Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4409 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

OK! Magazine
"If you are one of those folks single-handedly keeping your local tobacconist in business, but want to ditch the demon weed, this is for you!"

The Times
"Allen Carr explodes the myth that giving up smoking is difficult"

Woman's Journal
"For the first time in my adult life I am free"

Customer Reviews

Best investment I've made! Saved me £1500 per year
I did want to give up smoking, but kept making excuses to carry on, like "I'm stressed because of the divorce" or "I might as well smoke while I'm working away because I'm bored and lonely" etc etc. Apparently us women are masters at creating excuses to justify the habit (well I know that's true for me). Allen Carr's book dispelled a lot of the myths attached to smoking. The most surprising one for me is the "withdrawal of nicotine" myth. I wasn't a heavy smoker (not that this makes a jot of difference) but I did smoke 10-15 a day, and more if I was out drinking or on holiday. I'm five days in and haven't had a single "craving" no nicotine withdrawal at all. Also I just cannot see the point in smoking anymore. I am a very happy non-smoker. It may be a bit of brainwashing - but whatever helps I say, it definitely put me in the right frame of mind. Good Luck if you are trying to give up, it really is easy when you know how!

This can work great but a little bit of effort is still required.....
I bought and read this book almost three years ago. It makes the biggest amount of sense and I actually stopped smoking about two thirds of the way through entirely convinced I was 'cured'. I have to say I still don't smoke ............unless I am drinking (alcohol) - still haven't managed to crack that one. I don't smoke at any other time although I still have a craving if I am either particularly stressed or particularly high (in the natural happy sense). I am able to handle these cravings but not the drinking thing. I do think it may just be a case of getting the book back out and reading it again to reinstate the message and that I must do that SOON. Despite my downfall (I don't drink that much that often!) I would highly recommend this book to anyone trying to quit. I have bought it for a few friends and family that genuinely were interested in giving it a go and it has worked for the pretty much all of them. You do have to also want to stop and at the price it is most defintely worth a go. Good luck to everyone purchasing this and I hope my comments help.

I quit, nicotine free for 10months started again, quit, diagnosed with bowel cancer, started again, had op quit, started again.
Life is a roller coaster, have smoked since age 16, (now aged 50) smoked 10 a day, gave up with every pregnancy (4) but soon went back to the old habit, given up for 6 years at one point. Started again for more years. Then got tired of everyone saying I smelt strongly of cigarette when I had not had one for hours.
Bought Allen Carr's book read it gave up on first attempt because I really wanted to stop (Also due to those gross anti smoking ads with all that fatty deposit dropping off the end of a cigarette yuck made me feel ill)
Was nicotine free for 16 months, my first big test and I failed when daughter suffered brain damage, but managed to give up again because to me the message of my nicotine monster is forever with me.
Was then diagnosed with Bowel cancer...Started smoking again and thought oh well I'm going to die anyway tut....gave up after my bowel Operation. I was too ill to smoke anyway :-) then started smoking again, but only for a few weeks, have finally stopped smoking and sold my book as I will never need it again, didn't need to read it a second time just having it there on my well used bookshelf was all I needed to tell me I don't like what I am doing how I smell and the huge cost of keeping up the habit.

I think reading it once is enough as what you read stays with you and although it may not kick in straight away, I believe what you have read stays with you and one day you just say that's enough, because of the knowledge learnt in this book.

After just 2 months I could not stand the strength of my own perfume I have been wearing for years, didn't even realise the scent was coming from me, also started really enjoying every mouthful of food, everything seemed to taste much better, that just goes to show how much damage cigarettes do to your system on top of the obvious things.

I did have withdrawrel symptoms too but that only lasted about a week of sleepless nights. about the same as when I used the patches I guess, as I have tried all the things out there gum, pastel, nose inhaler, different brands of patches, the hand held cigarette like inhaler, even herbal cigarettes got a try out with me.

Anyway now I am nicotine free, smell free, my taste buds have woken up and my sense of smell is acute, have much more money in my pocket, don't have to go in newsagents now unless I want a paper. other smokers do not bother me but I don't like to passive smoke nor smell of cigarettes so tend to move away.

If I had not read Allen Carr's book I don't believe I would be a non smoker today yet I read this book way back in March 9th no smoking day 2004.
I have now lost all desire for a cigarette, and still the same weight as before.(overweight)

So if you want to give up remember there is no magic cure first you have got to want to give up in the first place. And if you do this is a very good book to start off with.
Using patches first you have to get used to them (very itchy and uncomfortable) then you have to get used to giving those up after 3 months so it's like double trouble.. This worked for me and I am very thankful to Allen Carr's book.

When I first began to smoke you could smoke anywhere buses tubes, pubs clubs, at work, even cafe's and restaurants. now every day it is much harder to find a place to smoke that is why I am now happier than ever to be nicotine free.