UK Clinical Trial finds Allen Carr’s Easyway as good as, if not better than, the Gold Standard NHS Programme which uses NRT & 1-1 psychological support. Frings D, Albery IP, Moss AC, Brunger H, Burghela M, White S, and Wood KV (2020) Comparison of Allen Carr’s Easyway programme with a specialist behavioural and pharmacological smoking cessation support service: A randomised controlled trial. Addiction 115: doi: 10.1111/add.14897 Smokers following Allen Carr’s Easyway were about 6 times more likely to be abstinent, assessed after 13 months, compared to similar smokers in the general population. Dijkstra, A., Zuidema, R., Vos, D., Van Kalken, M., The effectiveness of the Allen Carr smoking cessation training in companies tested in a quasi-experimental design. BMC Public Healthvolume 14, Article number: 952 (2014) YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Born in Putney, London, [2] Carr started smoking cigarettes while doing National Service aged 18. He qualified as an accountant in 1958.

In a 2 to 5 year post session study the success rate was seen to be 51%. Moshammer H, Neuberger M, Kong term success of short smoking cessation seminars supported by occupational health care. Addictive Behaviours 32 (2007) 1486-1493 UK Clinical Trial finds Allen Carr’s Easyway as good as, if not better than, the Gold Standard NHS Programme which uses NRT & 1-1 psychological support. You probably knew that already and are understandably afraid of having to diet for the rest of your life, feeling deprived, scared that a void might form if you’re not allowed to eat your favourite foods. For my part of the bargain – if you attend the sessions – whether you stop smoking or not – I will never hassle you about your smoking again! You can smoke in peace for the rest of your life without any further comment from me on the matter. Other methods might help you get drugs out of your hands for a short while, but none of them get them out of your head anyway.

Allen John Carr [1] (2 September 1934 – 29 November 2006) was a British author of books about stopping smoking and other psychological dependencies including alcohol addiction. Some people, particularly celebrities, prefer 1 to 1 seminar, and these are also available on special request.

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Prinzio, Bondanini, D Falco, Vinci, Camisa, Santoro, Arenesano, Dalmasso, Raponi, Di Brino, Cicchetti, Magnavita, Zaffina Feasibility of a Stop Smoking Program for Healthcare Workers in an Italian Hospital: Econometric Analysis in a Total Worker Health® Approach. Annals of Global Health (2023) Vol: 89 Issue 1 National 12 month Clinical Trial finds Allen Carr’s Easyway almost twice as effective as other smoking cessation methods available on Health Service. Keogan, S., Li, S., Clancy L. (2018) Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking – A randomised clinical trial. BMJ Tobacco Control, Issue 4 Volume 28 The writer begs a great question – how can one encourage someone who actively does not want to attend the programme to do so?

You’re probably afraid of all the withdrawal symptoms of the void that might form without drugs, one you fear you might replace with other drugs or alcohol or something else. An Open Letter to Tony Blair from Allen Carr 27/11/06". Allen Carr's Easyway. 27 November 2006 . Retrieved 23 March 2021. [ permanent dead link] You can continue to enjoy your trips to the pub, go out, deal with stress and boredom, and even feel more relaxed without suffering from unpleasant withdrawal symptoms or gaining weight without longing for alcohol or envying other drinkers. Allen Carr’s Easyway is fortunate to have many, many celebrity endorsements from people who used the method to quit smoking and Ellen Degeneres is mentioned in the feature. Of course, Ellen famously quit smoking with Allen Carr’s Easyway and was kind enough to recommend the method to her millions of viewers across the world. Jen also mentions Sir Anthony Hopkins and Ashton Kutcher as former smokers who used the method and confirms that a great aspect of the programme is that it doesn’t “delve into any health-related information or offer any of the standard scare tactics that we’re all already well aware of”. The seminar climaxes with the ritual smoking of a final cigarette and throwing away of cigarettes and lighters.

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In 2006 Carr had been diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 71. His spokesman stated that this may not have been linked to his historical smoking habit, as he had been around smokers, and therefore exposed to their second-hand smoke, while treating them for their addiction. [12] The following month, Carr revealed that his lung cancer was terminal and that his life expectancy was about nine months. Carr said: "Since I smoked my final cigarette, 23 years ago, I have been the happiest man in the world. I still feel the same way today.” Carr wrote to the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, urging the UK Government and NHS to accept his method, saying that the "powerful influence" of lobbyists working for nicotine replacement firms had turned them against him. [13] The effectiveness of Carr's method has been boasted over the years, and spread largely through word-of-mouth. While scientific studies on the Carr method are limited, a 2014 study did show smokers using the Allen Carr method were six times more likely to abstain from tobacco after 13 months in comparison to smokers using other methods. [1] X Research source It obviously has to be a person’s own decision to give up smoking, but also obvious is the fact that most smokers will have already tried several (perhaps many) times and like most smokers, will have failed. Presumably the writer’s father feels resigned to the fact that he can’t/won’t give up. He’s obviously scared and prefers to keep his head in the sand.

The 1 year quit rate was 55%. A long smoking history or many earlier unsuccessful attempts to quit did not predict failure. Some might suggest raiding his shed-full of cigarettes while he is sleeping one night – leaving a ransom note nailed to the door “Attend Allen Carr’s Easyway To Stop Smoking Clinic in London and your swag will be returned. You’ll be either a happy non-smoker and therefore have no need for the cigarettes any more (and you’ll make a killing when you sell them on) or the method will not have worked for you and the confiscated goods will be returned to you for your consumption. You really have nothing to lose and everything to gain.” So you’re thinking of getting free of drugs, whether it’s heroin, cocaine, cannabis, ketamine, prescription drugs or any other drug that’s great.Although I like this idea – it does rely on the father retaining a sense of humour and fun on the issue and given his intransigent stance to date – I fear that might be unlikely.