• The Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking

  • By: Allen Carr
  • Narrated by: Karina Fernandez
  • Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (363 ratings)

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The Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking

By: Allen Carr
Narrated by: Karina Fernandez
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Ideal for listening to in the car or whilst traveling, this is a new, unabridged audio edition of the globally best-selling book, The Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking.

The Easyway method is as successful for women as it is for men, but many of the issues are perceived differently by women - as their questions in Easyway sessions reveal – and particular difficulties face women who want to quit the habit. This audiobook examines these differences and difficulties - engaging the listener in a personal consultation - and offers specific, targeted advice on how to resolve them.

Listen to The Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking and become a happy nonsmoker for the rest of your life.

©2013 Allen Carr's Easyway (International) Ltd. (P)2013 Arcturus

Critic reviews

"If you are one of those folks single-handedly keeping your local tobacconist in business, but want to ditch the demon weed, this is for you!" ( OK! Magazine)
"Instantly I was freed from my addiction. I found it not only easy but unbelievably enjoyable to stay stopped." (Sir Anthony Hopkins)
"Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking program achieved for me a thing that I thought was not possible - to give up a 30-year smoking habit literally overnight. It was nothing short of a miracle." (Anjelica Huston)

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Same idea as the original but much preferred voice reader

I’ve read the original twice before and was never really committed to quitting. Don’t take this as the book wasn’t effective; it is only as effective as the reader wants to be about quitting. The content itself was quality from the very first reading. It is subtle, don’t expect some crazy magic plot twist. But it is spot on in terms of approach and this is the way to go if you are serious about quitting.

I ‘quit’ for a few months after reading it the first time with half a resolution to not smoke anymore. Obviously, I always knew I’d get back to it because I wasn’t committed. This book isn’t black magic, which is why it’s good! It is logical and real and fundamental in its content.

I listened to the original a second time but the downfall of the original is that it does come off a bit repetitive and arrogantly stubborn with a tone that can be offputting at times. Going through it the second time was more difficult because I already knew its course; and sitting through a few parts didn’t really inspire me to go forward.

But I knew the content was good and it would work when my mind would become resolute in wanting to quit. I knew at that time, this is the only way to go about it for once and for all. I knew having been through the approach, that it’d be the only way to quit not just for a couple of months but for good and for life!

I got to that point a few weeks ago finally. I dread having to listen to it the third time but I needed to come back to it one way or another. So I got this book and am so glad I did! It was a lot easier to go through than the original recording, the readers voice was both soothing and enjoyable. I was surprised by how the idea is still all there but there were so few parts that I thought “it’s the original book with a different voice.” So kudos to Allen Carr for that.

This book isn’t as “for women’s” as I had expected which is good! It does touch on key parts of issues specific to women but it was a lot more subtle than I thought it might be; it didn’t drag on and on like how some things are “for women” so they feel the need to overdo it and drains you out.

Read this, if you’re serious and prefer a more soothing tone than the authors in the original. I’d still go and listen to the original again but now I’d much prefer this audible.

Quitting update: have gotten to that “stage” that Allen talked about in his method. I don’t fight against the urge to smoke anymore - I don’t have the urge. And every now and then when I am with smokers especially friends who I have built a past time with over smoking, I do feel a second of physically reacting to it because smoking was so strongly associated with certain people/social settings. However, they’re not urges like I used to have them from someone just mentioning remotely relating to cigarettes. Even in these settings now, my body goes through about a second or two of a confused state whereby “hey, don’t we usually smoke now?” But I am not resisting against urges because I know I don’t want to have one - my body might be a bit confused because it’s what we’ve been smoking for so long and now we abruptly aren’t and that’s just that. So it’s like WTF what happened there, out of nowhere too - a pack every day to 2 days at most then one day, just nothing.

This is why I say that in the right mind, this would have been the only way out for me. As for cravings, the physical yearning is so so mild compared to the physical withdrawal of say, heroine but more importantly - it is amped up in how you feel towards that little yearning for a cigarette. Since this book removes the urge from your core, if you do it properly, your mind knows that it’s just the nicotine trying not hold onto one of its fav victims. So the actual “cravings/urges” for me are extremely mild to how they used to be - I was a desperate feign, trust me - and every time it comes up, it lasts for about 3 seconds AT MOST because my brain is smarter now to understand the situation with my body and it reacts accordingly, “it’s your little nicotine buddy, trying your attention like a child because it wants it’s feed and playing you hard for it”. Knowing that, the feeling is doesn’t have any fuel and is squashed quickly and easily. Compared to me before - it’s actually amazing that Allen Carr came up and shared such a simple and obvious school of thought on quitting cigarettes yet without it - I’d have no way to imagine myself not a smoker.

I will say this - if you aren’t 100% fully committed to quitting, you won’t. It’s as simple as that. When I came back to it this time, I was finally at that point where I was ready and serious about quitting for good. I knew the first time, that I’d be back on it eventually even though I agreed with everything on the first read of the original.

RIP Allan Carr. Not all heroes wear capes, your life and work have helped millions including myself.

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Amazing!

If you could sum up The Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking in three words, what would they be?

