Mobile Quit Smoking Service Launches in UK and Ireland

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

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

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

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!

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!

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.