It might have been the translation to Norwegian, but this book was utter crap. More repetitive than 90's techno, and there are just about NO proper instructions until the very end. I learned nothing new from the constant repetition of old and obvious information.
Yes, I'm quitting smoking, but this book did absolutely nothing to help me I think. I will just quit, and that's that. At least I'm happy I was given this book, and didn't put any money in Carr's pocket.

This may be the only book that I have read 4 times, but for times the charm.
My sister spoke wonders of this book and how it helped her quit. A few years back I borrowed it from her, read it, and was able to quit for about a month and a half. Then, in stupidity, on a drinking night out I bummed one,and then was quickly about a pack a day. Earlier this year I felt ready to try again. In April I checked it out of the library, read it, and quit for about four days. I night out did me in a agian. I renewed the book the maximum number of times, read it once more, but it did not work. In Septemeber I read Malcolm X and thought in general that a lot of things are possible for me if I focus and get read of the partying and distractions. This time, in early October I bought the book. I read it quickly, finishind it on October 15th. Today is November 20th, and I'm still a non-smoker. Also I'm confident this time has worked and I'll never smoked again.
This book works I believe because he systematically breaks down the reasons smokers say they smoke, and states why these reasons are invalid and the opposite is true, that smoking actually harms these perceptions. These are the four believes he concentrates on: BOREDOM, STRESS, RELAXATION, CONCENTRATION. His instruction tells the reader not to quit smoking until the end of the book. This way the reader reads a chapter, thinks about it, and when he or she smokes, is really aware of the points the author makes in the book. He states things like a cigarette is no different after a meal, or with coffee, that it's a mind trick or trap that the smoker fell into. Another thing he states is that there is no such thing as enjoying a cigarette, that every smoker wishes he or she never started. If you said that to someone smoking in a verbal exchange, they wouldn't listen. But somehow the solitary act of reading, the reader really does mull it over, and it does sink in.
This is a great book, because it puts people in the right frame of mind to quit. The must important suggestion by the author is for people to think they are not giving anything up by quitting but must think of the positive change that will result from quitting. He explains that with the well power method people feel like something they enjoy is being taken away from them. He also says that with boredom or stress, that those things would be the same without cigarettes, the cigarette doesn't change your situation or life.
This is great for the shortterm, but for the long term, I suggeest people buy a copy. It has some invaluable chapters like if you want just one cigarette that may help the ex-smoker maybe even years later.
I'm exited about not smoking and making life changes including cutting back on drinking so I can focus on reading and writing.

