Q. What's different about Clean Break Online?
A. Clean Break Online is based on completely different principles than any other smoking cessation program. We do not use any aversion therapy, hypnosis, acupuncture, or drugs. Instead, we teach our clients a unique decision-making technology. This enables smokers to see what smoking is on a much deeper level, see through and discard the rationalizations and games that have kept them smoking, and resolve their conflict about whether to smoke or to stop smoking quickly and cleanly.

Q. What is Clean Break Online's Success Rate?
A. Clean Break Online is based on the Clean Break Smokers' Treatment Program, which has been offered at hospitals, treatment centers, and in corporations for 18 years. All of our own studies and one major independent study have confirmed a success rate of approximately 35%-45% after one year. Clean Break Online is actually a more thorough presentation of the course material than we can do in a live setting, and so we fully expect a comparable success rate.

Q. Whenever I think about stopping smoking, I get frightened and find excuses to put it off. Does the program address this?
A. Definitely! In the first lesson we will show you where this fear comes from, and how to defuse it.

Q. Should I use Nicotine Replacement Therapy or Zyban in combination with the Clean Break program?
A. That's entirely up to you. They might help and can't hurt. However, the Clean Break program is complete, and most people do fine without any medical supplements.

Q. Will I gain weight if I stop smoking with Clean Break Online?
A. You shouldn't. It is true your metabolism slows down when you stop smoking, but this is a relatively minor effect. In and of itself, this slowdown might cause you to gain a few pounds in a month. Generally, though, there are other factors which more than cancel out this effect: You feel better and tend to do more each day. Within a few days you need less sleep, and so tend to be up and active longer each day.
The real reason some people gain weight when they stop smoking is that they smoke food. They use eating to push away cravings and conflict. Clean Break will give you powerful techniques for resolving those feelings quickly and cleanly, without resorting to gimmicks like food. Most of our clients stay the same or actually lose weight.

Q. I've tried everything. Why should I try this?
A. This is different. All other programs we are aware of share certain assumptions and theories about addiction and smoking cessation. Clean Break is based on a completely different model of addiction, and uses a unique method for cessation. If you did exactly the opposite of what many programs advise, you might have something like Clean Break Online.
For most people, stopping smoking feels very different with Clean Break than it has in previous attempts. If you were plagued with depression, anger, sleeplessness, a sense of loss, or other problems before, your experience will probably be very different with Clean Break. We are not saying that there is no difficulty in stopping smoking-- just that you will have tools to understand and resolve that difficulty more effectively than ever before. You will also be able to experience stopping smoking as a gain, rather than as a loss.

Q. Do I need to clear my calendar, or find a period free of stress in which to do this?
A. No. You may be a bit distracted for the first couple of days after you stop smoking, but there should be no real disruption in your life. In fact we strongly encourage you not to change your life in any way while partipating in the Clean Break Program. You can go to work, socialize with friends (even smoking ones), and do whatever you normally do. Also, the idea that smoking helps you cope with stress is an illusion we will be addressing in the program. Unless you are going through something truly extraordinary, the best time to stop smoking is always now.