Editing Allen Carr (section)

==Illness and death==
In 2006, Carr was diagnosed with lung cancer. His spokesman stated that this may not have been linked to his historical smoking habit, as he had been around smokers, and therefore exposed to their [[second-hand smoke]], while treating them for their addiction. He had stated in his book "The easy way to control alcohol" chapter 16 that he was a chain-smoker for most of his adult life.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5229048.stm |title = Allen Carr fighting lung cancer |publisher = BBC |date = 30 July 2006 |access-date = 2006-07-30 }}</ref> The following month, Carr revealed that his lung cancer was terminal and that his life expectancy was about nine months. Carr said: "Since I smoked my final cigarette, 23 years ago, I have been the happiest man in the world. I still feel the same way today.” Carr wrote to the then British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], urging the UK Government and NHS to accept his method, saying that the "powerful influence" of lobbyists working for nicotine replacement firms had turned them against him.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-11-27|title=An Open Letter to Tony Blair from Allen Carr 27/11/06|url=https://www.allencarr.com/news-and-media/an-open-letter-to-tony-blair-from-allen-carr-271106/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730160835/https://www.allencarr.com/news-and-media/an-open-letter-to-tony-blair-from-allen-carr-271106/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2021|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Allen Carr's Easyway|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Carr died from lung cancer at his home in [[Benalmádena]], west of [[Málaga]], Spain, on 29 November 2006. He was 72 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/malaga/2011/04/22/guru-antitabaco-murio-costa-benalmadena-28891443.html|title=El gurú antitabaco murió en la costa, en Benalmádena|access-date=6 February 2022|date=22 April 2011|author=Martín, Lucas|language=es|work=La Opinión de Málaga|location=[[Málaga]], [[Andalusia]], Spain}}</ref><ref name="bbcdeath">{{cite news  |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6194670.stm |title = Allen Carr dies from lung cancer |publisher = BBC |date = 29 November 2006 |access-date = 2006-11-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 November 2006|author=Beard, Matthew|title=Anti-smoking guru Allen Carr dies from lung cancer, aged 72|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/anti-smoking-guru-allen-carr-dies-lung-cancer-aged-72-426370.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602172547/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/anti-smoking-guru-allen-carr-dies-lung-cancer-aged-72-426370.html |archive-date=2021-06-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-23|website=The Independent|location=London|language=en}}</ref>

Carr worked closely with and passed responsibility for continuing his work, developing the method to cover as many addictions and issues as possible, to his close friends and long-time collaborators Robin Hayley & John C. Dicey<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Dicey, Global CEO & Senior Therapist of Allen Carr's Easyway|url=https://allencarr.com/news-and-media/author/john-dicey/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Allen Carr's Easyway|language=en-GB}}</ref> (Chairman & Global CEO of Allen Carr's Easyway respectively). On the insistence of international publishers, John C. Dicey reluctantly allows himself to be described as co-author of Allen Carr books but makes it very clear, "I take great pleasure in deflecting any praise for the books (quite rightly so) to Allen Carr. I was extremely lucky to have worked so closely with him since 1998 and was honoured that he asked me to carry on his work".