My QuitBuddy - Quit smoking & vaping

My QuitBuddy received an update in late May 2025, enhancing the user experience and extending support to a greater number of individuals on their quitting journey.

- If you're facing challenges when launching My QuitBuddy (like encountering a blank screen), please check that you have installed the latest version of the app.

- Should you be unable to navigate through the application, verify your text size settings, as there have been reports of issues among users who select larger text sizes.

- If you are having difficulties with tracking your quit date or progress, make sure to select ‘Already Started’ when prompted by the app about your quitting status. Enter your initial quit date (and additional details such as expenses) so the app can accurately calculate the duration since you quit and your progress.

- If you've previously set a different quit date, consider reinstalling the app to input your original information. Please be aware that doing so will erase any saved data including journal entries or motivational notes. For privacy reasons, My QuitBuddy cannot modify or recover lost information.

Whether you’re contemplating quitting, prepping for your quit date, or prepared to stop now, My QuitBuddy is adjustable to fit your current stage in the quitting process and aid you in remaining free from smoking and vaping.

This app offers support during challenging moments with practical tips and distractions to help ease cravings; tracking features to monitor your journey; and essential information to understand the effects of smoking and vaping on your health.

A supportive community of peers is available, sharing success stories, insights, and useful advice.

You can take pride in witnessing how much money you save and how many harmful substances your lungs are avoiding. Over time, it’s motivating to see the savings and positive outcomes accumulate.

Every quitting journey has its highs and lows, influenced by your feelings each day. On those days when cravings intensify, there are distractions and calming imagery available to assist you.

Quitting can be difficult, and it's common for individuals to attempt multiple times before achieving lasting cessation.

My QuitBuddy is here to provide unwavering support at every step of your journey.

Don’t go through this alone. Start using the complimentary My QuitBuddy app today.

Key Features:

Choose to 'Quit Now', prepare to 'Quit Later', or 'Continue Quitting'.

- Set your personal goals while clarifying your motivations for quitting.

- Identify friends or family members whom you can reach out to during tough moments.

- Track your journey, including the total days, hours, and minutes you remain smoke- and vape-free, along with the amount of money you’ve saved.

- For the first month of your journey, expect to receive a helpful tip each time you open the app.

- You can identify specific “Danger Times,” and My QuitBuddy will connect with you to help maintain your course.

- The app offers various distractions to engage your mind and occupy your hands during moments of temptation.

- Access encouraging messages from fellow users who are also quitting with My QuitBuddy and share your own experiences for others to benefit from.

- If you require extra assistance, you have the option to contact the Quitline directly through the app.

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Our vision is to deliver better health and wellbeing for all Australians, now and for future generations.

Our purpose is to support the government to lead and shape Australia’s health, disability and aged care systems through evidence-based policy, well targeted programs, and best practice regulation.

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We make sure all Australians have the information and advice they need to make good health and ageing choices. Find out how we keep you informed and the range of health topics we cover.

Keeping you informed

An important part of our work is to make sure you have the best available information and advice about health and aged care in Australia.

We want to:

give you the facts about how to stay healthy and prevent illness

help you to understand any conditions or diseases you may have

provide a list of contacts to help you find available and relevant services in health, aged care and sport

keep you up to date on issues related to health, aged care and sport

update you on the initiatives and programs that we are running to improve health, aged care and sport outcomes.

For health professionals and health and aged care service providers, we also aim to:

connect you with other stakeholders in the health and aged care system

help you understand and meet your rights and obligations

support you with information, education and training.

How we share information

We share information in different ways so you can choose what works best for you, including through:

this website (read the latest updates in news and events)

print and online education materials (many are available in our resources section)

our social media channels

the people who deliver services to you such as nurses, GPs and other health workers, and people working in aged care

public health and education campaigns on television, radio, print media and digital media.

Topics we cover

We aim to raise awareness of important health, ageing and aged care issues and topics such as:

mental health

exercise and healthy eating

taking part in sport

chronic disease prevention and management

travel health

emergency management including disease outbreaks

immunisation

cancer screening programs

how to stop smoking.