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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking [Hardcover]

Allen Carr (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)


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Book Description

November 23, 2002
Allen Carr's hundred-cigarettes-a-day addiction drove him to despair until he discovered how to shake off the dependency. His company now owns a series of clinics, and his other books include THE ONLY WAY TO STOP SMOKING. This third revised edition includes comments and additional tips from Carr, together with a directory of his clinics.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 117 pages
  • Publisher: Foulsham (November 23, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0572028512
  • ISBN-13: 978-0572028510
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #286,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Allen Carr was an accountant and smoked 100 cigarettes a day until he gave up and wrote this bestselling book. He has built a hugely successful network of stop-smoking clinics across the world and is the author of "The Only Way to Stop Smoking," "How to Stop Your Child Smoking," "The Easy Way to Enjoy Flying" and "The Easyweigh to Lose Weight." In 2004 Allen published his bestselling autobiography "Packing It In" (Michael Joseph). He was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer of 2006 and died in November of the same year. It seems likely that the years he spent curing smokers in smoke-filled sessions at his clinics must have contributed to this illness, but Allen Carr remained positive; 'Given that I am informed that I have cured at least 10 million smokers on a conservative estimation, it's a price worth paying.'

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56 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It was a Monday morning. Hungover. Broke. No cigarettes. This, I thought, was as good a time as any to start reading a book about giving up smoking.
Plunging bravely in, I got to chapter two within a matter of minutes.
"Follow all the instructions in this book," it advised as rule number one.
Rule number two? "Don't stop smoking until you've finished this book."
Damn. Blast. I had to drag myself back out of bed, shower, change, ring my editor for an advance, go to the bank, cash my cheque, buy a packet of cigarettes, all so I could give up smoking.
Except, as Allen Carr points out, I was not 'giving up' anything.
At the tender age of 38, I had been thinking about not smoking for two or three years. Visiting my neighbour, who happens to be the wife of our prime minister, I noticed she was not smoking.
"Nah, and haven't been for 14 months now."
Woh! Wasn't that really hard?
"No it was quite easy, really."
No way! How did you do it?
"Read a book."
Pause. Silence. Big breath.
Can I borrow it?
"Sure," says our first lady.
Three months later, after giving up on 19 June 2003, I still get nicotine pangs. Maybe as much as two or three times a day. This is good. In fact, this is incredible. The last time I tried to 'give up' I thought about cigarettes two to three THOUSAND times a day.
The rest of the time? No worries!
I feel like I've turned a corner on 19 years of fagging and there's no looking back. Mind you, my mother read the same book and is still having great difficulty. Problem is, she only 'gave up' because she had to spend time in hospital and was terrified at the thought of going through withdrawals. Now back in the real world, she has also been off the cigarettes for nearly three months.
The difference is that I thought about it for a long time and really wanted to stop smoking forever.
If you are one of those people, then read this book. Just don't stop until you finish it!
Yeah, it took me three weeks to read the book ... ;-) Take as long as you want!

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was very sceptical of this book, but read it after two of my friends read it and quit. I can tell you right now -it works. You quit without any cravings, any pain, any weight gain.

There is no sensationalism -nothing about lung cancer, strokes and the usual fear tactics used to try and stop people from smoking (hey -they don't work anyway!).

By the end of this book, something inside you will have shifted, you will throw away your cigarettes without a backwards glance -free at last, forever.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book works. If you are truly ready to stop smoking, and you need that little extra 'nudge' to get you in the right direction. I read this book in a day (Sept 28, 2004). I haven't smoked in over 3 months. I know I won't start again. This book helped me change my perspective. I smoked for over 20 years. I am 37 now, and like everyone who smokes, have 'quit' hundreds of times. This book showed me once and for all, that instead of 'giving up' something that I really want to do, I am finally able to stop doing something that is in no way making my life better (In fact, smoking makes it worse). It sounds obvious, but if you smoke, you know what I mean. I would recommend this for someone who REALLY wants to quit and needs help getting started.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
The illustrated Easy Way to Stop Smoking
This book says all the tough things in a joking lighthearted way. The whole book is written in a comic book style with a short sentence and an illustration. Read more
Published 5 days ago by sarah
BETTER THAN SPENDING THE MONEY ON CIGARETTES!!
Two months ago, I started listening to this audio set on a Sunday & finished it that same week on Thursday. (I listened to it on my way back & forth to work, gym, etc. Read more
Published 18 days ago by New Non-Smoker
Great book.
Great book. His second book on stopping drinking is better, but this has given me a whole new outlook on smoking.
Published 1 month ago by Whiskey1973
This book is based on common sense and smoking is non sensical
Sorry, found this book most unhelpful. If you know all the perils of smoking and continue to do so, like me at this time, don't think this book is going to help. Read more
Published 1 month ago by abundant
I quit!
This is the best self help book ever written. I smoked for over 20 years, and honestly never thought I would be able to stop. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jessica Partin
Not impressed.
I was expecting something much more. There isn't really anything of value in the book save to repeat over and over that smoking is a poison, people are deluding themselves if they... Read more
Published 4 months ago by singer
Best Investment I've EVER made!
This audio book made me a happy NON-smoker in a matter of one week! No withdrawals, NONE! It is really really EASY. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Virginia Logan
It was a gift
I purchased this for a friend who had used the book before with good results. After falling 'off the wagon' he didn't have time to sit and read, so this was used instead and once... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Kurisu Lab
The Best Non-Drug method for Quitting Smoking
I just sent it to her house and never asked if she used it or not. All I know is that she is happier and talks more with me on the phone, now, than she ever has. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Longhand
It helped my BF stop smoking
What can I say except hallelujah!! He listened to it and quit with no sneaking that I can tell. (will edit if this changes)I gave it 4 stars because it's not magic, you have to... Read more
Published 17 months ago by LovingLife
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