هیچوقت فکرشو نمیکردم که برای همچین کتابی بخوام ریویو بنویس��.طبق توصیه ای که در انجمن های معتادین گمنام میکنند،اول میخوام تجربه زیستی خودم رو از سیگار بگم
حدود ۱ سال پیش یک سلسله اتفاقات توی سفرهام برام اتفاق افتاد که باعث شد پی ببرم که برخلاف چیزی که من تصور میکردم ذهنم از من جداست و این فکر و خیالها و نیازهایی که سراغم میاد ‌بیشتر خوراک دادن به ذهنمه،سیگار کشیدن،پرخوری،افسردگی،پر حرفی،جلب توجه و ....
نشستم حساب کردم دیدم طی این ۱۲ سالی که سیگار میکشم اگر به طور متوسط روزی ۱ پاکت هم کشیده باشم(که بیشتر هم بوده بعضی روزها) چیزی حدود ۹۰ هزار نخ سیگار کشیدم،دیدم این شکلی تا ۴۰ سالگی دووم نمیارم.تصمیم به ترک گرفتم.البته قبلا هم دو بار تلاش کرده بودم و دو بارش شکست مفتضحانه ای خورده بودم.
سیگار برای من چیزی بیشتر از یک سرگرمی بود،تبدیل شده بود به اعتیاد شدید و لازمه زندگیم بود.بعضی شبها ساعت ۴ صبح توی سنندج دکه به دکه و مغازه به مغازه میچرخیدم تا ی پاکت سیگار پیدا کنم.
هر فیلمی‌ که میدیدم دست کم یک پاکت سیگار باهاش میکشیدم و باور کنید فیلمای خیلی خیلی زیادی دیدم کتاب میخوندم باید سیگارم کنارم میبود و میکشیدم هر چن دقیقه یک بار.موسیقی گوش میکردم سیگار،فکر میکردم سیگار،غذا میخوردم سیگار،عصبی میشدم سیگار،صبح بیدار میشدم سیگار و کلا هر حرکتی که در طول روز انجام میدادم یک سیگار باهاش میکشیدم
یادمه پاکت دوم رو تموم کرده بودم و پاکت سوم نخ چهارم رو داشتم میکشیدم که چن تا سرفه سنگین کردم و کف دستمو که دیدم قرمز بود.نفهمیدم چی شد که یهو سیگارو پرت کردم و پاکت خورد کردم و گفتم دیگه نمیکشم.توی شهر اسفراین یا بجنورد بودم(دقیقا یادم نمیاد) که گفتم توی ی پارکی میگیرم میخوابم.چادرمو باز کردم و تیرکش شکست.خیلی اعصابم خورد شد،رفتم سیگار بگیرم یارو دکه ای سیگار نداشت.چرخیدم توی شهر که ی جا خواب پیدا کنم که ی چادر فروشی دیدم.یارو منو دید و گفت که بیا برو حیاط پشتی ما یکی از چادر ها رو باز کن و توش بخواب تا صبح(دمش ‌گرم)
رفتم تو چادر و اومدم بخوابم وسوسه شروع شد.خودمو سرگرم کردم و اومدم توی نت سرچ کردم ترک سیگار که خوشبختانه این کتاب اومد‌ جلوی چشمم و خریدمش(توی فیدیبو)
خوندن این کتاب همانا‌ و ترک سیگار همانا
البته چن تا نکته رو باید بگم.فقط این کتاب نبود که منو ترغیب به ترک سیگار کرد.نصف موفقیتم توی این داستان پی بردن به این بود که سیگار رو ذهنم میخواد نه خودم،من و ذهنم از هم جداییم.
نکته های مهم توی کتاب از این قراره
۱.سیگار رو با نیروی اراده ترک نکنید
۲.چیزی به اسم سیگار کشیدن تفننی وجود نداره
۳.شما یا سیگار هستید یا نیستید
۴.فشار روانی نیکوتین رو دست کم نگیرید
نقطه قوت کتاب اینجاست که آقای آلن کار خودش سالها ی سیگاری قهار بوده و همه زوایا و مشکلات رو در نظر گرفته و از کل تجربیاتش استفاده کرده
اگر خودتون یا یکی از آشناهاتون سیگاری هستش و میخوان(این خیلی مهمه که بخوان) ترک کنن این کتاب میتونه بهترین هدیه باشه
مطمئن باشید که این کتاب تاثیرگذاره
حداقل برای خیلی هایی که اطرافم میشناسم بوده
برای خودمم که فقط میتونم همینو بگم که‌ من بعد ۱۲ سال و روزی بیشتر از یک پاکت کشیدن ترک کردم.چن وقت دیگه میشه یک سال
نهایتا جمله م رو با حرف دیگه ای از انجمن معتادین گمنام تموم میکنم،تنها پیش نیاز ترک کردن،اراده به ترک و خواستن هستش،پس در صورتی که خودتون هم اراده به ترک کرده باشید این کتاب میتونه به صورت تمام و کمال موثر باشه
خواهشمندم دوستان نظراتشون رو از خوانش کتاب بگن و برای کتاب ریویو بنویسند،نجات هر انسان نجات زندگیست.......

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...

