Butt Out! A Quitter's Little Instruction Book by Mike Anderiesz (Boxtree, £2.99)

LOOKING for practical help to give up smoking? Well, this may NOT be the book you thought it might be.

It doesn't say much when the author, a smoker for 15 years, has made two attempts to quit and failed spectacularly on each occasion.

His 25 compelling reasons to stub it out for good are tempered with simple techniques such as avoiding friends and having your jaws wired together.

Guaranteed to bring a smile to any smoker's ash-tray smelling lips - at least while they're laughing they can't be inhaling the dreaded nicotine.

David Chapman