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Tony's Story
Stop Smoking Guru began in 2007 as a letter from Tony, a former smoker who quit the year his father died of lung cancer. These chapters restore that letter, cleaned up and with the health facts brought up to date.
The e-book it once advertised is long gone. What remains is the voice: straight talk from someone who has been there, without lectures.
4 articles in this section, newest first:

November 20, 2007 · Tony's Story
Tony's quit plan, rebuilt from his original chapters: understand the addiction, change your environment, set a date, get your people on side, outsmart the inner voice and know what to do when a craving hits.

November 5, 2007 · Tony's Story
Why so much quit-smoking advice talks down to smokers, why this site never will, and the small perks nobody mentions: coffee tastes better, the social world opens up, and you never have to preach.

October 24, 2007 · Tony's Story
Tony explains why he quit overnight after his father died of lung cancer, why a shock is not a method he would recommend, and what he learned in the years of reading about smoking that followed.

October 17, 2007 · Tony's Story
A quiet evening, the day's work done, a cigarette in your hand before you even think about it. Why that moment feels so good, what nicotine is really doing, and why there is reason for hope.