Pokémon GO Praised For Helping Player Quit Smoking
A Pokémon GO fan recently credited their ability to quit smoking to the exercise the game provides. Pokémon GO is a popular mobile game that not only provides fans with entertainment in the form of catching and battling Pokémon — it also provides them exercise while doing so.
Pokémon GO launched as an active game with a lot of social aspects as well. Niantic, the game's developers, encouraged players to get outside and walk around in order to catch various Pokémon spread throughout the world. With the regular addition of more new Pokémon in Pokémon GO, fans have often found themselves walking back and forth in pedestrian-safe locations in search of these new catches. Niantic also encourages fans to join a team and work together to capture Gyms spread throughout their community. These Gyms and PokéStops are constantly being updated and added into the Pokémon GO world, and reward players with items and experience. One of the items is a Pokémon Egg, which can only be hatched by walking certain distances. The shortest amount required for an egg is 2-km or just over one mile and the longest is 12-km or just over seven miles. This is another aspect that encourages players to go out and walk around.
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Reddit user izmirnights shared their personal accomplishment of quitting smoking, which they attributed to how active Pokémon GO made them. In their post, they shared that they had been attempting to be nicotine-free for six years, but were unable to kick the habit. They began to go on daily walks and bike rides while playing Pokémon GO and this allowed them to get the nicotine out of their system long enough to become nicotine-free. They also thanked Niantic
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