An app to quit IQOS and heated tobacco

Yes, there is an app built to help you quit IQOS. Nicoxit is a quit-nicotine app for IQOS and other heated tobacco, as well as cigarettes, vapes and hookah. It takes you through a guided journey that works on the reasons you keep reaching for the next stick, so stopping doesn't rest on willpower. You keep using it along the way and quit at the end.

Why heated tobacco needs its own approach

It often feels like you've already quit. If you moved to IQOS as a step away from cigarettes, it can feel like the job is done. That belief, "I've already cut down", is one of the things that keeps it going.

Switching isn't stopping. IQOS heats tobacco instead of burning it, but it is still tobacco and still nicotine. In the 2022 Cochrane review, heated tobacco users had higher levels of measured toxicants than people who use no tobacco. No study in that review measured whether heated tobacco helps people stop.

The research has a conflict of interest. Cochrane records that all 11 randomised trials in its review were funded by tobacco companies.

It's easy to use all day. There's no ash and less smell, and it's easy to use indoors, so there are fewer natural points in the day to stop and notice it.

How Nicoxit handles heated tobacco

You track sticks. Tell the app how many you use on a normal day and what a pack costs. Days free, sticks avoided and money saved are all counted in sticks.
The "it's the cleaner option" belief is part of the work. The journey takes apart the beliefs that make heated tobacco feel like a solution rather than the same loop in a new device.
You plan for the moments that catch you. Day 6 builds an if-then plan for the exact situations where you reach for it.
You don't stop before you start. You keep using it during the journey and quit at the end.
Help at the hard moment. Quinn, the in-app AI quit coach, already knows your triggers and your plan.
A slip costs one stick, nothing more. Days free never reset, and the money you've saved isn't wiped.

Who it's for

Adults 18 and over who use IQOS or another heated tobacco product and want to stop, including people who also smoke cigarettes. Nicoxit is a psychology-based programme, not therapy or medical treatment. If you're pregnant, being treated for a mental health condition or taking prescription medication, talk to your doctor before changing your nicotine use.

Questions

Is there an app to quit IQOS or heated tobacco?
Yes. Nicoxit covers IQOS and other heated tobacco as well as cigarettes, vapes and hookah. You track sticks, and the guided journey works on the reasons you keep using it. It's on Google Play and the App Store.

Is IQOS safer than cigarettes?
It isn't safe, and it isn't a way to stop. Users have higher levels of measured toxicants than people who don't use tobacco at all. Read Is IQOS Safer Than Cigarettes?

I switched to IQOS to quit smoking. Isn't that enough?
Switching moves the habit to a new device; it doesn't end it. Nicoxit is for the step after that: stopping nicotine altogether.

Do I have to stop before I start?
No. You keep using it during the journey and quit at the end, once the reasons have stopped making sense.

What if I smoke cigarettes too?
The journey works on the beliefs behind both. The tracker counts the form you choose, and you can switch.

Nicoxit is on Google Play and the App Store.

References

Tattan-Birch, H., Hartmann-Boyce, J., Kock, L., Simonavicius, E., Brose, L., Jackson, S., Shahab, L., & Brown, J. (2022). Heated tobacco products for smoking cessation and reducing smoking prevalence. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1, CD013790. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013790.pub2
McWilliams, L., Bellhouse, S., Yorke, J., Lloyd, K., & Armitage, C. J. (2019). Beyond "planning": A meta-analysis of implementation intentions to support smoking cessation. Health Psychology, 38(12), 1059–1068. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000768