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John English (Author)
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June 10, 2009
It is estimated that there are 1,300,000,000 smokers...yes, that's 1.3 billion! Half of them will die prematurely of a tobacco-related disease. The numbers for children are horrifying. Half of all children in the world breathe air contaminated by tobacco smoke. One in every four adults is a tobacco addict, and this is the vast population to whom KILL THE ADDICTION is addressed. Using a totally new method, this serious work takes the desperate smoker - the one who wants to quit, has decided to do so, but simply CANNOT do it permanently - through all the necessary steps from nicotine slavery to stopping for life. Did you hear that? FOR LIFE. It all begins with what this method is NOT. Run your eye through that list. Looks familiar? These are the "other" methods, the ones that do not work for too many smokers. Then you are led through a list of most of the smoking myths...the most common of the many excuses the smoker uses to continue his substance abuse. Following that, the reader is introduced to some true facts about smoking...made to face them...even the deadly health issues and some of the most terrible ways of dying from tobacco.

By now, the author has got the reader's full attention, preparatory to actually getting started. This unique method first involves accepting a new way of thinking about the smoking addiction. No mind stretch. Very acceptable. Then redefinitions of quitting and stopping, which are key to the process, subtitled STOP SMOKING: WITHOUT QUITTING. This is followed by the method itself, the step-by-step process that takes you from slave to the addiction to the wonder of being smoke-free. The finale is the death of the addiction by an ex-smoker who has the absolute conviction that he will never use tobacco again, and never even miss it.

This is a unique approach to a deadly problem. It has many strengths, such as being completely non-invasive, easy, painless, respecting privacy, totally logical to name only some of them. It leaves its successful graduate with two major bonuses...increased self-confidence and heightened self-esteem. To give credibility to this method, the author smoked for over 50 years, quit unsuccessfully many times then seven years ago devised this method of stopping smoking without quitting! It was completely successful. He will never smoke again. Nor will the many others who tested his method.

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"I would like to share my overall impression of your work: What a great narrative you have here. You are such an inspirational writer. I hope you have plans not only to print this book but to go talk to people about it. I really enjoyed your approach and outlook to your subject matter. Your narrative voice is very familiar and friendly. You have a way with words and your writing has an excellent flow to it. Your book is nicely put together and filled with information I am sure many people will find interesting and thought-provoking. It is obvious that you have lived this and put much thought and preparation into your work. You have a certain fervor for your subject matter because you really speak to your audience in a way that makes you believe you too can follow in your footsteps. I know many people who could benefit from a read of your book. I am certain your work will be well received by a wide audience. Your book is well written. "--Lisa Conner of the Manuscript Review Team, Outskirts Press

"If you've ever tried to quit using will power alone, you know how enormously frustrating it can be. Willpower is no match for the powerful emotions associated with addiction. It simply doesn't work. John English understands this facet of human nature and has found an ingenious solution.

Kill the Addiction revolves around a clever mind trick that quashes the inherent panic that surfaces when you tell yourself that you will never smoke another cigarette. Sounds too simple, but after reading the book, this strategy will make more sense to you. Think of a martial artist using his opponent's strength against him. That's right, John English has devised a sneaky mind-powered Jujitsu karate chop that can immobilize your true opponent - the nicotine habit!

I feel like this is one of the better books out there on non-smoking. Instead of preaching the "just do it" mantra, it allows you to better understand and use the natural tendencies of your mind to work *with* you instead of against you.

If you truly want to quit smoking but haven't been able to figure out the way to get it done, this book is for you. It's a short, easy read. The bottom line? Worse case scenario; it sets you back a couple of bucks. Best case scenario; it will bring about a change in the way you think and empower you to no longer smoke and enjoy all the benefits that brings. Personally, I would recommend this book to anyone who has a desire to stop smoking - give it a try and enjoy the ride."--Sian Long, Montreal: A Reader

"What a terrible habit smoking is. I always knew it but did nothing about it. I, along with two brothers, have smoked for the better part of 20 years now. I am 38 years old and I can tell you that I no longer feel invincible as I once did. I really felt as though smoking was taking years off my life but still did nothing about it.

I have a daughter now and I thought to myself that I need to make a change in my life for her if I cannot do it for myself. I came across the book Kill the Addiction: Stop Smoking Without Quitting and I thought I would give it a shot. Here's the thing and the reason why this book worked for me. I am just a simple guy looking for a straightforward path to quitting smoking. I don't need to dive into the depths of my soul and figure out all the demons I have to find the strength to quit. I JUST WANT TO QUIT.