It feels good that a person could be so supportive of the differences for men and women's addictions. I have been struggling with my smoking addiction for years. It wasn't because of anyone elses judgements or reactions to me being a smoker. I just hated that something could be in control of my life and I wasn't able to have the ability to take it or leave it. It was very frustrating that this was the one area of my life I didn't feel strong.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking?

When I realized that I could stop smoking cold turkey and just be done with out any issues and with out having to replace the nicotine and deal with that addiction after the habit of smoking. I was not looking foreward to a long drawn out with drawl cycle. Put them down, about 5 days of mild discomfort, and I am done!

Which scene was your favorite?

When he talks about the different stresses placed on women that are not the same for men. How those stresses work in our addiction cycles. Then how our addictions are connected to our emotions not just a pure physical habit which is why it tends to be more difficult for us to let go.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

The most shocking comment, which he did back up, was that smoker's tend to actually be the alpha's in our culture. It made perfect sense and it sort of helped with some self esteem surrounding this issue for me.

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One long infomercial. Save your money.

Wow. Really? I know this is supposedly a good way to quit smoking but this book is absolutely awful. It doesn't deliver on its title at all and is nothing but a big sales pitch for the program, without any ACTUAL advice or tips. Big disappointment.

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Amazing Author who has helped millions..!

Any additional comments?

I am not a gambler, but I read now read four books by Allen Carr: On smoking, alcohol, gambling, and debt...because I was so impressed with his unique approach to addictions.

I recently checked out his website. He company offers seminars and online classes around the world. I have a loved one who is a CHAIN SMOKER. He is also OVERWEIGHT...after being a skinny guy for much of his life.

I also have another family member who had a darling figure until she got married and had three children. I am interested in helping both of them.

BTW, on his website and on YouTube are video TESTIMONIALS from celebrities such as: Anthody Hopkins, Aston Kutcher, Ellen Degernes, and Richard Branson. Check them out.

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I Stopped Immediately

By the time I had reached the end, I was very eager to smoke my last cigarette. This time feels completely different than any previous failed attempt. I stopped in the middle of PMS (and I’m still b****y) but I can quite easily get through those little meltdowns, those real life things without a cigarette. I don’t even think it would be better or easier to go pick up a pack. That’s the real treasure here. I don’t think things would be better, easier, more pleasurable if I was smoking. I can honestly say I feel completely free from cigarettes. I even bought a copy for my pregnant friend who has been suffering over the loss of them. The Easy Way works.

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it actually works!

I listened to the book The first Time and quit smoking for a year. Stupidly I thought I could smoke one cigarette and not become addicted again but I did and smoked for five more years. this was my second time listening to the book and this time it actually made me a non-smoker for life. You can do it too!!!! I'm rooting for you!

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Amazing!

I’m free and ready to live my life. I’m so happy and ready to take on life! A must read for all female smokers. Just keep and open mind and listen to all of it. Please don’t skip any parts. By the end of this, if you’ve listened to all the instructions, you’ll become a non smoker, like me. Cheers!

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yippee I'm a nonsmoker!😁

yippee I'm a nonsmoker!😁 I know this will work for me. I love the female British narrator.

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Allen Carr is a genius

Allen Carr is the only way I've ever been able to happily stop smoking. I stopped successfully once on his program however when I was very drunk had a cigarette and it put me back in the trap. I've stopped again and this time I know it's for life. I'm so happy to see what life brings to me and I'm so glad that I made the right decision. Smoking has zero place in my life.

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You have to apply the steps

And really understand how to change your own mindset for it to work. Im 5 days clean :D

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  • 01-24-18

If I can, you can

After 20 years (I can't believe I'm actually typing that) of being a smoker that swore to myself that I would quit soon without ever really trying let alone succeeding, I finally decided that enough was enough and bought this audiobook. I was sceptical that it would work for me as I have always seen myself as someone with very little willpower and to be honest I thought I enjoyed smoking and that it was my little guilty pleasure I did for myself. When I put out my last cigarette at the end of the book, I wanted badly to believe it really was my last, but there was still a niggle of doubt in the back of my head that I would be buying a new pack the very next day. Well, I'm 2 weeks a non-smoker now and while I can't say I haven't had pangs, they haven't been strong enough to outweigh the effect of the book on my thinking and I am thinking less and less about smoking altogether. I haven't quite had the 'yippee' moment Alan talks about, but I am realising more and more just how much of my thoughts and time was taken up by smoking, how good it feels to be free of the guilt and shame of it (especially as I have children) and how much more in control of my finances I feel! Honestly, for all it costs, if you're a smoker and you don't think you want to be any more, you really have nothing to lose by buying Easyway and giving it a go. Good luck!

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  • 01-24-16

2nd Time

I was a non smoker for 6 years after listening to the original version. Stupidly fell into the trap again for 2 years, with all the old excuses and kept putting off listening again.....well not anymore! Back to being a healthy happy non smoker and it is just as easy. what are you waiting for? 😀

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  • 01-03-18

Wow!!

