Smokers are set to get some interactive help with quitting, thanks to Ubisoft. The game is apparently based off the successful "Allen Carr's Easy way to Stop Smoking" method which has reportedly helped more than 10 million smokers to put out their cigarettes for good. In the game, which is being developed for the DS, players enter a brief personal smoking history, and can chose a coach to help them get through the process of quitting. 15 minigames will assist players with dispelling the illusions about nicotine addiction, and progress can be tracked over time. The game can still be played even after the player has successfuly acheived their goal, with the game measuring the daily benefits of a new life with cigarettes.

"The player experiences a truly interactive engagement with the game, through which he or she learns that it can actually be enjoyable to quit smoking," Ubisoft worldwide licensing president Christian Salomon said. The game is intended to go on sale in Novemeber.

Sounds like an interesting idea but I've always personally believed that when it all comes down it, willpower is probably one of the most important things to have if you really want to quit something;without much willpower,then things like this probably aren't going to really benefit someone in the long run,but who knows.

People who *try* to quit, don't really want to quit, which is why they fail.

People who seek help to quit, *want* to quit, and accomplish their goals because of it.

I think this is taking advantage of smokers more then aiding them.

Quitting smoking was one of the hardest things that I've ever done.. what I did was.. I stopped.

That was before my grandma was even diagnosed with the lung cancer that turned in to brain tumas and eventually lead to her death after a lifetime of smoking.

Quitting smoking was one of the hardest things that I've ever done.. what I did was.. I stopped.

That was before my grandma was even diagnosed with the lung cancer that turned in to brain tumas and eventually lead to her death after a lifetime of smoking.

That sux man.

I think my grandmother is a living exception to the rule "smoking kills". She's been smoking a pack a day (or more) since she was 15 - shes now 87 and has never had an illness.


Which brings me to another point, even though this topic isn't really about smoking itself, is that I am actually turned off quiting by all the BS advertising and promos that say things like "Smoking causes lung cancer and heart disease". NO, it doesn't - the correct terminology is "Smoking raises your chance of contracting lung cancer and heart disease" there is a major difference, and everybody jumping on the political bandwagon irritates the hell out of me.

When I was Uni, I'd go outside for a smoke and some bogan would walk past and ask me "How can you do that to yourself, smoking kills" - I'd then look down at the stubby in his hand and ask him how me damaging my lungs was any different to him killing his liver - I never got an intelligent reply.

I grow tired of the double standards - no smoking in pubs cos of secondhand, thats cool - but no smoking in public places is a joke, and goes to show just how much ppl buy into something they have no understanding of.

I'm getting on a rant I know, but answer me this: When was the last time someone got killed in a hit n run, or some was hospitalised from being beaten - and they blamed it on smoking?

All I know is that yesterday my last breath of fresh air before my 5 hour shift was interrupted by smoke-filled air as there were a group of builder laborers sitting outside Subway smoking.  That annoyed me a fair bit. Sure, smoke where people don't HAVE to walk past you.. but not right outside the entrance to places..

I also don't think smoking is terribly good for the environment, but that's a whole seperate issue that the anti-smoke campaigns never seem to address.

Quitting smoking was one of the hardest things that I've ever done.. what I did was.. I stopped.

That was before my grandma was even diagnosed with the lung cancer that turned in to brain tumas and eventually lead to her death after a lifetime of smoking.

It's friggin hard giving up........my quiting was forced.......went away on a mates sailing boat for about 4 days and forgot the faggs......nobody else smoked and there are no shops on the water......havn't smoked since i stepped off the boat about 6 years ago........

My Grandmother had her leg amputated they said it was to do with smoking.........

All I know is that yesterday my last breath of fresh air before my 5 hour shift was interrupted by smoke-filled air as there were a group of builder laborers sitting outside Subway smoking.  That annoyed me a fair bit. Sure, smoke where people don't HAVE to walk past you.. but not right outside the entrance to places..

I agree it is cool that smoking inside doesn't happen now days but whenever you leave a public place like a shopping center you have to either deal with the smell of smoke or hold your breath.

It's friggin hard giving up........my quiting was forced.......went away on a mates sailing boat for about 4 days and forgot the faggs......nobody else smoked and there are no shops on the water......havn't smoked since i stepped off the boat about 6 years ago........

Nice one, I've never heard of someone quitting like that. Good for you.

moody: I know what you mean. I always hold my breath.

It's friggin hard giving up........my quiting was forced.......went away on a mates sailing boat for about 4 days and forgot the faggs......nobody else smoked and there are no shops on the water......havn't smoked since i stepped off the boat about 6 years ago........

Nice one, I've never heard of someone quitting like that. Good for you.

Awesome,I'd be very tempted to try something like that out as I've been smoking since I was about 16 so there's quite a few years there as it is.I'd probably just need to find something else to drop my stress level right down a bit though if I did ever manage to quit;in my case more stress = having the urge to smoke more. 

My dad quit smoking when he married my mum.