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The Joys of Smoking According to "The Economist"

The Economist article (published January 21st) which reviews Gregor Hens book "Nicotine" contains several fundamental errors, some of which are harmful.

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...

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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