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  Skywalker73

  May 4, 2007, 12:59 p.m.

  Unfortunately, these people have no clue what they are talking about. These kinds of scientific studies of smoking are complete bubkus. They do not understand the true nature of nicotine addiction, which is just that; addiction. Purely mental. A very subtle confidence trick. It has nothing to do with the amount of chemicals in a smoke, or how fast you light the first one in the day. The withdrawal pains from smoking are so slight as to be almost imperceptible. It is the mental anguish from the yearning of a cigarette that causes the "pain" or difficulty in quitting smoking. Simply put, if you desire something you cannot have you will be miserable. Again, it's purely mental. The only way to quit smoking permanently is to use the Allen Carr method. This is the only man to understand the true nature of nicotine addiction. I smoked a pack a day for 15 years and quit just like that with no withdrawal at all.

  http://allencarr.com/central/
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  alaskalady

  May 4, 2007, 1:18 p.m.

  Were you a smoker???? or are you just doing the advertising for the company???
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  Skywalker73

  May 4, 2007, 1:29 p.m.

  Seriously, I was a smoker for 15 years. I tried to quit many many times using the willpower method and every time I returned to smoking because of how 'difficult' it was. His method worked and I am truly free from nicotine. And if promoting his work helps free the world of smoking all together than, yeah, I'll promote it. Any one who really wants to quit effortlessly and permanently needs to check out Allen Carr. All smokers want to stop smoking, so what have you got to lose by checking it out.

  I'm just an average guy, and a very, very happy ex-smoker.
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  Everyonescrazy

  May 4, 2007, 2:39 p.m.

  Actually, this study explains what I'm going through with my boyfriend really well. He's been smoking since high school, and told me it's been really hard for him to quit, but since I won't let him smoke around me, and he's usually staying here, he can't have that first cigarette until at least 2 hours after he wakes up, and he just told me he's had a lot easier time quitting and he's experiencing fewer cravings during the day. There might be something to this study. Hey, every little bit helps when you're trying to quit, and if putting off smoking until later in the day will do it, that's great news.
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  IanFraigun

  May 4, 2007, 4:15 p.m.

  Those of us who started before the surgeon generals initial report have always had a tougher time quitting. I started back then in the mid 1950's and averaged 1.5 packs a day for 38 years. I am now quit for 12 years.

  One issue with smoking more than any other addiction, and it is an addiction, is that since it is not illegal and for many of us it was a sign of maturity when you could start smoking is that your entire everyday life and all functions are revolving around smoking.

  That linkage to all that you do each day makes quitting smoking more difficult that alcohol or drugs. Though I did neither I met many who were addicted to all three through a quit smoking support group over the years. Each and every one of them says tobacco is the hardest to quit and mostly because of the link to every activity of your daily life.

  That group has a saying that any aide of any kind is good as long as it fits your personal need and helps you quit.

  I say good luck to all quiters.
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  Skywalker73

  May 4, 2007, 5:09 p.m.

  That is what I have been trying to say, though. Smoking has the reputation of being the hardest to stop doing. It is only psychological. Allen Carr's method is painless and easy. He says "The difficulty in stopping smoking is not the physical withdrawal. It is the feeling of deprivation smokers suffer because they believe they are making a sacrifice."

  This is the root of the problem. His method removes this by creating the proper mind frame for stopping smoking. the only way to understand it is to try it. No willpower needed, no substitutions or narcotics necessary.

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