Nasia Davos

Award-winning…again! We’re thrilled that The CBQ Program won the Wellbeing Programme Specialist of the Year Award for the third year!

Over the last ten years, our mission has been to help people live healthier and happier lives by changing their habits with the CBQ Method.

Nine years ago, we created the first version of our flagship online quit smoking program. Since then, my team and I have been working tirelessly to perfect our process and offer a program that you love and that, most importantly, works!

After nine years, three program versions, and countless success stories from all around the world, we’re very grateful to have won this award for the third time.

But of course, any award or success of the CBQ Method is directly related to the success of our people. So our commitment and promise is to keep improving The CBQ Method and The CBQ Program so we can serve you.

Whether you’re a member who quit smoking or vaping with the CBQ Program years ago or you just joined our community, I want to thank you for being here. None of this would have been possible without you.

Nasia Davos & the CBQ Method Team

How Prestige Awards Judges the Winners

• Service Excellence (Tailored service, Customer service, Advice & Support, Accessibility & Responsiveness)

• Ethical Practice

• Industry Recognition

• Branding

• Employee Satisfaction

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Happy “Spotlight Day”! I’m excited to share with you this week’s most inspiring success stories and tips from the CBQ community. Let’s do it!

Inspiring Family

This week CBQ Program member Sarah Tawil from New York, US, shared with our members group that she and her mom are both nearing 4 years completely nicotine-free!

Sarah’s motivation to quit smoking was her health and her dream of having an amazing smile. She told me “the real reason I quit because I wanted both a nice smile and teeth. Happy to say, I fixed my teeth and have my amazing smile.” In the process of achieving this dream, Sarah inspired her mom and they’re both now happy non-smokers!

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Program member Ashley West Hilliard from Texas, US, celebrated 4 years smoke-free!

Ashley was terrified of quitting smoking. Even though she’d successfully become sober over a decade ago, quitting smoking was the one thing (she thought) she couldn’t do. Before an attempt, she would cry to her husband telling him how afraid she was. After joining the CBQ Program, she realized that there was nothing to be afraid of!

On her 2nd anniversary, Ashley said: “I truly NEVER thought I could quit smoking. When I say never, I really mean that. I started smoking before I was 10 years old (I am not sure of the exact age) and I smoked for 25 years, minus 2 pregnancies. I had all of the reasons why I couldn’t and didn’t want to quit but the CBQ method helped me see how false those beliefs were. I can truly say that I have not wanted to smoke since the day I quit. “

4 years after her quit date, Ashley is still a happy non-smoker!

This is Ashley with her CBQ Success Certificate:

As a BONUS, this was Ashley’s incredible quit smoking tip:

Inspiring Success

This week, CBQ Program member Dixie Taylor from British Columbia, Canada, celebrated 2 years smoke-free! Dixie never believed she could quit smoking without missing it, yet that’s exactly what she accomplished.

And as always, I want to say a huge thank you to our amazing CBQ Program members who have given me permission to share their stories!

Happy “Spotlight Day”! You’ll absolutely love this week’s most inspiring success stories and tips from the CBQ community. Our members have shared some life-changing stories!

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Program member Larry Johnson from Washington, US, celebrated 4 years smoke-free…. after being a smoker for 50 years!

Larry said, “I tried many times to quit. I would quit for a few days or a week and then back to smoking. After going through the CBQ program something in my brain switched and I simply no longer needed to smoke.”

Just 2 months ago, Larry shared that he has saved over $14,700, has avoided 42,000 cigarettes and does not miss smoking AT ALL!

This is Larry with his CBQ Success Certificate:

Tip of the Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Michal Sturgess from New South Wales, Australia who will be 2 years smoke-free in September! Since quitting smoking, she has saved over AUD $32k!

Michal’s tip: Smoking a cigarette to settle your nerves is like putting a bandaid on gangrene. You can’t see it for a minute but…. it does nothing.

In her own words:

“By the 27th September this year I will be 2 years smoke free.

As of today I have saved over $32,000.00 and not smoked over 13,000 ciggarettes

The program literally pays for itself.

(Many extra times over if you live in Australia where ciggarettes are SO expensive).

