Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: New US Edition: Over 20 Million Copies Sold

TLDR: I had never before tried to quit. I didn't know if I even wanted to quit. I thought the title sounded so cheesy & couldn't be legit, but I gave it a try. I read it. It worked 100% – I stopped smoking within hours of finishing the book, have been smoke-free ever since (9 months) and will never smoke again in my entire life. GET IT! IT WORKS! ... After over a decade as a pack-a-day-or-more smoker, I read this book, and I quit without any physical or mental anguish, and with complete confidence that I will never smoke another cigarette again for as long as I live. It feels amazing. It has been 9 months now, and I can say in all sincerity that after following Carr's method, I have not had a single authentic craving since the moment I put out my final cigarette. The smell of cigarette smoke is absolutely repulsive to me now. When I see people smoking I cannot believe that I was stuck in that trap for so long, and I wish I could stop and tell them all how easy it could be for them to finally be free! The brilliance of Carr's method is that he strips away every possible myth and misconception we hold about why we smoke, and replaces it with facts. Once fully internalized, the truth is impossible to unsee. And once you see it, smoking holds absolutely zero allure for you – it is reduced to what it really is: an addiction to lighting a toxic weed on fire, and inhaling the fumes of the burning poison into your lungs. Smoking doesn't help you focus – it is the urge to smoke that distracts you in the first place. It does not calm your nerves – you are perpetually more stressed all the time because you are anxious about how, when, and where you will next get to smoke. It doesn't give you energy – your energy is low all the time because you're constantly in one phase of nicotine withdrawal or the other. Carr walks you through these myths and many more in great detail, and if you read with intention and an open mind, I can't imagine he won't get through to you. Once the myths are shattered, your will to smoke is gone. By about halfway through the book it was already working – I found every cigarette an absolute chore, even though I followed his instructions and did not cut down nor attempt to quit until the very end. I actually began to feel it took willpower to *continue* smoking at that point (as opposed to willpower to *stop* smoking, as society would have you believe). You do not need willpower to quit doing something that you don't enjoy doing, that is providing you no benefit, and is robbing you of your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. You need the truth. And that's what Carr gives you. I am grateful everyday for Allen Carr. I am certain I will live a longer – but even more so a HAPPIER – life as a result of this book empowering me to quit smoking. I will note that there are some elements of Carr's cultural perspectives/references that are a bit dated. While some of this may feel like it doesn't apply to you (I'm a 30-something, so I definitely felt that) directly, know that the same general ideas apply to almost every generation. For the most part, I read Carr like he was my grandfather's wise and charming friend – a *bit* out-of-touch from a cultural perspective, but warm, funny, and charismatic none the less. And more to the point, none of this distracts from the overall efficacy of the book or the underlying method it teaches. If you're on this page (and read this far down into my lengthy review), you know on some level that you don't want to be a smoker anymore. This costs less than a pack of smokes – you have nothing to lose and everything to gain – give it a shot!

