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Allen Carr 'Easyway' enjoys many devoted supporters as a method to Quit Smoking unaided, Quitting 'Cold -Turkey' is the gold standard for some hard-liners in Tobacco Control, thus Easyway would satisfy that clique.
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The claim is that 'Easyway has helped 50 million Smokers Worldwide [https://www.allencarr.com/ cease Smoking]
==about==
Allen Carr became a qualified accountant in 1958. He was successful in his chosen profession, but his 100 cigarettes-a-day addiction was driving him to despair. In 1983, after countless failed attempts to stop with the aid of the willpower method, he finally discovered what the world had been waiting for – the Easy Way to Stop Smoking.


'Easyway' has just announced a partnership with WHO:- Allen Carr's Easyway Partners With the World Health Organisation for a Global Year-long Campaign to Support More Than 100 Million People as They 'Commit to Quit' Smoking https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/allen-carr-s-easyway-partners-with-the-world-health-organisation-for-a-global-year-long-campaign-to-support-more-than-100-million-people-as-they-commit-to-quit-smoking-806429693.html?fbclid=IwAR3Kb9gvi7NUroMGE7CEN9fdjT1xA52LAQOK9YsQklsBF5FhXzEmnym5QL0
After leaving accountancy to help cure the world’s smokers, Allen built up a global reputation as a result of the phenomenal success of his method. The organisation he founded is now recognised as the world’s leading authority on addiction.


It should be noted that an RCT exists, [[ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/014556131709600701|Randomized, Controlled Trial Using Best-Selling Smoking-Cessation Book]] that did not find that 'Easyway' was particularly, if at all effective
In 1998, he was invited to speak at the 10th World Conference on Tobacco & Health – the first non-medically qualified person ever to receive such an honour.


A  RCT exists that is altogether more [https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/tobaccocontrol/28/4/414.full.pdf positive]
==his books==
[[Allen Carr 'Easyway']] enjoys many devoted supporters as a method to Quit Smoking unaided, Quitting 'Cold -Turkey' is the gold standard for some anti-nicotine devotees in Tobacco Control, thus Easyway would satisfy that faction.


Another very recent 2020 entry [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.14897 Comparison of Allen Carr's Easyway programme with a specialist behavioural and pharmacological smoking cessation support service: a randomized controlled trial] is neutral in its conclusions 'There was no clear evidence of a difference in the efficacies of the Allen Carr's Easyway (ACE) and specialist smoking cessation support involving behavioural support and pharmacotherapy'.
Please see the link above for clinical trial information and details.
 
A much older appraisal of 'Easyway' exists, produced by Dr Jonathan Foulds is shown
 
In general, we would summarise that Allen Carr Easyway is another quitting method that enjoys a good measure of popularity, however, where it fits in this perceptive summary from Dr Foulds ''Generally speaking, a 1-year quit rate above 10% is not bad, 20% is very good, and 25% is awesome'' is debatable, unsubstantiated data from
Carr's clinics claim 90% success rate in aiding smokers to stop for three months.
 
Costs of Stop Smoking [https://www.allencarr.com/easyway-stop-smoking/#smokingprogramme Seminars are of the order £299], the small book ~£15 [[10 Best Tips to Help you Stop Smoking|Free Advice]]

Latest revision as of 11:55, 29 December 2020

about

Allen Carr became a qualified accountant in 1958. He was successful in his chosen profession, but his 100 cigarettes-a-day addiction was driving him to despair. In 1983, after countless failed attempts to stop with the aid of the willpower method, he finally discovered what the world had been waiting for – the Easy Way to Stop Smoking.

After leaving accountancy to help cure the world’s smokers, Allen built up a global reputation as a result of the phenomenal success of his method. The organisation he founded is now recognised as the world’s leading authority on addiction.

In 1998, he was invited to speak at the 10th World Conference on Tobacco & Health – the first non-medically qualified person ever to receive such an honour.

his books

Allen Carr 'Easyway' enjoys many devoted supporters as a method to Quit Smoking unaided, Quitting 'Cold -Turkey' is the gold standard for some anti-nicotine devotees in Tobacco Control, thus Easyway would satisfy that faction.

Please see the link above for clinical trial information and details.

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