After getting lots of flak from the girls at work about nipping out for quick ciggie break, I decided to get this book and show everyone I was reading it so that when I finished I could tell them all I was a lost cause and would have to continue smoking as nothing would work for me.
It only went and bloody worked!!
I'm now a happy non smoker to the point where people ask me how my non smoking is going and I look at them confused before I remember "oh, I used to smoke..."
The narrator is lovely, the stories made me giggle, there was so much I could relate to in the book and it has literally changed my life.
If you are a woman who smokes, whether you want to give up or not, get this book. It's the best gift you could ever give yourself.

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  • 04-04-17

Easy :)

Very easy to listen to and loved the whole experience. All an illusion. Brilliant way to change your mind to see the reality.

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  • Rozi P.
  • 02-06-20

Really worked for me

I brought this book on a whim. I'd quit smoking by starting vaping, and got to the point where they only time I ever didnt use my vape was when I was asleep. even then it was often still in my hand. I was so addicted to it and it controlled my life. Within a few hours of listening to this book I was a non vaper. By the end of the book the vape was in the bin. That was 3 weeks ago, I waited a while before reviewing to see if it would really work. It did, I'm happier than I was before because I am free. Buy this book, keep an open mind. It really is the easiest way to stop smoking.

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  • Vito Giorgio
  • 10-20-17

more spesific than the original one!

i also found the reader really good. even the book is repetative, there is a reason for it. it makes the words more poweful, makes them go more deeper that just on a conscious mind for a moment.

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  • Delica09
  • 12-02-16

Follow all the instructions

The content of this book highly relevant
I found the narration at times irritating maybe a bit patronising. ...but mainly that pethaps it was my own frustrating approach towards it and not wanting to hear everything I thought I knew!! I just wanted an answer....but you must read/listen to the book in its entirety..skip nothing do everything it says and only focus on the reason you have this book in the first place.
I am a non smoker

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  • ANDREEA
  • 06-13-16

finally free after 10 years of smoking

I have read the book and I managed to free myself from smoking. amazing!!!

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  • Shelly
  • 02-18-15

wait and see

all done and feeling optimistic .....I'm free

the narrative was amazing and really enjoyable. I tried reading this book but couldn't find the time. listening to it on audible I could do the chores and listen allowing me to do it in one hit and I feel great.


try it. What's the worst that could happen

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  • Patricia Serfontein
  • 11-05-18

I'm a happy non smoker

It's made it enjoyable to become a non smoker. Listening rather than reading worked better for me

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  • Anna L Elliott
  • 02-21-21

love this resource. It is a quide to life.

Couldn't stop listening to it. Following along with an open mind I find that my mind has broken open. Not to completely new person, because I was not a failure as a person when I was a smoker, but a veil has been lifted from my eyes. One that has so convincingly hidden my view of the truth for the last 23 years. I am full of joy and utter gratitude for having a guide such as this to get out of the trap. Something profound has shifted in me. Something so profound but also so simple, so subtle. It is a joy.

I couldn't recommend this book highly enough, and being able to get through it through this format was perfect for me. I could listen in the car and about the house. I could even listen while i was joyfully smoking my last cigarette.

It is handy to have a pen and paper around to scribble things down, or to pause and take notes. or to pause every now and then and let what you are hearing sit within you. to test things out along the way. but with the guidance from this book, you find that your thinking and behaviour change whilst you are listening to it.

I will now live a very different life to the one I would have lived had I remained a smoker. I am free.

The sections of the book that were specific to women, are powerful and accurate.

Make the investment of your time and energy in this book. There is nothing to lose, and everything to gain.

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  • Bianca
  • 09-20-16

It works!!

I was sceptical but willing to give it a go. Before I even finished the book I was a non smoker. Loving life again!!

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  • Na Lee
  • 12-04-21

Easy

This is a great book and so easy. Been smoke free 9months now and loving it.

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  • Mrs ILSE WEBSTER
  • 03-14-23

Thank you

Loved the book. Found it so useful. Thank you. I highly recommend this to anyone wanting to give up smoking.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 01-31-23

I am free

It was a great book, lots of insight which sounds simplistic yet I didn’t get it until I read the book.

New perspective of self, I am free, my life can be lived to the full, I’m no longer a slave to the cigarette.
Thank you!!!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 06-17-22

A well balanced good read

Easy to listen to, must be open to hear the message….a good read and would recommend to anyone wanting a different perspective on that little monster

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  • Anonymous User
  • 09-26-20

relief at last

I was able to put out my last cigarette with great joy and enthusiasm for my new life. Had never believed in the beginning of this book that I could do that by the end.

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  • Roxana Harsant
  • 08-29-20

Fantastic, Truly EASY!!

Loved it best way to gift yourself true freedom!! Highly recommended to any smoker!!!

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  • Sue BJ
  • 06-19-20

A letdown

I found the orator condescending and was surprised to get to the end of the book without the epiphanies that were promised. I am now onto Alan Carr’s Easy Way Bootcamp which is far more promising!

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  • Janet
  • 06-01-19

Great voice to listen too

All made a whole lot of sense, lots of home truths that you don't think about as a smoker.
Now to put it all into practice

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