Read this in preparation for giving it to my dad in an attempt at getting him to quit smoking after it was discovered he has heart problems.

The author goes overboard to insist that he isn't going to list the health issues or guilt the reader or any of the common things people do to smokers in order to get them to quit and instead focus on the psychology of it. He claims that when you understand the psychology you can just quit on the spot without any downsides.

That's all well and good, but I noticed he contradicted himself periodically. First by stating that you can quit cold turkey and never have withdrawal symptoms to openly talking about how to deal with withdrawal symptoms.

The books is about 110 pages, but if you cut out all of the times the author repeated himself or went on and on about how the next chapters will help you and then leaving the reader on a cliffhanger at the end of the chapter, you could really shorten the whole thing down. He's definitely trying to sell consultations for his EASYWAY method and get people to buy other people the book.

His advice basically boils down to making the decision that you're no longer a smoker, teaching yourself to have a positive outlook about quitting and realizing you aren't losing anything other than a bad habit, and then weathering the 3 weeks of withdrawal while staying positive. That's seriously it. I just distilled the book's message into a sentence.

That said, he has many good analogies that could help give smokers some realizations about their behavior, and his ideas about staying positive and not focusing on what you're losing but what you're gaining are really nice.

I just wish the whole thing didn't read like one of those "How to Date and Seduce Beautiful Women" mailing lists.

I am now ONE year without cigarettes and I owe it all to this book. My mom bought it for me like so many other anti-smoking articles and books before but I held onto this one for awhile. I smoked for over ten years. The idea of quitting was slowly creeping in but I wouldn't be budged or pressured, it had to be on my time.

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Allen Carr nailed everything on the head for me. For me, as a smoker you don't want to hear about how or why you should quit from a non-smoker, but I didn't mind hearing about it from one of the worst smokers on the planet. I slowly let this book take hold. I liked that he encouraged not stopping until the end, no pressure. I related to so much of it, it was like an awakening. He was right about everything...and if you need any further encouragement - he died of lung cancer!! He was a brilliant soul who fought smoking until his very end.

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I also downloaded the app above to track how much money I saved and my health since I quit - its called "Quit it"

If you truly want to end it, read this book! I've now bought three copies for friends and I would buy a hundred more. I don't try to shove it down their throats but I get excited about it. It works! Anyone can do it! Don't let these cigarette companies make you think otherwise.

I loved this book, it changed my life.

Understanding why you smoke and know what you have to do to quit just made sense to me. My husband (who I thought was a lifer) have been smoke free for 3 years, best thing I ever did was read this book.

This book opened my eyes to the reality why I smoked and the reasons why I should stop making excuses and just quit.

Thank you Allen Carr for saving mine and my husbands life :)

This is so terribly written. It’s actually so DUMB how badly written this is through and through, some 3rd grader level shit. It is backed by absolutely nothing and had a shit ton of misinformation…
but at the same time… I think I just quit nicotine lmao?????

بعد از 9 سال سیگار کشیدن حس میکنم که دیگه علاقه ای به ادامه این عمل ندارم. روش آلن کار روی من جواب داد!
آلن کار که بیش از 30 سال سیگاری قهاری بوده در این کتاب تلاش کرده است ضمن بررسی و نشان دادن عقاید آگاهانه و ناآگاهانه ی افراد سیگاری در مورد سیگار کشیدن، این تصورات و عقاید را به چالش بکشد. یک فرد سیگاری به خوبی میتواند این عقاید را در خود شناسایی کند.

I'm glad I had already started my quitting journey before I started reading this.
Not only is it incredibly sexist but would have you believe any withdrawal symptoms you are feeling or any low moods are your own fault and completely in your head.
I wouldn't recommend this at all. The weight that was lifted when I finally read online that nicotine actually causes the release of dopamine into your blood, therefore when you go into withdrawal, you do actually feel very low, and feel a sense of loss, emptiness, hopelessness, that you'll never feel joy again. I felt like that for days and blaming my own willpower and lack of get-up-and-go. Thank god I put the book down and looked at some actual science instead.
I'd be willing to bet the majority of five stars reviews are from white, cis, middle class, males.

Very, very repetitive but I’m guessing that’s why it works…?