Like many other reviewers I wanted to let some time pass between reading this book and doing a write-up. I just had my 1 year anniversary since I stamped out my last butt and I have no intentions of going back. Bottom line: This book works. Plain and simple. I was a pack a day smoker for 10 years and tried a lot of different approaches to quitting. The nicotine patch gave me some of the most bizarre dreams I've ever had. And didn't work. The gum gave me heartburn. And didn't work. I quit cold turkey / will power for 44 days once. I wanted to smoke every single day. So I'd say will power didn't work. I never tried any of the pharma products either such as Chantix, Zyban etc. I just wasn't interested having my neurochemistry befuddled with Rx drugs. I bought this book after my last attempt to quit cold turkey which I was successful for exactly 3 days before giving in. I was feeling defeated and almost resigned to be a lifetime smoker. The problem for me was that I was, like so many other former smokers, in conflict. I didn't believe that I actually wanted to quit, but merely had to because of the health hazards smoking posed. I guess what I mean was this book helped me get over the hump of wanting to want to quit. I hope that makes sense. My experience with Allen Carr's book went something like this. I started reading the book with a very skeptical mindset, while smoking at will of course. But he words really weren't gettting through and I even began cursing the author in my head for ripping me off. Then something, for lack of a better word, mysterious happened. The experience of smoking changed for me. The physical act of putting a lit cigarette in my mouth and inhaling no longer gave me pleasure (real or perceived). So I read the book again to make sure I had absorbed it's message as best I could. When I finished I smoked my last square and put a terrible disease behind me. I realized that the pleasure that I was getting came solely from slaking a nicotine addiction. And I think that is the crux of Mr. Carr's book. That's not to say everybody would have the same experience but I hope they do. Because it was that realization coupled with the physical experience that allowed me to put the cigarettes down for good. Life as a smoker was an often times a miserable exsistence. I think a common sentiment among cigarette junkies is that thought that 'I'm different. I'm a bigger nicotine addict than anybody and no power on this earth can keep me from smoking.' That's how I thougt about myself. So if you are reading this and you think that you can't be helped, just know that many other people think just like that. The good news is that we were all wrong. The title of the book is 'Stop Smoking the Easy Way.' I would say that the word 'easy' is a relative term. Quitting is easier with the help of this book than nicorette or will power that's for sure. But was it easy for me in the absolute sense? I would be a liar if I said it was because it wasn't. The first month was difficult in particular. I drank more than usual. But after that I sort of leveled right off. I think everybody's body and mind has to adjust in their own way bc smoking cessation can be an abrupt change. Having said that, the withdrawl symptoms are mild compared to what most people would think. And Carr teaches you how to identify the symptoms and deal with them. This really is a marvelous little book and I'm grateful to the author. I've purchased multiple copies for friends and family as a means to soft sell the idea kicking smoking. I tried hard not to preach as there are few things in this world more aggrevating and unbecoming than a reformed addict of any kind haha. If quitting smoking is on your 'To Do' list, don't wait another day. Buy this book. Read it. Go for it and good luck!

Its a shame Allen Car is not alive so i can call and thank him for saving my life. Your reading these reviews like i did 3 weeks ago. And believe me its not that i didnt think it would work, but i was afraid to try it, not ready to quit but yet wish i didnt smoke. It was 10$ almost the cost of my daily pack of American Spirits. I ordered it and was quite excited when it came in the mail. I told everyone i was going to quite this time! I am 23 years old and smoked almost a pack a day for 6 years. I am a well rounded person, pretty (just saying), smart, and WAS very athletic. Over the years i have not done a single sport, nor ran any type of long distance. My body could only handle walking, and even then walking up the stairs i was out of breath. At 23?... I hated when people would say you dont look like a smoker (which i thought was always rude). I would hide smoking from people who didnt know, because in todays society it is seriously looked down apon. Sometimes smoking makes you feel like your in prison. But no matter how embarresing it is or was, I never stopped. Not my mother crying or my boyfriend of 4 years telling me that smoking was a serious deal breaker for our future. In my body i was a smoker, in my mind i wasnt. I never wanted to be a smoker. In highschool i had some friends who were smokers, and i started cigarette smoking after weed. I thought ill never get addicted to these. These taste like s*** ! But it isnt till 2 years later i tried to quite, becasue at the time my