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.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A waste of money or good use of tax $?
Yesterday I came across the Lung cancer Alliance's new PSA for lung screening - www.DrLunglove.com. It uses a hip-hop music video called "Waitin' Room Service" to promote the idea that screening for at-risk populations is a good idea.
I am not opposed to promoting awareness of screening for lung problems, the issue is that at-risk groups - the over 65s mainly - rarely watch hip-hop music videos. So it seems to me that this activity targets the right people, but in totally the wrong way.
Another case of having the heart in the right place, but failing to understand human behviour and psychology.
I am not opposed to promoting awareness of screening for lung problems, the issue is that at-risk groups - the over 65s mainly - rarely watch hip-hop music videos. So it seems to me that this activity targets the right people, but in totally the wrong way.
Another case of having the heart in the right place, but failing to understand human behviour and psychology.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Grow up!
Some deep thinker has started a website called RepealSmokingBans.com
My favourite section is the Hall of Shame where senators, public health professionals, Cancer Society volunteers, nurses, professors of radiology are roundly denounced as fascists. Here are some of my favourite quotes:
Commenting on South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds' statement "We all recognize the health hazards of smoke and secondhand smoke. After serious deliberation, the Legislature decided to create a smoke-free environment in restaurants and lounges." the website says: "Wrong, nazi-breath. We do not acknowledge your lies and propaganda. There was no 'serious deliberation'....You're un-American. You're a coward. We know it, and now the whole world knows it. South Dakota. The home of Mount Rushmore. Absolutely disgusting."
Or this beauty: Gay Cornell is an American Cancer Society volunteer from Kansas who lost close relatives, including a parent, to smoking related cancer in their thirties. For her work in advocating for a smoking ban in Kansas she is described as a 'slob', 'lunatic', 'fascist', 'zealot', 'thug', 'arrogant', 'tyrannical', 'Nazi', 'out of control' and, my personal favourite, as 'spitting on the grave of every soul that gave all'. When soldiers are fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan, I'm pretty sure they aren't fighting against smoking bans.
I once made the observation that sometimes you know which side of an argument is right just by seeing who's on the other side of it. Surely this is such a case. If I was still a smoker, I would be embarrassed and ashamed of these morons.
My favourite section is the Hall of Shame where senators, public health professionals, Cancer Society volunteers, nurses, professors of radiology are roundly denounced as fascists. Here are some of my favourite quotes:
Commenting on South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds' statement "We all recognize the health hazards of smoke and secondhand smoke. After serious deliberation, the Legislature decided to create a smoke-free environment in restaurants and lounges." the website says: "Wrong, nazi-breath. We do not acknowledge your lies and propaganda. There was no 'serious deliberation'....You're un-American. You're a coward. We know it, and now the whole world knows it. South Dakota. The home of Mount Rushmore. Absolutely disgusting."
Or this beauty: Gay Cornell is an American Cancer Society volunteer from Kansas who lost close relatives, including a parent, to smoking related cancer in their thirties. For her work in advocating for a smoking ban in Kansas she is described as a 'slob', 'lunatic', 'fascist', 'zealot', 'thug', 'arrogant', 'tyrannical', 'Nazi', 'out of control' and, my personal favourite, as 'spitting on the grave of every soul that gave all'. When soldiers are fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan, I'm pretty sure they aren't fighting against smoking bans.
I once made the observation that sometimes you know which side of an argument is right just by seeing who's on the other side of it. Surely this is such a case. If I was still a smoker, I would be embarrassed and ashamed of these morons.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
It's getting cold...
Well, it had to come sooner or later: we woke up to our first frost of the season today. Oh Joy! Another six months of winter!
When I was a smoker, this was the most depressing time of the year. Realizing that ahead of you is six months of going "to get some fresh air" outside in sub-Arctic conditions, pretending that it's all a bit of fun all the while asking yourself what on earth you're doing...
Not fun.
Stay as warm as toast this winter by quitting smoking with Allen Carr's Easyway. For more information visit us at www.TheEasywayToStopSmoking.com
When I was a smoker, this was the most depressing time of the year. Realizing that ahead of you is six months of going "to get some fresh air" outside in sub-Arctic conditions, pretending that it's all a bit of fun all the while asking yourself what on earth you're doing...
Not fun.
Stay as warm as toast this winter by quitting smoking with Allen Carr's Easyway. For more information visit us at www.TheEasywayToStopSmoking.com
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Great smoking quotes
"Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics" Fletcher Knebel
"Sooner or later, everyone stops smoking" Anon
"I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me." Elvis Presley
"I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar." Christine Lahti
"In Hollywood you can't even smoke in a bar anymore and yet in the movies they're always showing people smoking. I don't get it." Gerald McRaney
"Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less." Dan Quayle
"Sooner or later, everyone stops smoking" Anon
"I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me." Elvis Presley
"I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar." Christine Lahti
"In Hollywood you can't even smoke in a bar anymore and yet in the movies they're always showing people smoking. I don't get it." Gerald McRaney
"Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less." Dan Quayle
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