Smartphone Application Smoking Cessation Study

"All participants will have access to the Smokefree.gov Initiative smoking cessation smartphone application, quitSTART. This app is available, at no cost, to anyone who owns a smartphone and is interested in quitting smoking. All smokers who download quitSTART are asked to provide basic information about themselves (e.g., age, sex, reason to quit smoking, triggers to smoke, when users typically smoke, how users plan to celebrate success, smoking frequency, age when started smoking regularly, ethnicity, race, cigarettes smoked per day), and set a quit date. Information about cessation and challenges to help support quitting are available, as well as games and tracking features. While using the app, users can proactively report cigarette cravings, if they slipped, if they are feeling down or feeling great. If a user reports a craving, they have the option to mark the timing or location of the craving and request a reminder to resist future cravings at the same time or location."