And that’s before we even get into the tax on your social life, physical and mental wellbeing.

Sending best wishes out to everyone still working with themselves to quit. It is worth the sweat, sick and struggle with self, thousands of times over.

Smoking a cigarette to settle your nerves is like putting a bandaid on gangrene. You can’t see it for a minute but….

It is not your friend. It will not save you or make things better/ easier. YOU will save you and YOU will make you life shine brighter x”

Inspiring Transformation: Breaking a 61-Year Addiction

This week, CBQ Program member Gary Brousell from Florida, US, celebrated 1 year smoke-free, and he’s an inspiration!

Gary smoked his first cigarette when he was 13 years old and continued to smoke for the next 61 years, with many attempts to stop.

Gary said, “While recovering from Back Surgery, I decided now was the time to stop and to free myself from the restrictions and smoking and vaping imposes on activities of all kinds. Recovering from surgery provided me with all kinds of triggers that I learned to overcome by taking the classes every day.”

“Through many trials, I have not seen cigarettes as a potential help to cope with anything. That’s one of your mindfulness pieces that has stuck in my thought process..

I suffer from Major depression and GAD. Being smokeless hasn’t made my conditions worse, nor would smoking make me better. Smoking needs to be seen as irrelevant to the human existence. Anyway, that’s how I see it now. Once an essential and controlling part of my life for 61 years, smoking is not going to help me or negatively effect my emotional conditions. DONE.

Thank you for your dedication to helping people get free from being trapped in one of the most unhealthy activities.”

Wise words!

A year later, Gary is still a happy non-smoker:

This is Gary with his CBQ Success Certificate:

And as always, I want to say a huge thank you to our amazing CBQ Program members who have given me permission to share their stories!

Happy “Spotlight Day”! This is the first spotlight of August and has inside this week’s most inspiring success stories (and tips) from the CBQ community.

Inspiring Milestone

Today CBQ Program member Debbie Rybka from Pennsylvania, US is celebrating 4 years smoke-free! Debbie was a smoker for 50 years. She had tried hypnosis, Chantix and nicotine patches but quitting was so hard and nothing stuck. After attending the free CBQ webinar, Debbie decided to join the CBQ Program. At first, she was scared to set her quit date, but by the end of the program everything had fallen into place and Debbie could not believe how easy it was!

4 years later, Debbie is still a happy non-smoker! This is the beautiful Debbie with her CBQ Success Certificate:

Inspiring Freedom

This week, CBQ Program member Michael J. Delaney from South Carolina, US celebrated his birthday and 4 months smoke-free. Michael was such an avid smoker, that Marlboro shamelessly sent him coupons every year so he can remain loyal to them.

Not anymore.

After completing the CBQ Program, Michael took back his power and feels amazing. This is the first time in over 45 years, that Michael celebrated his birthday as a non-smoker.

This is what he said:

Tip of the Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Tim Roberts from Queensland, Australia who celebrated 2 years smoke-free on the 10th of July! Tim also shared with our members that he used the CBQ Program to also change his relationship with food, and lost 28kg (60 pounds)!

This is Tim’s tip for those struggling with unhelpful eating habits: start by changing how you see yourself.

“it’s more about the philosophy of CBQ, like seeing myself as a non smoker rather than a deprived smoker I changed my attitude to food to see myself not as a deprived eater on a diet but a changed eater with a new approach to the food I eat. I have always yo-yoed with diets because I saw myself as deprived so as soon as I stopped dieting on the weight would go again. Now I just see myself as eating differently which really is very different to how I used to eat. I don’t see myself dieting anymore, just changed in the way and what I eat.”

In January 2025, CBQ will be launching a healthy weight loss program called “CBQ Program for Food Freedom”. If you want to receive information about it before it launches, show your interest by clicking here.

And as always, I want to say a big thank you to our amazing CBQ Program members who have given me permission to share their stories!

Happy “Spotlight Day”! I’m very excited to share with you this week’s new and most inspiring success stories (and tips) from the CBQ community.

Let’s do it!

