"I'll stop smoking on Monday"

Advantages: Makes you see smoking for what it really is.
Disadvantages: You get left with a peculiar feeling, you CAN'T smoke, though that might be a good thing.

...That's what I used to say nearly every day, "I'll stop smoking on Monday". I meant it too, but people used to laugh, "yeah yeah" they'd say. Now I know why I said that. And why a lot of people say that, it's because we were afraid of quitting. Of course we are, we've been brainwashed into believing we need to smoke. But more about that later. I read the book "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr only last night. I smoked my last cigarette at 2am this morning and have so far been stopped for 17 hours and 22 minutes. You all may ask why I'm writing this op so soon, shouldn't I wait to see if I can stop first, before I write a review of the book? Well, no. Because one thing about Allen Carr is that he promises it will be easy, that it is the EASY WAY. Therefore if I wait a few weeks/months or whatever, how can I then truly recall...

steffee 17.04.2004 (01.02.2005) · Read review
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Review of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking - Allen Carr

I'VE QUIT SMOKING (Again)!!!!!

Advantages: No Side Effects or Pain!
Disadvantages: None if you Stop Smoking!

...offered was Laser Therapy for Stopping Smoking, Controling Your Weight and even Managing Everday Stress. So I gave them a call, to find out more about it. What exactly does it involve: They use a non penetration laser on an addiction point in your ear, this apparently stops the craving and withdrawal symptoms. So I made the appointment for Saturday 6th September 2003 at 11.30am, I was worried and had not spoken to anyone who had been through a treatment before and the £30 charge at first seemed quite excessive. I then thought about what I spent every week on ciggies, probably around £35-£40, or even nicotine replacement patches at £17 per week, so if it worked it would be worth it. On the morning of 6th September I was smoking like a chimney before my appointment, I was trying to sicken myself, what a joke eh? I nervously...

herby30 03.11.2003 (04.11.2003) · Read review
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Allen Carr's easy way to stop smoking

Advantages: Helped me to quit
Disadvantages: why didnt i read it sooner !!

...the cravings the putting on weight it's all a factor in the life of a smoker . I had never heard of Allen Carr until christmas morning 2002. I sat happy looking at my kids opening their gifts having a great time. My husband ( ex now ) passed one to me , merry chrismas he said. As i opened it i sat there in disbelief there in from of me was Allen Carrs easy way to stop smoking book staring back at me. I have to admit i was not happy . I said a thank you but deep down i was thinking how dare you i will give up when i,m ready to give up and not before. I know what a B**** i must seem but at that time being a smoker i was fed up of people hounding me day in day out i resented it. I was asked again and again over the next few days if i had started reading it , " No not yet " i would say i been to busy i havent had the time. I will admit i was...

retrobabe1971 25.10.2005 (17.05.2007) · Read review
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Review of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking - Allen Carr

Stop smoking overnight...No Bull!

Advantages: Stopping smoking!
Disadvantages: None at all as far as I can see!

...JUST CHECKED ON AMAZON - It's going for £6.99 NOW....! An even better bargain! OK, I reckon this is the best £9.99 you will ever spend as a smoker. You pay a fiver a day (OK, less if you get them duty free), but this will stop you paying out for ever. It will reduce your insurance costs, and help you live longer. No more waiting for a plane flight to finish, no more hunting for the smoking area on a train, or at work. I had smoked from the age of 13 until the age of 36. This included 18 years in the Royal Navy with cheap cigarettes and the famous "blue liners" - factory floor sweepings that weren't of a high enough standard for Turkish fags..! I smoked 20 a day, I smoked when I was ill, I smoked in the rain, and I even dragged a blood drain and saline drip from a hospital bed to a doorway for a gasper. Then one day on Amazon...

AdamGale 11.07.2004 (12.07.2004) · Read review
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Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking

Advantages: It really will help you to stop!
Disadvantages: There aren't any!!

...I was given this book at one of my lowest points - I had resigned from a resonably well paid job, had been unemployed for a few months (including over Christmas), was in so much debt I didn't know where to turn to, had sleeping problems and had been smoking over 20 cigarettes a day for about 10 years! I guess I was one of those smokers who could be put into the category of "I know smoking is bad for me" - I had almost stopped enjoying the cigarette - it had got to the point where the cigarette was ruling me - you know how it is or you wouldn't be reading this - first thing in the morning - after meals - having a drink - in the middle of the night - there was just no escape of that dreaded cigarette! I think initailly I was determined that I would succeed through will power alone - it would be my first real attempt to quit and I...

martin2048 21.10.2004 · Read review
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Stop smoking the Allen Carr way!

