Jump to full article: Allen Carr's Easyway, 2007-11-27
Author: Studio Petr
Intro: ASH issued the following apology on their website on 23rd November 2007 www.newash.org.uk
ASH Apologises to Allen Carr's Easyway International. On 29th November 2006 the Director of ASH, Deborah Arnott, was interviewed by the BBC Radio 4 programme 'PM' in the context of a piece concerning the death of Allen Carr of Allen Carr's Easyway International. During the course of the interview reference was made to Allen Carr's open letter to Tony Blair which was published on www.allencarr.com and Ms Arnott was asked to express her opinion on the views expressed by Mr Carr who passed away that morning.
Despite references during the interview to the studies mentioned by Allen Carr in his letter that indicated a 53% success rate for Allen Carr's Easyway To Stop Smoking Clinics after 12 months, Ms Arnott stated that the 53% success rate had been "plucked out of the air" and "basically made up".
Following a complaint by Allen Carr's Easyway International, Ms Arnott now acknowledges that two uncontrolled, observational and retrospective studies using self-reported abstinence have been published in peer reviewed journals and have reported success rates for the Allen Carr method consistent with an estimate of 53% after twelve months. . . .
ASH and Ms Arnott accept that it was wrong for Ms Arnott to have stated that the 53% success rate claimed by Allen Carr had been "plucked out of the air" and "basically made up" and apologise unreservedly for making these statements in the national media.
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