Over the last few years I have given out over 300 hundred of these. They work like magic for some people and for others not so well.
Why? I need some feedback from people who have them to know. And I will keep you posted as I gather that information.
Here is a excerpt:
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking ~ viii - x
WARNING
Perhaps you are somewhat apprehensive about reading this book. Perhaps, like the vast majority of smokers, the mere thought of stopping fills you with panic and although you have every intention of stopping one day, that day is not today.
If you are expecting me to inform you of the terrible health risks that
smokers run, that smokers spend a fortune and that you are weak-willed
jellyfish, then I must disappoint you. Those tactics never helped me
quit, and if they were going to help you, they would have done so years
ago.
My method, which I shall refer to as EASYWAY doesn't work that way. Some of the things I am about to say you might find difficult to accept. However, by the time you have completed this book, you'll not only believe them, but you will wonder how on earth you ever allowed yourself to be brainwashed into believing something different.
There is a common misapprehension that smokers choose to smoke. Smokers no more choose to smoke than alcoholics choose to be alcoholics, or heroin addicts choose to become heroin addicts. It is true that we chose to light those first experimental cigarettes. I occasionally choose to go to see a movie, but I didn't choose to spend the rest of my life sitting in a cinema.
Think about that for a moment. Did you ever make a definite decision that you wouldn't enjoy a meal or a social occasion without a cigarette? Or that you wouldn't be able to relax or handle stress without smoking? At what stage did you decide that you needed cigarettes, not just for social occasions, but that you needed them permanently in your presence, and felt insecure or even panic-stricken without them? Exactly what was the date when you decided that you would be a smoker, puffing away all day, every day, never being able to stop? The average Canadian smokers smoked their first cigarette at age thirteen. Are we really saying that at thirteen we were deciding that we would be a smoker for the rest of our lives?
Like every other smoker on the planet, we fell into a trap. The nicotine trap is the most subtle, sinister trap that man and nature have combined to devise. There is not a parent on this planet, whether they are a smoker or non-smoker that would encourage their kids to smoke. What this really means is that they wish that they themselves had never started. Not surprising really, no one needs cigarettes to enjoy life or cope with stress before they get hooked.
At the same time that all smokers want to quit, all smokers also want to keep smoking. After all, no one forces us to light up.
Whether we understand the reason or not, it is only smokers themselves who decide to light up.
If there were a magic button that smokers could press and wake up tomorrow morning as if they had never smoked, the only smokers left smoking would be the youngsters who are still at the experimental stage, convinced they could never get hooked. Didn't we all start that way?
The truth is that the only thing that keeps us smoking, the only thing that prevents us from breaking free, is FEAR
Fear that we will have to struggle through the rest of our lives feeling miserable and deprived. Fear that we will have to be armed with endless supplies of willpower to conquer the terrible cravings. Fear that a meal or a social occasion will never be quite as enjoyable without a cigarette. Fear that we'll never be able to concentrate, handle stress or be as confident without our little crutch. Fear that our personality and character will change. Fear that quitting smoking means that our lives will never be as enjoyable. But most of all the fear that you will never truly be free, and that we spend the rest of our lives wanting to smoke but not being allowed to.
If, as I did, you have already tried all the 'conventional' ways to quit and been through all the misery of the willpower method of stopping, you will not only be dominated by those fears I describe, but also convinced that you can never quit.
If you are apprehensive, panic-stricken or feel that the time is not right for you to quit, then you are being affected by fear. The fear is not relieved by cigarettes but created by them. Non-smokers don't have any of these fears.
You never decided to fall into the nicotine trap. Like all traps, it is designed to ensure that you remain trapped. Ask yourself, when you lit that first cigarette were you really deciding that you would be a smoker as long as you have been? So when are you going to quit? Tomorrow? New Year's Eve? Weedless Wednesday? Next year? Stop kidding yourself! The trap is designed to hold you for life. Why else do you think all those other smokers don't quit before it kills them?
...
You didn't decide to fall into this trap. When you were a youngster, you didn't even know the trap existed. You need to be very clear on one point: you will not escape from the trap unless you make a positive decision to do so. You might already be straining at the leash to quit. On the other hand, you might be apprehensive. Either way, please bear in mind YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE!
If at the end of the book you decide that you wish to continue to smoke, there is nothing to prevent you from doing so. You don't even have to cut down or stop smoking while you are reading the book, and remember, there is no shock treatment. Do you really think that those graphic images on Canadian packs help smokers to quit? If they do, then why are nearly six million Canadians still smoking?