Advantages: Frees you from that awful smelling weed!
Disadvantages: None!!

...really effected my son as i never smoke in the house (as i don't like the smell and i would not want him breathing in harmful toxins) i also never smoked in front of him. This helped as if i believed it acceptable to smoke in my home i'm sure out of habit i would have smoked much more. Having said that, if you smoke irrelevent of how many, you are putting harmful toxins into your body and causing it harm and you are addicted to Nicotine. I had tried on two occcassions to stop smoking, each time i managed to get to six months, stupidly i would then start again. The only reason i believe, is because i had got passed the stage where i constantly thought what i was depriving myself of?? I believed that i would be able to go out and have just the one cig and i would be fine. After that first cig i would feel sick, it tasted horrible and i...

pugs26 08.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking - Allen Carr

CAN WE STOP SMOKING

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Disadvantages: see review

...their ends? Summary: Smoking in public needs to be controlled. Controlled places offer a safer, nicer smelling, healthier place. With controlled areas for smokers, there could be cost savings on insurance premiums. When working for the NHS the having a smokers room was initially met with some disgruntlement, however that was soon worn off by the realisation of its obvious benefits to the non-smoker. It is now commonplace for a secluded area to be set-aside within hospital areas for smokers. And other public places could follow suit. Of course the government sets the best advice, which is to give up – quit – stop! However in reality it is so much easier to say than do. Thanks for reading - Dave...

dabmim 16.05.2002 · Read review
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Any idiot can stop smoking

Advantages: Feel great, afford those luxuries
Disadvantages: NONE

...Any idiot can stop smoking...it takes a bit of perserverance to remain smoke free.... I am 49 and I smoked regularly from the age of 13 in Liverpool to when I was 42, I smoked up to 50 a day because of the Job I did, and I stopped in 10 mins.....read on !! Why did I stop ?... I decided that apart from my health which was OK I wanted to have holidays, buy some new clothes, redecorate the house..you know all the nice things that you can afford to do or have when you don't smoke, I sat down and calculated how much I spent on smoking..at £3.50 a packet two to 3 packets a day 7 days a week was costing me approximately £60 a week or £3000 per year, and ever single bit of it going up in smoke !! no benefit to me whatsoever..I then thought if I took out a personal loan for a new car could I afford to pay something like £50 per week in...

Dalesman 18.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Giving Up Smoking

Log on to Ciao and stop smoking

Advantages: n/a
Disadvantages: n/a

...headaches, dizziness and vomiting. Lead: causes damage to the brain and birth defects to babies. Nicotine: causes increased blood pressure; makes smoking addictive. Shellac: used in wood varnish. Tar: sticks to the lungs and paralyses the lungs? defence system. As I was quite interested in psychology. So I tried the psychological approach to stop my smoking addiction. It?s a way to train my brain that ?I don?t need smoking?. Try to visualise yourself telling a friend who is offering you a cigarette, "No, thank you, I don?t smoke". When the urge to light up a cigarette occurs, say the same thing repeatedly to yourself. Then make a cup of tea or coffee for yourself to drink, just to keep your mouth busy. Reading a book or logging on to Ciao can also help to occupy the mind and kill the craving. I managed to give up smoking within a short...

LBoy 08.08.2001 (24.10.2001) · Read review
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Yippee - a year smoke-free - thanks Allen!

Advantages: I am a non-smoker, need I say more?
Disadvantages: None - just wish I'd read it sooner!

...I wrote this review on 1st December, having been 6 months smoke-free. I am now updating it since tomorrow (1st June) is the 1st anniversary of my husband and I stopping smoking. It has been a really good year, and I just wish I?d done it sooner. Although I don?t want to sound cocky, stopping smoking really was so easy after reading Allen Carr?s ?Easy Way to Stop Smoking? book. I realise that everyone?s experience with smoking and stopping smoking is different, and what's easy to me might not be easy to others. However, I am writing this in the hope that it prompts someone to read the book, and that it changes their life as it has mine. The book actually says in it that you should keep it close by to refer back to, but I haven?t had to refer back to it at all as I haven?t craved cigarettes. As I am updating this review I will...

marymoose99 30.11.2006 (31.05.2007) · Read review
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