The Easy Way to Start Smoking: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smoking Twenty Cigarettes a Day-and Loads More in the Evening [Paperback]

George Cockerill (Author), David Owen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 8, 2006

Aimed directly at everyone who is sick of self-help books and fancy diets, The Easy Way to Start Smoking is a refreshing and caustically funny read. With Thurberian wit and the peculiar satire of The Simpsons, George Cockerill and David Owen urge their readers to start smoking, encourage them when they feel like giving up, and promise great joy at the end of the three-pack-a-day road. They teach postures for smoking and eighteen different ways to offer a cigarette to a fellow smoker. For those amateur smokers who keep forgetting to light up, they instill discipline and responsibility through an elaborate system of jolting alarms. The Easy Way to Start Smoking will charm anyone who has ever wondered if smoking will make them cooler (it will) or provide more opportunities to dip out of work for some sunshine (certainly) or what it would be like to be ruled by the desire to stick a cigarette in their mouth every ten minutes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Canongate U.S. (February 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841957445
• ISBN-13: 978-1841957449
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,309,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quitting through Dry Humor, November 28, 2008

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This review is from: The Easy Way to Start Smoking: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smoking Twenty Cigarettes a Day-and Loads More in the Evening (Paperback)

Well I'm 9-months a non-smoker and this book was one of several that was of tremendous help to me. As a 2 pack smoker, I never laughed so hard at the absurdity of my habit. This book was gentle to my ego sharing hard cold facts. I highly recommend this book even if you're not ready to quit. What was helpful to me was all the non-smoking material I read while still a smoker. The teaching made my transition of D-Day a little more tolerable. You will laugh a lot at the reality of a not-so-good habit. Whether you quit now or tomorrow, this book is a profound & educational read. A one-of-a-kind book using humor as the road to healthy living.