This book has helped 50 million people quit smoking worldwide! It breaks down the mental traps that keep people addicted to smoking and replaces them with a clear, stress-free way to quit. Instead of fear or guilt, it helps listeners change how they think about smoking so quitting feels easier and permanent. Listen to the complete audio book on Audible – start a FREE 30 trial and cancel anytime. Download the app and add this book to your list ASAP!
Most memorable quotes from the book:
- “The main reason that smokers find it difficult to quit is that they believe that they are giving up a genuine pleasure or crutch. It is absolutely essential to understand that there is nothing to ‘give up’.” – Allen Carr
- “Eight hours after putting out a cigarette, you are 97% nicotine-free. After just three days of not smoking, you are 100% nicotine-free.” – Allen Carr
- “The only reason any smoker lights a cigarette is to try to end the empty, insecure feeling that the previous cigarette created.” – Allen Carr
- “The cigarette gets the credit for everything and the blame for nothing.” – Allen Carr
- “There is no such thing as ‘just one cigarette’ when you quit.” – Allen Carr
- “The moment you stop smoking, everything that goes wrong in your life is blamed on the fact that you’ve stopped smoking.” – Allen Carr
- “Quite simply, the key to being a happy non-smoker is to remove the desire to smoke. With no desire to smoke, it takes no willpower not to do so.” – Allen Carr
- “Smokers do not smoke because they enjoy it. They do it because they are miserable without it.” – Allen Carr
- “Wouldn’t that be an incredibly stupid thing to do? To say ‘I never want to smoke again’, then spend the rest of your life saying ‘I’d love a cigarette.’” – Allen Carr
- “However, you cannot force smokers to stop, and although all smokers secretly want to, until they are ready to do so a pact just creates additional pressure, which increases their desire to smoke.” – Allen Carr
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