Smoking guru dies after helping millions quit habit

ALLEN CARR — the man who convinced millions of people to give up smoking — died yesterday after losing his battle with lung cancer.

The 72-year-old was at his home near Malaga in Spain and his family were with him, a spokeswoman said.

Mr Carr was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in the summer. Friends said it seemed probable that the years he spent curing smokers in smoke-filled sessions at his clinics must have contributed to the illness.