boyfriend did not want anything to do with me as a smoker. It was hard. I rushed out of the house after a night together and the first thing i tried to do was light up a cig. I would spray my car, make my friends smoke outside in the cold after getting to school instead of smoking in the car. I wanted him to believe that i didnt smoke anymore, and i wanted to believe that i didnt. But i did. That did not stop me. It made me aggravted, which is prob why we broke up. I countiued smoking, at that point they seemed even more pleasurable for the next few years. I finally met my soul mate my senior year of highschool. he was a college boy. He has never forced me to stop but i know he hates it. occasonally hell have a cig when were out drinking. I envied him. How could he not smoke but have one almost every weekend. THats what i wished for. So i tried to quite again after 3 years together. I put on the patch and said thats it! IT WASNT BAD AT ALL.... However after reading this book i realized it wasnt bad because i was still getting nicotine. After i decided i was strong enough to take it off. I would have a cig every once in a while ( THIS IS ALL IN A 3 MONTH PERIOD ) ... I was able to control myself and i thought this is nice. But i still desired them. Finally one night something pissed me off so badly that i bought a pack. I was that mad that i felt that the only thing that could make me feel better and relieve my stress after all the good ive done would be a cig? well you can guess where that ended up. Once you buy the pack you mys well finish it right! so i smoked again for another year 1/2 untill 5 days ago 14 hours and 54 minutes. This book is amazing. Its amazing because its a side to quite smoking that no other person has ever tried before. No scare tacktect! You smoke throughout the book. Which i was confused at times because he never really told you to light up .... so when you do read it ( BECAUSE YOU WILL ) Smoke as much as you want, 2 -3 cigs a chapter if you want!. This book basically debunks all of the thoughts and feelings you thought smokeing was and it reveals the real truth about smoking. Once you know the truth ( and i dont mean what it does to your body ) i mean once you no the truth about what smoking really doesnt do for you, you wont want it. One of the biggest thing the book says it that. Smoke cigerettes... the cigerttes itself contains nicotine (we all know) but did we all no that NICOTINE is the most highly addictive drug known to man kind. NICOTINE IS MORE ADDICTIVE THEN HEROIN, ALCOHOL,CRACK,.... Looking back on why i could never quit it made sense. s*** i went crazy without it. But why? its not like they taste like lobsters. If i were to be forced to eat lobsters everyday several times a day for 6 years i would hate them! i would prob kill myself. They would taste like s*** by then. But yet, we smoke cigarettes and they didnt taste good in the first place, and we have them everyday for years. why? because NICOTINE is a drug addiction. Every smokers wishes he/she never started. so take that wish and see what can come out of it. read the book. I actually read the book and had 1 chapter left, which was the "LAST CIGARETTE CHAPTER" ... i closed it had a cig and said maybe ill read that chapter in a few days. I actually wanted to wait also becasue it was the weekend and i wanted to enjoy myself. lol its sad. it made me realize wow smoking controls your life. and controls how you read books for god sakes. So i was on youtube and came across the DVD. Oh by the way i at this point unlike other reviews who said OMG IM DONE SMOKING AND I AM ONLY HALF WAY THROUGH. i was no where near that. i was still afraid, i understood everything in the book but still something hadnt clicked! it made me upset... i thought to myself omg is this is it? am i going to be a smoker for the rest of my life :( ... well i started watching the dvd.... i watched 10 minutes of the hour long period. I paused it once it got my interest. THe book was amazing and i am so glad i read it, but the dvd i could tell was helping as well because although i read everything and understood. the dvd reviewed everything just like the book but it picture for. I was able to grasp it that much more! So i had to go to work of course. told my boyfriend and called my mother that i was going to smoke my last cigarette. It felt so good to say it. I was confident. somehting clearly had clicked thank god. I went to work came home at 11... watched the hour long dvd from the start. I had my final cigarette at 12:50am when he told me too. Tossed the fresh 10$ pack in the trash (after breaking each cig) (boyyy would i never have done that one) and went to bed a non smoker! I must admit and share my story with you because when i read others there so positive and i had a different story. mine was still positive but it helps to hear a full story especially with the fear you must be having thinking of buying this book and quitting. So the follow day and the next was HORRIBLE. Now i had slight pangs and thought about cigs alot. But it also was a stressful two days beings my boyfriends grandfather has been in the hospital sick with stage 4 cancer. I was depressed and miserable. out of control crying. I was missing something. Was the feeling i got .... really missing