IT MAY SEEM TOO EASY

In fact, one of the troubles with my system is that it is so undramatic. Nothing happens. You just don't want to smoke any more, the way you just don't want to shoot marbles or play with dolls any more. You've out­grown it, and that's all.

The book won't achieve this, of course; you will. For all practical purposes, you're going to have to talk your­self to sleep for a few nights. You may have done that to others at some time in your life—now you must make yourself yawn and nod.

Oh, and the system also requires that you substitute a new habit for the old habit of smoking. The new habit does not involve licorice eating or using a pacifier or gritting your teeth in self-control. It's so embarrass­ingly simple that you'd not believe it if I mentioned it now, or else you'd want to try it too soon. Either would make it impossible for me to proceed in the orderly fashion that will make this book work for you.

And so bear with me, please, if occasionally I trudge over familiar ground. It's a short book, and it works.