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World Health Organization recommends app for quit smoking

The application allows the users to record the day they quit smoking and measure their progress over time. In addition, it includes a forum in which users share their experiences.

QuitNow! is an application designed for people looking to quit the bad habit of smoking. It is a proven application that seeks to establish a commitment to quitting smoking. The app offers a friendly interface that through goal setting and achievement seeks the goal of quitting smoking.

Also, Florence the World Health Organization's AI-based bot shows data extracted from QuitNow! and promotes its use by displaying links for download. The application can be downloaded for free from the App Store for iOS devices and Google Play for Android devices.

The application shows the user's achievements since he registered his last cigarette lit. Like the savings obtained by not buying cigarettes, consecutive days without smoking. As well as health benefit indicators recommended by the WHO, such as improvement of blood pressure, elimination of nicotine in the body or elimination of physical dependence on nicotine. In total there are 70 achievements that the user can reach, until the last one in which the user is identified as an ex-smoker.

In this way the user is able to know the benefits that quitting smoking achieves for his health, as well as knowing his progress day by day and even sharing it in social networks.

Additionally, the app has a bot that answers questions based on information found in the FAQ section, as well as in the WHO archives. In addition, in the community section the user can share their experiences and read those of people who have already managed to quit smoking.

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