An Ex-Smoker's Survival Guide: Positive Steps to a Slim, Tranquil, Smoke-Free Life [Paperback]

Les Sussman (Author), Sally Bodwell (Author), Sally Bordwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1986

A 14-day action plan program exclusively geared to the two million people a year who give up cigarettes and try to remain nonsmokers. This book is addressed to readers who are going through withdrawal symptoms of ceasing cigarette smoking.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Sally Bordwell is a freelance writer and the author of four non-fiction books. She currently resides in Skokie, Illinois, where she is at work on a new screenplay involving the Russian Mafia. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 295 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill; 1st edition (August 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070623449
• ISBN-13: 978-0070623446
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,037,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lesley Sussman is the author of more than 20 non-fiction books. He is addicted to bagels and m&ms and may soon have a new movie out based on a book he co-authored about Miles Davis ("Dark Magus"). He lives on the Lower East Side of New York and has just completed a novel about an Orthodox rabbi who hunts Dracula. He is a former award-winning journalist and publicist, and now is happily living off Social Security and donations of M&Ms from his friends.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and discouraging!, May 20, 2003

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Penelope (san francisco, california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Ex-Smokers Survival Guide: Positive Steps to a Slim, Tranquil, Smoke-free Life (Paperback)

I disliked this book so much that I'm returning it. It starts out telling you how you're going to become fat and depressed if you quit smoking and then the rest of the book just tells you to exercise. I've quit smoking before (once for 2 1/2 years) AND I have major depression and I will tell you I was always happier as an ex-smoker, even without regular exercise. It's true you may gain maybe 5-10 lbs. on the average and it IS always good to have an exercise routine, but I just found this book to be depressing and discouraging for someone who just quit or is thinking of quitting. There isn't a lot out there to support the ex-smoker, but I found _The Invisible Drug_
to be the most helpful so far. I gave this book 2 stars instead of 1 only because the authors had good intentions in writing the book and some people may find it useful since there aren't too many books like it.

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Have Quit, This Is It, August 7, 2001

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Missouri (ST. Louis, MIssouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Ex-Smokers Survival Guide: Positive Steps to a Slim, Tranquil, Smoke-free Life (Paperback)

This is definitely not a book for people who want to stop smoking, but for those who have. It is excellent with all its tips on how to butt out and not return to the nicotine habit. Much in the book -- especially the facts about the damage nicotine can do to one's health -- may permanently keep you from smoking again. This is well written with many exercises and other techniques to keep you from ever lighting up again.