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Whether you need a little more encouragement, or are looking for some advice with how to stop smoking, we have a range of articles (and videos) to help you on your path to freedom and beyond. Read a featured article or select a topic to view more.

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I was just 9 years old when I convinced my...

I began smoking at 13 years of age - it...

I always pushed boundaries as a kid, wanting to hang...

Over the years, I smoked more and more and eventually ended up a chain-smoker (my strong lungs allowed me to do this) but into my early 30’s my health had...

I was convinced that it was impossible to get free....

Around three years after quitting I realised I needed a career change so I decided to write to Allen Carr’s Easyway. The recruitment process was really tough - some say...

I had a permanent voice inside reminding me how much...

I had a permanent voice inside reminding me how much of an idiot I was for being so irresponsible with my life and how normal and smart other people were...

Action on smoking and health (ASH) forced to issue clarification...

ASH omitted to point out that Snowdon (who wrote the opinion piece) is Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, an organisation which accepts funding from the...

Although I could stop for a couple of months I...

I thought stopping smoking was easy as I’d done it loads of times, 2 to 3 months at a time. It wasn’t until I was in my mid-twenties that it...

I felt tired, with no energy, I was coughing badly...

I made many attempts with many different methods. I tried with nicotine patches, nicotine gum, cold turkey… but always the same story, after a few days I was in a...

Sometimes we stole cigarettes from my friend’s grandfather and ran...

In 2006 I read on a "quit smoking" web forum about Allen Carr's Easyway book which seemed to be helping lots of people to quit smoking. I started to think...

I meet around 5,000 smokers a year and most of...

When my dad died of a heart attack due to being a big old smoker, this scared me. So I went to the chemist and asked for help. In those...

I used to be ridiculed as a chain smoker –...

Working as an Allen Carr therapist is a joy – a streak of enlightenment day by day. Every day I see the new aspects of smoking, and it feels wonderful...

It hit me like a rock: I was getting ‘sweet...

It was fabulous to read how Deputy Features Editor & journalist, Paisley Gilmour, quit smoking with Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking.
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