something. that night my boyfriend was so fed up with me i went to a friends house. still havent smoked i asked for a cig. she put the pack infront of me. I talked out my feelings while looking at the pack. I was craving one. but would it help me? would it help my situation? I finally left and told her i would have one on the ride home thanks. I got in my car to go home. It was pouring out. I put the cig in my mouth went to light up and said "you know what no" (exactly those words) I threw out the cig and from then on i swear to god. I have not been miserable. I have been happy and joyful. I know i beat the addiction. I am now fearful of every smoking again because i realized how addicting they really are. I know that when im stressed cigarettes will not make the stress better, they would have just released the stress from the previous cigarette. ( youll learn all this in the book ) today although its only been 5 days i went for my first run. I ran 1/2 mile non stop with no pain. It felt so good i could have kept going. I only stopped to turn around, and when i did i was all smiles. Its crazy 5 days ago i would not have been able to do that. It goes to show you how presush our bodies are and how much poisn we put in them to feed our addiction. Our bodies bounce back to how they are supposed to be in a matter of no time. So do not be fearful of this. buy the book and dont question yourself. Remember if you bought it, it means your really READ AND WILLING TO QUIT. I do also recomment trying to find the DVD if things havent clicked like for me they didnt. They did though. And besides those two days (where i feel my body was breaking down for giving myself such harmful poisions all these years ) it has been easy!!! no with draw pangs since. I am so glad i picked up that cigarette and said no. it proved to me that i was truly a non smoker. thanks allen car for saving my life, and thanks to all the wonderful people who wrote the reviews. it helped myself gain confidence in defeating this awful addiction

After smoking daily for 20+ years I decided to give this book a try. I was VERY skeptical about anything, more so a “silly” book. I had tried the vapes but hated them. They were a mess to deal with and I felt like I needed a tool kit and box of supplies just to use them (not to mention they leak EVERYWHERE!). The gum and the patches were a joke. (Not to mention, you are still addicted to nicotine!) I soon went back to real cigarettes. I had previously quit for a month here and a month there over my 20 year smoking carrier, yet I could never stay off of them. I was using willpower and I would eventually break down. Something would happen, a stressful event, a bad at work, a party and drinks - I would swear to have “just one”. Before I knew it I would be right back to smoking full time. Willpower quitting will not work! It had been probably 7-8 years since I had even tried to quit last. I had just accept my fate all those years knowing the cigarettes would probably one day kill me. I always hoped someday I would quit but really had no plan. I was smoking roughly a pack a day all those years (sometimes two packs a day on the weekends). When I turned 40 I decided it was time to give quitting another go….before it was too late. After reading the reviews I decided to give this "silly" book a shot. I received the book in the mail a day or so after I had already quit ( despite this being against Allen’s advice). The first few days were REALLY rough. It was all I could think of. I had no idea how addicted I really was. It was so much worse than previous times I had quit. All those years were catching up to me. The anger and rages I had were almost uncontrollable. My energy levels dropped from an 8 to a 2. I kept reading the book and trying to push through the HORRIBLE withdrawal of nicotine. Each day was a challenge. I would come home, eat dinner and collapse into bed sometimes before 8pm. I had never realized how bad nicotine really was until 3-4 days into quitting. Sometimes it is laughably easy- a second later you have the world on your shoulders. I kept reading the book and kept pushing (keep a journal it helps!). About half way through the book, 9-10 days in, I started to gain real confidence! I began to see the light. I still was exhausted on some days. My mood swings were tough. I was down and depressed on some days. Persevere- you can and will get beyond this. Was it really easy? Uh... well not necessarily. There is no magic. The book helps to explain your addiction. It breaks it down to simplify it. It is not some huge massive fight that you cannot win. It is simply an addiction, ANYONE can beat it. It is very uncomfortable those early days, yet, just stop smoking and you win. Just don't EVER light another one! No matter how bad you want one – just don’t! Go for a walk, read a book, anything to keep your mind busy. Sometimes it is all you can think of. I am now 8 months in and almost never think of smoking other than being SUPER happy that I never even think of smoking! It does get better! It does become EASY. You have to change your mindset. Every day you succeed is a major win. DO NOT GIVE IN. Keep going! Once you are beyond day 1 there is NO TURNING BACK. You have done it. Soon enough you will be breathing easier, feeling