About Allen Carr

Allen Carr was a chartered accountant before giving up his 100-a-day cigarette addiction and becoming a world expert on how to quit.

He started smoking at 16 and within a few years had descended to chain-smoking. After numerous failed attempts to stop by using the usual methods, in 1983 he discovered a method that could make it easy for any smoker to give up quickly, painlessly and permanently. Allen discovered what every smoker dreams of – an easy way to stop smoking.

In 1983 Allen Carr launched his first clinic in Raynes Park, London. Today, over twenty years later, there are over 70 Allen Carr's Easyway® clinics in 30 countries.

Every year over 40,000 smokers attend an Allen Carr Easyway® seminar.

In 1985 Allen Carr was asked to put his seminar into book form.  That book, Allen Carr's Easyway® to Stop Smoking has sold over seven million copies and is one of the best selling self-help books in the history of publishing.  It has been translated into more than 20 languages and has been Penguin's top selling non-fiction title every year since publication.  It has topped bestseller charts in nine countries.

Sadly Allen Carr died on 29th November 2006.

He was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in the summer of 2006. It seemed probable that the years he spent curing smokers in smoke-filled sessions at his clinics must have contributed to this illness. Allen said “Given that I am informed that I have cured at least 10 million smokers on a conservative estimation, even if that is the case, it’s a price worth paying”.

Before his death Allen remarked “Since I smoked my final cigarette, 23 years ago, I have been the happiest man in the world. I still feel the same way today”.