- 1-It is easy to quit smoking, if you know how-Allen Carr
- 2-And one day I stopped smoking-Ricardo Artola
- 3-The quick method to quit smoking-Simón Hergueta
- 4-A year without smoking-Fernando Arronera
- 5-Anti-smoking diet-Mariano Orzola
- 6-It is easy to quit smoking forever-Allen Carr
- 7-How do I stop smoking? -Geoffrey Molloy
- 8-The little manual to quit smoking-Manu R. Aliau
If you search amazon, you will find more than 176 books to quit smoking. A real madness when choosing, and with so many options it is difficult to make a choice. That is why I have made this small compilation with those who have been best valued.
Such an amount is normal considering the magnitude of the smoking problem. According to the WHO:
- Tobacco kills up to half of its users.
- Tobacco kills almost 6 million people each year, of which more than 6 million are consumers of the product and more than 600,000 are non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke.
- Unless urgent action is taken, the annual death toll could rise to more than 8 million by 2030.
- Almost 80% of the 1 billion smokers in the world live in low- or middle-income countries.
First of all, I would like to give my opinion on something. I've often heard people say that these kinds of books are useless, that self-help books are hoaxes, and other comments.
When searching for these books, I have read the opinion of several readers saying that they do not have will power and that the book has not served them.
And what if something difficult can be achieved without willpower? Quitting smoking is not making a fried egg. On the other hand, no therapy or techniques taught in books are magic.
They teach steps, knowledge, techniques or strategies, but nothing is magic. Therefore, it takes effort, perseverance, motivation, interest and dedication. If you have that, you've already taken a big step. Then some books will help you more than others.
1-It is easy to quit smoking, if you know how-Allen Carr
According to the promoter of the book, more than 1 million people have managed to quit smoking with this methodology.
They claim that 70% of the people who read it succeed in quitting tobacco.
The approach is practical and, above all, realistic and positive. It gives importance to the absolute liberation that supposes to stop depending on something.
2-And one day I stopped smoking-Ricardo Artola
An ordinary man like most readers, tells us his story with tobacco; a story that begins with thirty cigarettes a day and ends in a new life of well-being without excruciating mood swings, obsessive thoughts, or compulsive eating.
It prepares you mentally to quit smoking and explains the pros and cons that as an ex-smoker are totally real. It does not deceive you or try to convince you of anything.3-The quick method to quit smoking-Simón Hergueta
In this book you will find a series of resources, psychological help and emotional support to help you quit smoking permanently and forever.
The method has four simple and hard-hitting rules to help you get out of the tobacco trap with the idea that you will quit for good and without missing it.
4-A year without smoking-Fernando Arronera
A book written by a graduate in Politics and Sociology.
Tell your personal story, gracefully, the methods that didn't work for you and what did ultimately work for you.
5-Anti-smoking diet-Mariano Orzola
Book focused on the anti-smoking diet: it fulfills the function of reducing the effects that occur after giving up nicotine addiction. In this way, the transition becomes more bearable and less traumatic.
6-It is easy to quit smoking forever-Allen Carr
Allen Carr wrote this book to help all those who reverted to nicotine addiction after quitting using the method described in his "It's Easy to Quit If You Know How."
Let's say it's an improved version of the first one.
7-How do I stop smoking? -Geoffrey Molloy
Geoffrey Molloy is the director of the renowned face-to-face program “It's easy to quit smoking… if you know how! and has spent the last eighteen years (eleven collaborating with Allen Carr) helping thousands of smokers break free from their bondage to nicotine addiction.
This book will be of special interest to those who were able to quit smoking with Allen Carr's excellent book.
8-The little manual to quit smoking-Manu R. Aliau
This is a manual for those who want to overcome their addictions, especially to tobacco.
It is very useful for those people who are clear that they want to quit smoking (or get rid of any other addiction), if that is not the goal, it will not help.
And has any of them served you? I am interested in your opinion. Thank you!