better and happier than ever. It is not overnight. Think of this – the first two days, the first two weeks, the first two months. These are the hardest in progressively easier increments. Then all at once- a couple of months have passed, you will realize you have won! You still have a ways to go but you are 85-95% there at 2 months. I will admit to a slight cheat- herbal cigarettes (non-nicotine) I used these in the beginning at parties, weekends, when drinking etc.. To get beyond those social moments when I would absolutely have to light up. (These are nothing like a real cigarette, don’t get your hopes up!) I still grab an herbal from time to time, maybe once every few weeks or so, usually when drinking or in a social situation- BUT- it is not every time now! I am completely moving on in less than a year. It is more of that old habit, still connected, yet, I am NICOTINE free and HAPPY! You too will soon start to HATE nicotine and everything it has taken from you. SIDE STORY: Both of my parents have smoked for well over 40+ years. After seeing me stop they were very curious. I GLADLY handed over my Allen Carr’s Easy Way book with a smile. I really didn’t think much of it. After all they had smoked almost all of their lives. I fully expected them to come back with the old “This book didn’t work. We are hopeless at quitting.” I honestly forgot about giving them the book. A few weeks later I spoke with my mom. She had quit! I was shocked!! I could not believe it!! She was struggling but she was WINNING the battle. I helped coach her and support her along the way. She too used the herbal cigarettes in moments of crisis. Within 4 weeks, she was gaining confidence. That was 4 months ago and she is 100% done with cigarettes. My poor dad seeing how we had both quit was up in arms. Per his words “I just can’t do it like the book says. I want to but probably can’t ever do it.” Smoking 2 packs a day for 40 years is not an easy cycle to break. My mom and I both understood. He continued picking his way through the book. Reading here and there. He continued seeing our success. Then, one day, he threw all of his cigarettes in the trash. He was done. It was not EASY in those first days- We coached him along, pushed him, mentored him and now 3 months later he is a NON-SMOKER!!!! Our family with over 100 combined years of smoking is now 100% nicotine free!! Thank you Allen Carr for changing AND SAVING my life!! And more so for SAVING my parents lives!!! Buy this book. Dig your heals in and make it happen in your life too! You will not be disappointed in 6 months I can absolutely assure you! Anyone can quit. Read the book with an open mind. Read it again if you don’t get it. Allow yourself to gain confidence. Slam your fist down- go to battle with this addiction – there is no other option now: WIN. Your life will thank you.

I was a smoker for 25 years and I celebrated my 6 month smoke-free milestone a week and a half ago. My chiropractor recommended this book to me. He let me borrow his copy just to skim though it a bit. I told him I would give it a try. What did I have to lose? I'll be honest though, I've never put much stock to books like these. Any claims that there's an "easy" way to quit smoking I would scoff at and call bulls**t. I've tried to quit many times and easy is not a label I would put on any of those attempts. I am shocked to report that I was able to quit using this method. Like I said, I recently celebrated 6 months smoke free and I am still baffled at how a seminar book was able to help me quit. That being said, there were a couple things that drove me nuts. I've taken a few college research courses and the author does two things that flies in the face of what I've learned: 1) don't write or say "research shows" without providing citation for the study or studies you are talking about. 2) don't make sweeping generalizations. This author does both of those things in addition to writing that nobody was ever a heavier smoker or a worse addict than he was. But still I powered through and I'm glad I did. Though I was successfully able to quit I would not classify my success as easy. I still have moments where I wish I could light up. Yet I know "just one drag" leads to "just one cigarette" which, in turn, leads to "just one pack." It is a vicious never ending cycle and I've been down that road. No thank you. I wouldn't say the Allen Carr method makes quitting smoking easy. I would tell anyone it can help shift your perspective. For me the idea of quitting was insurmountable. I was so addicted the idea I could be a nonsmoker was a fantasy. Yet, the Allen Carr method changed the way I thought about the process. It helped me view quitting smoking as less "a climbing of Mt. Everest" and more of "walking over a steep hill." Somewhat challenging, but doable. I'm not going to say "I succeeded so you can too." That's cheesy. You're a different person. We don't think the same and what works for me may not work for you. I would suggest giving it a shot though. If the book doesn't work you're out the time you spent reading and the cost of roughly two packs of smokes. If it does work, you can call yourself a nonsmoker once more, you'll regain some health, and the book will pay for itself with the money you'll save not buying cigarettes.

