At our NYC seminar on Sunday we had an attendee who has been smoke-free using willpower for 13 years. It was heart-wrenching. She said that every single day had been a struggle and that it had several times driven her into a deep depression. For 13 years she felt miserable and deprived. She was a wreck.
Her sister quit easily with my colleague Cyrill Argast in Switzerland and recommended us to her. Today we received from her one of the loveliest emails we have ever got. "After 13 years at long last I have no desire to smoke. You put sunshine in my heart; I don't know how else to describe it. Merci!"
13 years? I wouldn't have lasted 13 minutes!
To become a happy non-smoker, not an ex-smoker with constant cravings, visit us at www.TheEasywayToStopSmoking.com
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Mother of all stupid statements
Georgia Senate Majority leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock)is opposing a $1 tax increase on cigarettes (taxes were last raised from $0.12 to $0.37 in 2003 and lag way behind the average state tax on cigarettes of $1.37 per pack).
His concern is that higher tobacco taxes will lead more youths experimenting with marijuana. He quotes 'a recent edition of Reason Magazine' as the source of this information. Specifically, he says: 'in those states where cigarette taxes went dramatically high, young people began turning toward marijuana more often.'
Unfortunately, the only article that touches on this subject says nothing of the kind. Jody Sullum's December 2009 article Pot Is Now More Popular Than Tobacco chronicles the stunning success of our youth smoking prevention campaigns, where daily smoking prevalence among Grade 12s fell from 28.8% in 1977 to 11.2% today. During the same period pot use has also dropped about half of what it was in 1979 (from over 14% to around 7%) so I'm really not sure how or why Mr. Rogers feels that we have a problem.
The reality is that raising taxes are a proven way of reducing tobacco use, particularly among youths. To see the evidence, go here
His concern is that higher tobacco taxes will lead more youths experimenting with marijuana. He quotes 'a recent edition of Reason Magazine' as the source of this information. Specifically, he says: 'in those states where cigarette taxes went dramatically high, young people began turning toward marijuana more often.'
Unfortunately, the only article that touches on this subject says nothing of the kind. Jody Sullum's December 2009 article Pot Is Now More Popular Than Tobacco chronicles the stunning success of our youth smoking prevention campaigns, where daily smoking prevalence among Grade 12s fell from 28.8% in 1977 to 11.2% today. During the same period pot use has also dropped about half of what it was in 1979 (from over 14% to around 7%) so I'm really not sure how or why Mr. Rogers feels that we have a problem.
The reality is that raising taxes are a proven way of reducing tobacco use, particularly among youths. To see the evidence, go here
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Anjelica Huston endorses Easyway
Today Anjelica Huston went public with her endorsement of Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking.
She said: “Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking Program achieved for me a thing that I thought was not possible – to give up a thirty year smoking habit literally overnight. It was nothing short of a miracle.”
Anjelica attended a session in Santa Monica California in 2006 and has been happily smoke-free ever since.
We congratulate Anjelica on this wonderful achievement and thank her for taking the trouble to spread the word.
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