I wanted to wait until a decent amount of time had passed before I wrote a review of this book, just to prove that it does work! And it does. Yep, that’s right, I’ve been cigarette free for 6 whole months now and feel great!

I stopped smoking for 5 years once, then I went back to smoking the thin cigars every now and then at a party. Over the months, my addiction went up to the level it was before when I was smoking, and pretty soon I was on about 20 a day! In the past when I stopped smoking I used the Nicorette nicotine inhaler, and that did work for me then, but this time I tried everything – inhaler, patches, willpower, electric cigarette – and I still couldn’t break the addiction. So for 2 years I was trying to stop and not getting anywhere, until a friend told me to read this book. She said several people she knew had stopped smokinh using it, and the book reported to have a really high success rate. I was sceptical. I mean, how could a book help you stop smoking? But I’m so glad I read it, and if you want to give up, I’d recommend it to anyone.

I’ve been telling everyone I meet about the book and how high the success rate is, and they all ask the same thing. “Does it talk about all the really disgusting things smoking does to you?”; “Does it bombard you with horrible facts and figures and pictures?” Well, no. Anyone who knows a smoker’s mind (and Allen Carr obviously does), will know that would be like encouraging them to smoke more. Any smoker can recognize the mind-set of being bombarded with adverts for smoking and them justifying it by saying, “Well, you have to die of something,” or “I could get hit by a bus tomorrow, I might as well enjoy myself”, and then reaching for a cigarette and lighting up! The interesting thing about the book is that it doesn’t preach most of those things to you. Smokers already know the risks. What it does do is makes you think differently about smoking and cigarettes. It makes you change the way you feel about them and your relationship with them. Instead of looking at cigarettes as something you have to “give up” (which implies it’s something good), it makes you look at them in a totally new light. In a way, it’s like self-hypnosis. And because of the way it’s done, it makes the process of stopping smoking so much less painful than any other method I’ve ever tried. OK, yes, I did get a bit grumpy for the first couple of weeks (hubby will probably say more than a bit!), but it wasn’t painful like it had been in the past.

One of the things that struck me while reading was the way smokers are manipulated. We’re bombarded with adverts for products to help us “GIVE UP” smoking, but the term giving up implies that it’s something pleasurable – something that is good for us. Not something that’s slowly poisoning us to death. I mean, drug addicts aren’t told by healthcare professionals that they’re “GIVING UP CRACK”, are they? The governments pay lip service to getting people to stop smoking by adding health warnings to cigarette packets, however, if they really wanted to do something, they could force the tobacco companies to produce cigarettes without nicotine in them. Nicotine is the only reason smokers are addicted to cigarettes, without it, it would be easy for all the millions of smokers around the world to quit. But, of course, they won’t because there are millions of pounds to be made from people’s ill-health and suffering resulting from smoking. In the 60s, apparently, a tobacco company did produce a cigarette without nicotine and it was buried so deep it would never see the light of day. Shocking that this is going on in the 21st Century, isn’t it? I mean, could you imagine if chocolate producers added an addictive substance to chocolate, or dairy farmers added an addictive substance to milk. Imagine the outcry!

It says you can still smoke while reading this book, but when you get to the end you won’t want to smoke any longer. People who aren’t ready to give up will put the book down then, but hopefully they’ll come back to it later when they are ready. I read it during a four hour flight so I couldn’t smoke, anyway, which was good for me. When I closed the book, I said to hubby, “Right, that’s it. I’m not smoking anymore.” He said, “Oh, yeah!” as he’d heard it too many times to count! But it’s been over six months and I haven’t smoked at all.

So if you want to stop smoking the easy way, you have to read this book. It does exactly what it says on the tin!

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.

کتاب را با قصد جدی برای ترک سیگار، همراه با مراجعه به روانپزشک شروع کردم و مطابق دستورالعمل کتاب پس از پایان خوانش آن آخرین سیگارم را کشیدم.