I smoked a pack a day for the past 10 years, sometimes more in times of high stress or when out drinking. I was convinced I would never escape this bastards grip on me, especially considering that about 75% of my family smokes (they're middle eastern... it's just what they do). I read Mr. Carr's book twice before it actually sunk in. The first time reading, it just really got me thinking and mentally prepared me for the change. The second time, it sunk in a little more, but I wasn't able to quit just yet. However, even though I hadn't quit after reading twice, I continually replayed Allen Carr's words in my mind, nearly every time I lit up. Then, one very very cold winter day, I was with a gathering of mainly non smokers and debated going out for a cigarette - I hadn't had one in at least 4 hours. I thought for a moment about how I'd have to disrupt the great time my friends and I were all having, go put on multiple layers of clothing, and drag my husband outside into the freezing cold, just so I could take a few puffs and do it all over again a few hours later. I thought to myself, "what if, just for right now, I didn't?" And I tested myself. A couple of hours went by, and magically, I was feeling ok! (You may get a mildly dizzy feeling but I promise that was the WORST of it.) I told myself that I would wait and have my cigarette in the morning, IF I really really needed it. I went to bed, and the next morning, still feeling okay, I told myself "Ok, I should be having that cigarette now, but I really feel fine, so maybe, just maybe, what if I didn't?" And I chose not to. And then I kept choosing not to every few hours. Hours became days, and after about a week or two, it became easy. I felt more and more empowered. And here I am, 4 months later, smoke free and never turning back. TIPS/NOTES: - I didn't gain a single pound. Actually, I lost weight. For my oral fixation, I just bought a bunch of sugar free candy and tore through that lol. (Be warned that this will cause some digestive upset, but oddly, being bloated and gassy gave me the sensation I was full all the time, and made me want to eat less. Probably not the healthiest diet, but whatever... can't possibly be worse than smoking). Also chewed lots and lots of (regular) gum. I'm not condoning this type of diet, just saying what worked for me personally. - If you need something to do with your hand, I really recommend the Harmless cigarette. It is sold here on Amazon. I bought the mint flavored one... I used it for about a month after I quit and then I didn't need it anymore. It really helps you when you feel like you need to take a "drag" of something. It helps calm you down because by using it, you're basically just taking deep breaths. - I want to add that in the past 4 months (since I quit), I took a trip to the Middle East (Beirut)... if anyone is familiar with the area, you know that 90% of the population smokes, EVERYWHERE (indoors AND outdoors) and ALL THE DAMN TIME. I had very very brief fleeting moments of "maybe I should join", but of course, I didn't. And I never felt deprived. Actually, I felt kind of like a badass for being the one family member/friend who quit so effortlessly and didn't gain a pound doing so. They couldn't understand how I was so relaxed and happy (and not fat, haha). I recommended the book to them all... I do think I have given them some hope that quitting isn't all that difficult, and I hope I will do the same for some of you. - Some people say that if you don't quit right after reading this book, you never will. I disagree. I can see how it could cause some people to quit immediately, but I also think it's discouraging to believe that if you failed to quit the first time reading, then you never will. Just by reading one time, you are taking the right step. His words will eventually permeate your thoughts more and more, and one day, you will be like "Ok. ENOUGH!" I truly believe that. I wish I could personally thank Allen Carr... I owe him my life, my looks (skin is looking better than ever), and probably my new pregnancy. (I'm 10 weeks pregnant as I write this.) I am pretty sure I wouldn't have gotten pregnant this quickly/easily with my old smoking habits. Update: as of 1/5/18, I’m officially 1+ year smoke free.... yes I was pregnant for part of that time, but no I haven’t gone back after having my baby! Update: as of 1/28/2020, still haven’t touched a cigarette.