John English's book is a basic man's approach to quitting by setting up small goals of simply taking time off until you just don't have the desire to smoke cigarettes any more. The method allows you to develop the will power you need to stop the habit of smoking and end the addiction to nicotine.

Now I will hopefully have the opportunity in my life to meet my daughter's kids down the road. My Dad died of lung cancer from 40 years of smoking. He never got the opportunity to meet my daughter. I gave a copy of the book to my two brother's and the method worked for them as well. Thanks John for the extra years."--Mark Capombassis, A Reader, September 2009.

From the Publisher

For anyone who has ever struggled to kick the nicotine habit, this is the book for you. The simple yet miraculous method outlined in Kill The Addiction has been proven to help people stop smoking permanently - without quitting. Even if you have smoked for decades.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 82 pages
  • Publisher: Outskirts Press (June 10, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1432739441
  • ISBN-13: 978-1432739447
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 9.2 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,618,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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John English was born in Grenoble, France in 1930 to an English teacher and his french wife. Raised in England he left for Canada at the age of 21, made it his home and eventually became Canadian CEO for three consecutive companies in the Beauty business over a 25 year span. Now retired, he and his wife divide their time equally between Florida and Canada.

John is a former smoker of 50 years. He was unable to quit smoking but was concerned about his health, so he devised a way to become smoke-free without actually quitting. He has been free of his addiction for seven years now, and wants to share the secret of his method with anyone anxious to kick the habit and become drug-free! This is his first book.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars `How to stop smoking without quitting', December 27, 2009
This review is from: Kill the Addiction: Stop Smoking : Without Quitting (Paperback)
In this book, John English who writes that he was a smoker for 50 years, sets out his method for kicking the nicotine habit. At the time of writing this book, John English has been a non-smoker for 7 years, so this method has clearly worked for him.

Breaking the nicotine addiction is hard, whatever the reasons we each have for choosing to do so. Many of us quit more than once, as did John English. Many of us try a raft of different methods in seeking to break free of this habit, and no single method works for everyone.

So what makes the method in this book stand out? Why might this method be worth trying for those about to consider breaking the smoking habit? Simply, the attraction is that the smoker uses his or her own resources and doesn't smoke - one day at a time. In John English's case, one day at a time is now over seven years. Personally, I think that is the key. One day at a time: each day we live is part of a greater whole, but when fighting demons (and addictions) one day at a time is the way to do it.

Well worth considering if you want to stop smoking. Sometimes the best answers are simple ones.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith
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5.0 out of 5 stars A top pick for self-help collections, January 9, 2010
This review is from: Kill the Addiction: Stop Smoking : Without Quitting (Paperback)
Stopping without quitting sounds like an oxymoron but it can be done. "Kill the Addiction: Stop Smoking: Without Quitting" takes a unique approach to fighting one's addiction. John English tells people that it's addiction, not the product that one must conquer, and offers much intriguing advice. For any who have tried and failed to quit smoking, "Kill the Addiction" is a top pick for self-help collections.
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4.0 out of 5 stars In a word, September 4, 2009
This review is from: Kill the Addiction: Stop Smoking : Without Quitting (Paperback)
"What's in a word?" we ask.

Sometimes everything; or, more specifically in John English's book Kill the Addiction, whether you choose to continue being addicted to smoking cigarettes or not.

English ought to know. At age 20, the Britt was swept into compulsory military service and supervised the weekly cigarette ration at the officers' mess. In those circumstances (and assuredly in circumstances of your own), try avoiding being caught in the smoking web in the first place, and when you see you haven't, try escaping it.

Over the next fifty years, English tried to do just that, and he'll tell you he quit "many, many times. The shortest was for several hours. The longest for eight months . . ." Then he found a way--or rather made his own way--to stop smoking, and he shares that method with you in his book.

Kill the Addiction is a slim book with a dynamite cover guaranteed to grab attention. The author tells you a little about himself, how to use the book, how it is structured, and what the essential first step is if one seriously wants to stop smoking. In short, snappy paragraphs, he'll tell you what the method is not, and he'll cover popular smoking myths. As a former smoker with a handful of friends who still smoke, all of the myths rang true with me. He'll hit you between the eyes with smoking facts; not pretty--not pretty at all. The author primes the reader's pump a little further with information about overall physical and emotional health, provides a brief review, and then delivers you to the method's starting line and on into the battleground.

I appreciated the book's directness, and how when the author knew he would never smoke again, he set out to test the method with others. Toward the end of Kill the Addiction, he shares the statistics and the comments from some of those in his control group and provides numerous resources on where smokers can get additional information.

Each of us finds our own way, and most often it is with a helpful point in the right direction. John English delivers one such direction.
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