On the contrary, I have nothing but good news for you. Can you imagine how Nelson Mandela must have felt when he was finally release from prison? That's how I felt when I escaped from the nicotine trap. That's how millions of ex-smokers who have used EASYWAY feel. By the end of the book: THAT'S HOW YOU WILL FEEL! GO FOR IT!
My method, which I shall refer to as EASYWAY doesn't work that way. Some of the things I am about to say you might find difficult to accept. However, by the time you have completed this book, you'll not only believe them, but you will wonder how on earth you ever allowed yourself to be brainwashed into believing something different.
There is a common misapprehension that smokers choose to smoke. Smokers no more choose to smoke than alcoholics choose to be alcoholics, or heroin addicts choose to become heroin addicts. It is true that we chose to light those first experimental cigarettes. I occasionally choose to go to see a movie, but I didn't choose to spend the rest of my life sitting in a cinema.
Think about that for a moment. Did you ever make a definite decision that you wouldn't enjoy a meal or a social occasion without a cigarette? Or that you wouldn't be able to relax or handle stress without smoking? At what stage did you decide that you needed cigarettes, not just for social occasions, but that you needed them permanently in your presence, and felt insecure or even panic-stricken without them? Exactly what was the date when you decided that you would be a smoker, puffing away all day, every day, never being able to stop? The average Canadian smokers smoked their first cigarette at age thirteen. Are we really saying that at thirteen we were deciding that we would be a smoker for the rest of our lives?
Like every other smoker on the planet, we fell into a trap. The nicotine trap is the most subtle, sinister trap that man and nature have combined to devise. There is not a parent on this planet, whether they are a smoker or non-smoker that would encourage their kids to smoke. What this really means is that they wish that they themselves had never started. Not surprising really, no one needs cigarettes to enjoy life or cope with stress before they get hooked.
At the same time that all smokers want to quit, all smokers also want to keep smoking. After all, no one forces us to light up.
Whether we understand the reason or not, it is only smokers themselves who decide to light up.
If there were a magic button that smokers could press and wake up tomorrow morning as if they had never smoked, the only smokers left smoking would be the youngsters who are still at the experimental stage, convinced they could never get hooked. Didn't we all start that way?
The truth is that the only thing that keeps us smoking, the only thing that prevents us from breaking free, is FEAR
Fear that we will have to struggle through the rest of our lives feeling miserable and deprived. Fear that we will have to be armed with endless supplies of willpower to conquer the terrible cravings. Fear that a meal or a social occasion will never be quite as enjoyable without a cigarette. Fear that we'll never be able to concentrate, handle stress or be as confident without our little crutch. Fear that our personality and character will change. Fear that quitting smoking means that our lives will never be as enjoyable. But most of all the fear that you will never truly be free, and that we spend the rest of our lives wanting to smoke but not being allowed to.
If, as I did, you have already tried all the 'conventional' ways to quit and been through all the misery of the willpower method of stopping, you will not only be dominated by those fears I describe, but also convinced that you can never quit.
If you are apprehensive, panic-stricken or feel that the time is not right for you to quit, then you are being affected by fear. The fear is not relieved by cigarettes but created by them. Non-smokers don't have any of these fears.
You never decided to fall into the nicotine trap. Like all traps, it is designed to ensure that you remain trapped. Ask yourself, when you lit that first cigarette were you really deciding that you would be a smoker as long as you have been? So when are you going to quit? Tomorrow? New Year's Eve? Weedless Wednesday? Next year? Stop kidding yourself! The trap is designed to hold you for life. Why else do you think all those other smokers don't quit before it kills them?
...
You didn't decide to fall into this trap. When you were a youngster, you didn't even know the trap existed. You need to be very clear on one point: you will not escape from the trap unless you make a positive decision to do so. You might already be straining at the leash to quit. On the other hand, you might be apprehensive. Either way, please bear in mind YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE!
If at the end of the book you decide that you wish to continue to smoke, there is nothing to prevent you from doing so. You don't even have to cut down or stop smoking while you are reading the book, and remember, there is no shock treatment. Do you really think that those graphic images on Canadian packs help smokers to quit? If they do, then why are nearly six million Canadians still smoking?
On the contrary, I have nothing but good news for you. Can you imagine how Nelson Mandela must have felt when he was finally release from prison? That's how I felt when I escaped from the nicotine trap. That's how millions of ex-smokers who have used EASYWAY feel. By the end of the book: THAT'S HOW YOU WILL FEEL! GO FOR IT!
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