Smokers’ guru diagnosed with lung cancer

ALLEN Carr, who once smoked 100 cigarettes a day before giving up the habit and becoming a world expert on how to quit, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

But Mr Carr, 73, who stopped smoking at 50, believes that passive smoking may have contributed to his illness.

The former chartered accountant spent 23 years in smoke-filled rooms treating smokers at his clinics. Until recently, his approach was to allow smokers continue to smoke at the clinics.