Great read. You'll learn everything you need to know about smoking and any other drug addiction. It almost worked for me until I got to the part where it explains why I and most others smoke. It explains we smoke because it provides an illusion of relief. It creates a deficit/need that it also relieves. Vicious! Ill get there, but knowing and understanding why I smoke makes for more for me to work on and accept about me and life and how Ive come to deal with it all before I can voluntarily quit even for all the great and absolutey true reasons the book gives. Very informative book!

Until recently, I was one of those hard-core smokers that Allen Carr used to describe himself as. I bought Allen's book last month (Ellen DeGeneres and Sir Anthony Hopkins convinced me) and it is definitely a labor of love. He was honest and forthright from his perspective and you can tell he's genuinely out to help people first. I think he really, really believes what he says, and a lot of people can and have experienced quitting precisely the way he did. But I didn't. He actually had me weeping at a few points in his book, particularly when he talked about how ass-backward the government and medical profession are about the way they approach profoundly-addicted smokers (trying to scare us into quitting, pulleeeze)... about how American culture addicted its smokers then turned on them the way the pilgrim Puritans went after "so-called" witches, harlots, and (dramatic pause) sinners... about the hypocrisy out there that punitively judges and banishes addicts into the shadows - from smokers to drunks to overeaters. Yes, I agree with him. Our cultures in America and Europe have tried to shame us, scare us, overcharge us, and socially exile us into quitting. And despite the fact that none of those strategies work, they continue to act as if they do, while we die in gruesome ways by the thousands every day and the nonsmokers blame us for their screwing up their health care premiums. Despite the sad state we are in... smokers for being caught in the grip of a life-threatening addiction... and nonsmokers for looking down their holier-than-thou noses at people who are suffering in ways they couldn't possibly imagine... the truth is that cigarette smoking is a customized addiction. And that's what makes it such a monster. Every person who gets caught in the smoking web does so by customizing how they use the drug to cope with their idiomatic version of psychosocial pain. And that means that the only way out of the web is for the smoker to find his or her customized quitting treasure map. The medical and helping professions have not yet acknowledged this fact and are still promoting one size fits all quitting strategies. If you don't believe me, try calling a quitter's hotline sometime and chat with a coach for a while. Unfortunately, Allen Carr is doing that 'one-size fits all' thing too. Don't get me wrong. His strategy gets RESULTS for a much higher percentage of people than all the other known strategies. He is hitting the greater majority jackpot. But a little digging into the fine print of a few research studies will reveal that his "EasyWay" numbers are grossly inflated. One particular UK study explained the reason that only 5% of people asked for their money-back guarantee on his seminars. That was because a vastly higher number than 5% fail to quit smoking but feel like it was their fault that they didn't quit, not the fault of the program. So they don't ask for their money back. Thus they never report (or are asked) if they quit or if they are actively smoking again. You are being misled when the claim is made that 85% of people who engage Carr's EasyWay products quit and are sublimely happy during and forever after the quit date. I forgive Allen Carr that marketing ploy because I am convinced he really cares about helping as many addicted smokers as he can. This is how consultants squander and deform perfectly beautiful missions in search of your almighty dollar (or other currency). I read Allen Carr's book and I quit smoking but there is no DIRECT cause-effect relationship between the two. There's an infinite number of INDIRECT causes though. I have been smoking for 50 years and trying to quit every year for the last 20. I have quit multiple times, hours at a time, days at a time, months at a time, only to smoke again during or after a rough crisis. I have used every nicotine quit product available, every Rx available except Chantix since I have a history of two nervous breakdowns while trying to quit addictions. I have experienced hypnosis, EMDR, NLP, tapping, acupuncture, Reiki, herbal concoctions, you name it. I am signed up on five quit smoking websites. I've got a huge amount of experience going for me here and decades of failure. Be careful not to let anyone convince you that failures are a good thing