The Easy Way to Stop Smoking

The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
1987 Penguin edition
AuthorAllen Carr
SubjectSmoking
Pages239
ISBN9780615482156

The Easy Way to Stop Smoking is a self-help book written by British author and accountant Allen Carr first published in 1985. The book aims to help people quit smoking, offering a range of different methods. Championed by many celebrities, there have now been several clinical studies that confirm the effectiveness of Carr's method [1] including two randomised controlled trials. [2] [3] Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking in-person Live Group Seminars, on which the book is based, are now used by the National Health Service and Local Council Stop Smoking Services. [4] A new upgraded version of the method is now available in book form under the title Allen Carr's Easyway to Quit Smoking [5] along with Allen Carr's Easyway to Quit Vaping. [6]

  1. ^ "Allen Carr's Easyway - Quit Smoking, Alcohol & Drugs Today!". Allen Carr's Easyway. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  2. ^ Clancy, Luke; Li, Shasha; Keogan, Sheila (25 October 2018). "Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking – A randomised clinical trial". Tobacco Control. 28 (4): tobaccocontrol–2018–054243. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054243. ISSN 0964-4563. PMC 6589447. PMID 30361322.
  3. ^ Frings, Daniel; Albery, Ian P.; Moss, Antony C.; Brunger, Helen; Burghelea, Meda; White, Sarah; Wood, Kerry V. (22 January 2020). "Comparison of Allen Carr's Easyway programme with a specialist behavioural and pharmacological smoking cessation support service: a randomized controlled trial". Addiction. 115 (5): 977–985. doi:10.1111/add.14897. ISSN 0965-2140. PMC 7186816. PMID 31968400.
  4. ^ "Find Your Local Stop Smoking Service (LSSS) - Better Health". nhs.uk. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  5. ^ super.user (11 November 2019). "The Easyway to Quit Smoking for the 2020s". Allen Carr's Easyway. Retrieved 21 August 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ paulbaker (17 July 2023). "The Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking & What to Expect". Allen Carr's Easyway. Retrieved 21 August 2024.