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My job was to give away samples of their cigarette brands to customers in bars and nightclubs.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><em>John Dicey, Worldwide CEO &amp; Senior Facilitator, Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway, interviews <strong>Ayako Ono<\/strong>, Allen Carr&#8217;s Easyway to Quit Smoking Japan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>John: How did you come to be a smoker Aya?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aya: I started smoking while working part-time for a tobacco company while I was at university. My job was give away samples of their cigarette brands to customers in bars and nightclubs.<\/p>\n<p>I was working with lots of girls who all looked so sophisticated, slim, and fashionable with their long hair, perfect figures, and seemingly stylish way of smoking.<\/p>\n<p>As a 20-year-old young woman I was in awe of them, I think I admired them, I wanted to be like them, so I tried to smoke for the first time in my life.<\/p>\n<p>There were no special or rational reasons to smoke. I just wanted to be thin, sophisticated, and fashionable like the girls around me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John: That\u2019s how it all started. Did you smoke for a long time after that? Did you try to quit smoking many times?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aya: It seems amazing that after that I smoked for nearly 20 years \u2013 all for such a ridiculous, tiny, phoney reason.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to quit smoking so many times. It was a continuous challenge and led me to despair. Every time I failed to quit I felt worse, and worse about myself. I blamed myself since I thought I was weak-willed.<\/p>\n<p>I tried every method to quit smoking, nicotine inhalator, nicotine patches, nicotine gum, internet support, and consultations with doctors.<\/p>\n<p>I finally heard about Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway Seminars in Tokyo \u2013 I attended the seminar and was immediately freed from my addiction. It was an amazing feeling of freedom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John: Did you notice anything else when you quitted smoking? You did something amazing with the money you saved. Tell us about that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aya: It hit me so hard \u2013 that I had blamed myself for so long for being weak. It wasn\u2019t my fault. If you are a smoker and you are reading this \u2013 it is wonderful to know \u2013 it is not your fault. I realised I had been trapped and was finally free.<\/p>\n<p>Other than the health and self-esteem I was amazed how much more money I had. I decided to donate the money to children in developing countries. I learned so much from the postcards I received from the children each month. Helping these kids get an education and water instead of spending my money on cigarettes is something I\u2019m proud of, and grateful for.<\/p>\n<p>I also wanted to help smokers to get free. I wanted to help Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway help even more people. I was lucky to be selected to study to be an Allen Carr&#8217;s Easyway facilitator in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>It is now my joy and pleasure to help smokers quit in my home city of Sapporo. I don\u2019t think people who have never smoked can understand the joy of being free.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button red hvr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/easyway-stop-smoking\/\">Read more about &#8216;How to Quit Smoking&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button red hvr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/easyway-stop-vaping\/\">Read more about &#8216;How to Quit Vaping\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button red hvr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/corporate-employee-wellbeing\/\">Read more about &#8216;Our Workplace Programs\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#QuitSmoking #StopSmoking #BeAddictionFree #AllenCarr #QuitVaping #StopVaping <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button blue hvr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allen-carr.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Allen Carr&#8217;s Easyway Japan&#8217;s Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645,689,690,691,648,705,706,707],"tags":[],"addiction":[28,32],"country":[],"class_list":["post-147019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smoking","category-smoking-health","category-smoking-in-the-news","category-smoking-your-future","category-vaping","category-vaping-health","category-vaping-in-the-news","category-vaping-your-future"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I started smoking while working part-time for a tobacco company while I was at university. 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