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Summary of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking 

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Stopping smoking is notoriously one of the hardest things to do. We’re always hearing about how you need ultimate willpower, you have to focus, and the inevitable side effects, such as weight gain and irritability. Do you want to know a secret? It doesn’t have to be that way! Allen Carr introduces you to a new and easy way to quit smoking for good. Forget willpower, simply focus on changing your mindset and everything else clicks into place. Don’t believe him? Give it a go!

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  • Summary of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking
  • About the author
  • What is Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking about?
  • Who should read Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking
  • Topics in Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking
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Allen Carr is the best man for the job

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It’s far easier to accept something if the person teaching you has been where you are now. In that case, Allen Carr is the best person to help you quit smoking for good. Not only is he a bestselling author of many Easyway books, but he was also a smoking addict, smoking up to 100 per day.

Rather than focusing on willpower, Carr found that changing his mindset and ridding himself of the fear of quitting helped him to quit almost instantly. Not only that, but his life has changed significantly since he extinguished that last cigarette.
The Easyway doesn’t focus on willpower, it focuses on changing your mindset and reducing the fear of quitting.
Carr now runs Easyway clinics all around the world, helping people just like you to overcome the smoking habit. He also has a 90% success rate, so you know that when you follow his advice, you’re going to see results.

When you go to see the doctor and ask for help with quitting, most will focus on scaring you with the health risks. However, for most smokers that won’t work. They simply bury their head in the sand and ignore the risks. The Easyway doesn’t focus on fear tactics, instead it focuses on the positives of quitting, and frees you from what you falsely think is holding you back.
Scare tactics don’t work on smoking addicts. Instead, you need to address the addiction and understand what lies beneath.
Put simply, it takes away the desire to smoke and when you do that, you’ll find the rest very easy indeed; no willpower required.

Did you know? Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
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The number 1 rule — read the book before you stop

You might think that the decision to stop smoking should be followed by rapid and instant action. You might think that once you decide you're going to stop, you should just do it. Carr advises against that.
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Smoking is a drug addiction

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There is no sacrifice when giving up smoking

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Don’t bury your head in the sand when it comes to health risks

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The willpower method is the hardest and most unsuccessful way to quit

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Cutting down is a huge mistake

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Choose the right time to quit

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The instructions are easy — just follow the rules

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