بسیار امیدوارم که بتوانم از این اعتیاد رهایی یابم، اگر چنین بود؛ حتما این نوشته را ویرایش می‌کنم و اطلاعاتی به آن می‌افزایم.

EDIT: 2024: Heading into my 12th smoke-free year!


EDIT: 2016 - 4 years on and I still haven't touched a cigarette - more importantly, I haven't WANTED a cigarette. I have had weird dreams where I smoke and I wake up feeling so disgusted with myself, the relief when I wake up and realise I'm still smoke-free is unreal! But yes - this book definitely worked for me.


I don't give many books a 5* rating - but I read this in 2012 and haven't picked a cigarette up since. More importantly - I haven't had the desire to. I've recommended this book to several people. If you read it, and take the information in, it works. I don't know how, but it does.

Utter rubbish.
Allen Carr uses neurolinguistic programming (quite poorly - mostly just repetition and weasel words) in order to convince the smoker that they no longer want to smoke.
It may work on the weak minded, but for anyone who is actually used to thinking and critically evaluating things, it's just crap.
I eventually did end up quitting - but there are no thanks at all to Allen Carr (and his many fans) for wasting my time on his rubbish.

Third edit: Five years. Still smoke free with very few cravings ever. Give this a shot if you have any desire to quit no matter how small.

Second edit: still smoke free more than three years later. As annoying as the book can be at points, it really worked for me.

Edit: I said I would change it to 5 stars if I quit. I'm entering day 9 without a cigarette. I can't say that it was/is as easy as he says, but it is definitely easier than it ever was before. I definitely highly recommend this book to other smokers who would like to quit.

Well, we're currently at three stars on this one because it really did make me think about quitting in a different light. If I really do quit because of it, the score will change to five stars in a heartbeat.

It's basically a sort of deprogramming book with some pretty simple ideas and ways of looking at things that I hadn't really considered before. No scare tactics. I appreciate that it is a "new" approach.

That said, the constant, self-congratulatory tone can get obnoxious and I wish the guy would have said flat out how much money he was making off of this instead of constantly saying how he was doing it solely for the good of others (come on - several of the instructions he gave are to buy more of the book to give to others... never lend out or give away your copy -- you may need it, etc... Practically sounded like a pyramid scam at points.)

Still, I haven't had a cigarette since I finished reading it. That hasn't been that long, but I am hopeful...

Also, it's a quick read. Finished it in one sitting. So it's not like I'm out a whole lot of time if it doesn't work...

جناب آلن کار اوایل کتاب میگه من هرکاری میکردم نمیتونستم سیگارو ترک کنم و کلا ناامید شده بودم تا اینکه همسرم منو برد پیش یک روان درمانگر وهیپنوتیزمم کرد واز اون به بعد سیگار نکشیدم

I actually didn't finish the book, but I did smoke the last cigarette of my life while reading it, and extinguished it in utter disgust.

The book is written at a third grader's level of reading comprehension, and at times, the arguments seem positively infantile. The text is repetitive, and the author's personal history is repellant and dull. The money argument doesn't really work on me. And yet, and yet. There is some very clever rhetoric in play here, utterly simplistic in its logic, but ultimately compelling. My brain has completely rewired how I think about cigarettes, smoking, and smokers. The only two times I previously semi-successfully quit, I would miss cigarettes, and envy smokers, until I fell back off the wagon. This time, I simply SMH and wonder how I could have been so foolish for so long.

I smoked for most of 17 years, and now I'm free (a better word for quitting, I learned herein), and though I sort of hate to admit it, this book has a lot to do with it. I wish I remember who recommended it to me, but since I don't, I just try to pass it on. I do notice many of my still-smoking friends seem to ignore it, even if it's sitting on their shelf -- so it seems to me that there is definitely a component whereby you need to truly want to give up the poison before this book can work its hypnotic magic on you.

We all make questionable life decisions here and there, I'm glad this one is behind me.