having it arrive at 8:00am when most of us are still "coming round"...

And finally, in keeping with our tradition of providing free stuff, just for fun, we've just released our first Google Gadget! This is a new Quit Smoking Meter which you can add to your Google home page to keep track of all your achievements since quitting!

QuiText Service covers Europe

2007-09-17T15:16:00.000+10:00

Following on from early successes QuiText is very excited to announce the extension of it's quit smoking text message service to all the countries of Europe as from today. Expanded coverage from 5 to over 50 countries means that the mobile quit smoking support can now be sent over more than 180 mobile networks and can reach of approximately 200 million smokers.

Integration with Europe's mobile network operators forms a key component in the foundation on which future products and services for mobile consumers will be built. At QuiText we envisage mobile technology becoming a much more integral part of everyday life and are looking forward to the exciting opportunities this will bring in helping smokers quit and embark on healthy lifestyles.

source: European Report on Tobacco Control Policy, 2002 & Wikipedia

Mobile Quit Smoking Service Launches in UK and Ireland

2007-08-28T14:48:00.000+10:00

As part of our continued, and rapid expansion at QuiText, we are excited to announced today that our Stop Smoking SMS Service is now available in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Ireland is internationally famed for being the first country in the world to ban smoking nationally in workplaces in 2004 and further smoking bans exist in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

About 12 million adults smoke in Great Britain and more than 80% of them started as teenagers. But people do give up! 20% of women and 28% of men are ex-smokers just like us! Also, about 70% of current smokers would like to give up altogether.

source: ash.org.uk

To find out more visit www.quitext.com

QuiText Featured on CNet

2007-08-23T17:17:00.000+10:00

QuiText has made it to the front page of CNet Australia today! The main article can be found here in the mobile phones section. CNet is a fantastic site which provides articles, reviews and features for people passionate about improving their lifestyle using technology and consumer electronics. More than 50,000 people visit CNet every day - or 1.5 million a month.

Just the ticket. A big Thank You to CNet.

Source: cnet.com.au

QuiText Launches In South Africa

2007-08-21T13:13:00.000+10:00

QuiText is pleased to announce the launch of it's quit smoking text message support program in South Africa today. The service is available to all users of MTN, Vodacom and Cell C networks.

In South Africa, around 7 million people smoke and of them, four out of five have tried to quit at least once. Furthermore, 90% of smokers in South Africa started before they were aged 18 - 10% before they were aged 10.

At QuiText, we'd just like to say "Howsit!" to all South Africans and that we look forward to helping in any way we can.

Source: Heart Foundation South Africa

Free Desktop Wallpaper for Smokers

2007-08-17T09:53:00.000+10:00

Thinking of quitting smoking? Need a bit of help? As part of our commitment to providing you with free stuff to get you off the cigs, we're pleased to make available some 'alternative' wallpaper for your computer desktop.

You'll find them here. We like them. We hope you feel the same. Besides, it's Friday, and we're in a good mood.

Free Quit Meter for Ex-Smokers!

2007-08-11T19:06:00.000+10:00

As part of our new "Extras" section at QuiText, we're please to be able to provide a free Quit Meter to ex-smokers who've successfully quit. The meter can be placed on any blog or web page and provides a continuous count of days since quitting, cigarettes not smoked and the amount of money saved!

We will be adding more fun stuff to the Extras page as time goes by so keep watching.

Free stuff. You gotta love it.

Quit Smoking Text Message Service Launches!

2007-08-03T15:53:00.000+10:00

QuiText is pleased to announce the official launch of its' text message support program to help smokers kick the habit.

The text message program is designed to provide help and support to people about specific issues they will likely face as they progress with quitting cigarettes. Early messages focus advice on cravings, habits and dealing with the physical withdrawal symptoms. Later the program moves on help the ex-smoker accept their smoke free life and look to the future.

QuiText messages are delivered at a time of day the smokers chooses and will even allow the subscriber to change time-zones if they go abroad on holiday or business.

Currently available in Australia and New Zealand with a global rollout schedule throughout 2007, QuiText has been put together by ex-smokers.

QuiText Countdown!

2007-06-13T15:51:00.001+10:00

Well, it's been a long time in the making, but after a lot of hard work QuiText is now putting together the final preparations for launch in Australia and New Zealand! We have made some great improvements to the text message service and website in the last few months and are now excited to be able to provide a breath of fresh air to those smokers who have decided to "pack in".

QuiText has been created and is run by ex-smokers. The website and text message service has been inspired by a collection of ideas and experiences but overall, the image we wish to promote is one of happiness and freedom while recognising that quitting smoking is a serious business (especially for the smoker!). In today's world, smokers have to endure a great deal of social, media and internal pressure due to their habit. At QuiText, we want to let them know that it doesn't all have to be doom and gloom. You can quit smoking and have a happy life.

That just about sums it up really.

Thanks and we'll be in touch soon,
The QuiText Team.