This is really, truly a terrible book that uses very transparent psychological trickery to convince you to stop smoking. But, it totally worked on me so it gets 5 stars.

حتی اگر خودتون سیگاری نیستین باز هم این کتاب رو بخونین!
جالبی روش آلن کار اینه که اصلا قصد نداره با بیان مضررات سیگار شما رو بترسونه تا سیگار رو بذارین کنار. اتفاقا کاملا برعکسه!
سعی می‌کنه الگو‌های ذهنی غلط درباره سیگار کشیدن رو اصلاح کنه، مثه سیگار آرامش بخشه!
سیگار بهم کمک می‌کنه تا مشکلات رو بهتر هندل کنم!
سیگار بهم اعتماد به نفس می‌ده!
سیگار لذت بخشه!

با سلام خدمت همه دوستان
من این کتاب رو با اسم "آسانترین روش ترک سیگار" از همین نویسنده "آقای آلن کار" خوندم که فکر کنم چاپ قدیمی اش باشه.
در کل این کتاب عالیه و خیلی توصیه می شه.
ببینید اگر شما سالها سیگار رو ترک کرده باشید و در این مدت لب به سیگار نزده باشید، اگر دچار وسوسه کشیدن دوباره اون بشید یا مثلا با خودتون بگید "کاش می شد فقط یک پک زد" ، این یعنی شما سیگار رو ترک نکردین و در واقع در تمام این سال ها فقط با نفستون در جهت نکشیدن سیگار مبارزه کردین. یعنی هنوز لذت سیگار کشیدن رو حس می کنید و همنیشه با این لذت در مقاوت هستین.
آلن خیلی حرفه ای دست می زاره دقیقا روی همین موضوع و از اینجا شروع می کنه تا در نهایت به شما کمک کنه که این لذت رو از بین ببرین نه ترک سیگار ... سیگار خودش ترک می شه...
به زبان ساده تر باید همون حسی رو نسبت به سیگار داشته باشید که یک فرد غیر سیگاری داره ... ببینید موضوع یه کم پیچیده است ولی درکش که کنید دریچه ای جدید به رویتون باز می شه.
یه فرد غیر سیگاری ممکنه حتی در جمع سیگاری ها به شوخی یه پکی هم بزنه ولی چه حسی به سیگار خواهد داشت؟ شما باید به اون حس برسین تا برای همیشه از سیگار دور بشین ...
به نظرم غیر سیگاری ها هم بخوننش. می شه الگو برداری کرد و با همین روش عادت های بد زیادی رو ترک کرد. فقط باید عمق مطلب و منظور نویسنده رو درک کرده باشین ...
یادتون باشه به درخواست نویسنده، یک جلد از این کتاب رو همیشه برای خودتون داشته باشید و به کسی امانت جهت خوندنش ندید. کتاب قیمت زیادی نداره واگر دوست داشتین هدیه بدین حتما یکی بخرین.

this book will help you quit if you want to quit, but can't. As easy as that. If you want to smoke and think it's cool and tasty - do it.
But if you're tired of smelly fingers, two dozens of breaks a day and whining of non-smoking people around - read this, it will free you.

İnternetten bir forum sitesine bakınıyordum.gözüme küçük bir yazı ilişti.Aynen şu ''sigarayı bırakmanın kolay yolu'' yorumum aynen şu olmuştu ; yine biri saçmalamıştır.Hani bazı kitaplar vardır ya, mutluluğa, başarıya ulaşmanın kolay yollarını yazarlar, fakat yazarları hem başarısız hem de mutsuzdurlar.
Bir tıklamadan ne çıkar dedim ve bastım linke bir e-book linki imiş.içeriği ilgimi çekti.yöntem ve tutumları çok farklıydı, zaten şiddetle sigarayı bırakmak istiyordum, farklı bir yöntem gerekli idi.bu kitapta farklı bir yoldu.3-4 saat içerisinde kitabın tamamını okudum.son sayfada sigarayı bırakmış oldum.Aradan dört sene geçmiş ve halen sigaraya başlamadım.birçok kişiye tavsiye ederek sigara bırakmalarına sebep oldum.
İlginç olan bana yöneltilen 'acaba sigarayı nasıl bıraktınız?' sorusuna, bir kitap sayesinde diye başlıyorum.O kitap işte bu kitaptır...