and will eventually lead to your success as a quitter. Put their statements to the self-examination test. You might decide that failures might indeed be good for you, like building those failure muscles in the gym of life. Then again, that precept might be total ca-ca, like it was for me. Failures made me way more afraid that I wouldn't succeed next time I quit. Finally I had to go to therapy to fix my darned fear of failure before I could even attempt to quit smoking again. Allen Carr absolutely convinced me that cold turkey is the only way to go. It was the only method I hadn't tried yet (at least beyond the first 4 hours). I took his theory about addiction, flat out filthy addiction, to the bank. I convinced myself that being free was a strong enough motive to make the pain go away, to make quitting easy and happy as Allen promises. Spoiler: beware the crap about 72 hours and the nicotine is out of your system. It might not register on a blood draw but I'll guarantee you that the nicotine receptors in my brain were screaming so loud at 85 and 100 hours that I was on my stomach, crying like a baby. By Day 4, I had to have two really trusted friends with me at all times. It was strait-jacket, bouncing off padded walls day. I actually had to fend off suicidal thoughts that afternoon. I had a really great support team, thank God. I'm clean a week now. It's way better than it was a few days ago. It's no picnic though and I figure I'll be on the white knuckle tight wire for at least 300 to 400 days yet. But somehow Allen Carr's promise that this would be easy didn't work for me. His whole schtick felt a bit too Disney-fied for me but I sure prayed I could have the Cinderella miracle he swore was possible. I suppose the reason why Allen didn't work for me is the same reason every hypnotherapist I've ever seen grumbles under his breath when I keep coming back because the hypnotism simply doesn't work. I hear Stanford experts are close to figuring out why a minority of humans like me have brains that are not wired to accept "suggestibility." Buy Allen's book. He was honest. He cared deeply about helping smokers set themselves free. He was a gift to humanity and spent his life admirably. He wanted you to quit smoking. He wanted you to be happy. He wanted you to feel free. When he finally achieved those things, he wanted to share them. I say, receive them graciously. And use them in the best way you can to help yourself. If you're one of those who can quit painlessly, you are an incredibly lucky person. YAY! If you're more like me, you'll be better prepared to quit because of Allen's hard-earned wisdom. It's still going to hurt like a sonuvagun for a really long time but all you can do is keep quitting one craving at a time, using the strategies you have experimented with along the way. Thank you Allen, and everyone else I have read or talked with the last 20 years about my smoking. Every one of you gives me a little something that goes into my customized basket of quit goodies and one of these days I'll wake up and realize I finally got there. Couldn't have done it without you!

Purchased this book for my son and he actually read twice loved it so much. Really has helped him .

Had to write this after my experience being total non smoker for 6 years since purchase. If you are reading this, trust me, this works like a absolute magic. I was a smoker for 13 years and was getting fed up of hiding and smoking, shame, money being wasted, family's despair that I planned to quit several times but all in vein. Problem why I always relapsed was because my method was totally clueless as to how to stay quit because some way or other, extreme urges used to come back always and I used to smoke harder than before. Then around December 2018, I finally thought of staying quit no matter what but don't know from when to stop. I told them my smoking friends and few more about my decision to quit seriously and fortunately, SO SO FORTUNATELY, one of those friends recommended me this PRECIOUS BOOK and after reading it, I have been a non smoker for 6 years because it's January 2025 now. I won't say much as to how this book works but JUST GO FOR IT, I have been there!!!!!!!! :)

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I haven't smoked since Feb 2021. I had gotten a tooth pulled and decided that it would be a good opportunity to quit. After the first few days, my withdrawals were really bothering me. Someone suggested this book! They told me they only got halfway through and by then, they were feeling much better and managed to quit. This book was exactly what I needed! It had a completely different take on things and really shifted the perspective for me. I only got to about halfway in the book and I felt satisfied

I quit smoking after reading it. It's been 6 months and I still think cigarettes are repulsive