allen karr, it was about how he quit smoking. it was unlike anything i had ever read.is premise was you're a jerk for smoking, and you have no control whatsoever and anybody who smoked was not cool, they were weak, because they were giving in to cigarette companies that were putting one over on us. i rang him on the phone, he told me he would be dead in six months, but he set me up with damien o'hara, and his way is to sit with you for five hours while you smoke while he talks about smoking. we were in a hotel room, by the time we were done i was so sick of cigarettes and realized the tobacco companies put one over on me, i was angry and as a result i never picked up cigarette again. i realized it's like selling crack to kids. damien o'hara convinced me it was crack and allen karr died at 73 years old. >> how hard was it to kick it? >> i kicked it that day. i just said, i'm stupid, really stupid, this is cracking and i'm not going to do that to myself. it's complete b.s. tavis: that, i suspect sounds foreign to some people. if you are to believe the latter part of your