Quitting smoking is one of the biggest challenges a smoker faces. How often do you hear smokers saying they want to quit only to reach for a cigarette minutes later when the cravings hit again? How many have tried quitting cold turkey only to fall off the bandwagon and go back to smoking a pack a day? How many have tried all kinds of methods from nicotine replacements, nicotine patches and even hypnosis only to start all over again when they see another smoker lighting up?

If you have been trying all kinds of quit smoking methods but have failed, read below for a new way to help you quit smoking. Not through therapy or nicotine replacements but through a powerful quit smoking book.

Quit Smoking Methods That Work

If you are a smoker and cannot imagine life without smoking, read the Allen Carr’s Easy Way To Stop Smoking. Written by Allen Carr, a chain-smoker himself who used to smoke up to 5 packs of cigarettes a day, he shares with you his effective ways of quitting.

Smoker’s reading Allen Carr’s book are actually encouraged to continue smoking until they finish the book! By doing that, he wants them to understand the power of the “nicotine trap” they are in and not to create a fear of “losing” something they deem to be enjoyable when they do not actually need or desire it in their lives. According to him, smokers are trapped into thinking they are dependent on cigarettes and that it is a habit to smoke. This makes it extremely difficult for them to quit smoking as they feel they are giving up “relief and joy” when they smoke which is everything a non-smoker enjoys.

Quit Smoking Tips

Allen Carr’s powerful book actually discourages the use of nicotine replacements such as nicotine patches, herbal cigarettes or even nicotine gum as all these simply draws the smoker deeper into the nicotine addiction.

Instead, it is all in the mind and Carr’s methods effectively removes all fear and doubt a smoker has about quitting and returning to a life without cigarettes. Under his techniques, there isn’t any willpower required to quit smoking as no willpower should be required to stop something a person no longer desires. Often, smokers who try to find the willpower to quit find themselves facing panic attacks, sweaty palms and weight gain which they believe is from nicotine withdrawal. It is actually stemming from their psychological dependency and feeling of deprivation.

Allen Carr encourages smokers to set a date to quit and from that date onwards, they will no longer desire cigarettes nor feel the need to smoke anymore, even if surrounded by smokers. It is a powerful conditioning of the mind and setting a target for yourself, without fear because life is meant to be lived without poisoning your body with nicotine. And that high or joy that you feel with cigarettes are what a non-smoker experiences too, WITHOUT being trapped or dependent on cigarettes.

I personally saw friends who actually quit and no longer desired cigarettes despite smoking for over 10 years. It may seem small but is a powerful and effective way to stop smoking.

If you are a smoker and have been given this book, accept it as a gift for it will be the tool to help you break free and enjoy life to the fullest as a non-smoker.

If you are a non-smoker, then pass this book on to your smoker friends or family. They will thank you for it one day.

Allen Carr’s Easy Way To Stop Smoking can be found at Kinokuniya, KLCC.