How do I stop smoking?

Carr claims that, contrary to their perception, smokers do not receive a boost from smoking a cigarette: smoking only relieves the withdrawal symptoms from the previous cigarette, which in turn creates more withdrawl symptoms once it is finished; in this way the drug addiction perpetuates itself. He asserts that the relief that smokers feel on lighting a cigarette is continually experienced by non-smokers. He further asserts that smoking is less addictive than is commonly assumed, that withdrawal symptoms are actually created by doubt in the mind of the ex-smoker, and that stopping smoking is not as traumatic as is commonly assumed if that doubt can be circumvented. His contention is that fear of giving up is what causes the majority to continue smoking.