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Program member Chris Waltman from Wisconsin, US, celebrated 2 years smoke-free! Chris smoked 1 to 2 packs a day for 35 years and tried quitting dozens of times. But he never stayed smoke-free for more than a month “because it was always a replacement method or just forcing myself to quit. A couple things happened in my life and I was ready to try again. I found the CBQ method online and it looked interesting! I didn’t have anything to lose, so I tried it. WOW!”

2 years after the CBQ Program, Chris has not had a single cigarette!

This is Chris with his CBQ Success Certificate:

Inspiring Success

This week, CBQ Program member Leah Hackett from Ontario, Canada celebrated 1 year smoke-free. Leah wanted (and tried) to stop smoking for a long time, but never imagined it would be possible or easy! It was.

After attending the free CBQ webinar, Leah decided to join the CBQ Program. This is why:

1 year after her quit date, Leah is still a happy non-smoker and has not missed cigarettes – not even when socializing!

This is what Leah recently shared with the CBQ Method community:

Tip of the Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Amber McKinney from Texas, US, who quit vaping after 20 years on January 13, 2023. Amber recently shared an incredible tip on how to think about nicotine addiction:

You do not need nicotine, the addiction does.

“You can do this! The addiction in your body is trying to win. You get to decide who wins. Oxygen or poison? Take as much time as you need to re-wire your brain. You do not need nicotine, the addiction does.

I’ve been free over a year and it was the best decision of my life. Can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner! You’ve got this!”

This is the amazing Amber with her CBQ Success Certificate:

As always, I want to say a big thank you to our amazing CBQ Program members who have given me permission to share their stories!

Happy “Spotlight Day”! I’m very excited to share with you some of this week’s most inspiring success stories (and tips) from the CBQ community.

Let’s do it!

Inspiring Journey

Three days ago, the inspiring CBQ Program member Sarah Walters from England, UK, celebrated 3 years smoke-free. Sarah was a smoker for 26 years. For many of those years, she tried to quit multiple times with stop smoking approaches from nicotine gums and patches to hypnosis and everything in between. Nothing worked. After attending the free CBQ webinar, Sarah knew the CBQ Method could work for her and decided to join the CBQ Program. She committed to the process with an open mind, did her best… and the rest is history!

Now, Sarah is saving over £2,000 every year she’s smoke-free. (Over 9k saved in total!)

Above all, she’s truly done with smoking. She has no cravings and even though her husband smokes she’s not even triggered. That’s freedom!

This is what Sarah shared about her experience with the program:

And this is Sarah with her CBQ Success Certificate. (Her smile is infectious!)

Inspiring Transformation

This week, CBQ Program member and musician Andre Burns from Ontario, Canada, celebrated 4 years smoke-free and marijuana-free! Andre started smoking when he was just 10 years old. It was at a time (1970s and 1980s) when they made it very easy to smoke.

As Andre told me during our Ask An Ex interview (highly recommend watching it!), his father used to smoke. And it was common practice back then for a parent to send their child to the corner store with money and a note to buy cigarettes on their behalf. As a curious boy, Andre wanted to try cigarettes and then started making his own permission notes. By the time he was 14 years old, he was a full time smoker. Even though he rarely smoked more than 20 a day, he became very addicted to cigarettes, which eventually led to alcohol and weed dependencies.

After having tried everything (pills, patches, and other approaches) to stop smoking, weed, and alcohol, Andre found the CBQ Program and decided to give it a try. At first, his intention was to stop smoking with the CBQ Program. But after he went through the CBQ process, Andre changed his mind and ended up quitting smoking, alcohol and weed! He’s incredible, right?

“June 14th, I quit drinking, July 12th, I quit smoking marijuana, and my quit date for smoking cigarettes was July 20th.”

That was 4 years ago!

As he said, “Everything that is part of the CBQ method. She has a course of videos that give you a step by step approach. I actually was given by a doctor all of the stop smoking aids but that involved taking pills everyday and dealing with side effects which I did not believe in. Then I came across Nasia’s program and have never been the same. An outstanding program that was exactly what I was looking for. I would recommend CBQ method to everyone!!!!!”

This is Andre holding his CBQ Success Certificate:

Tip of the Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Dixie Taylor who quit smoking on August 15, 2022! Dixie never believed she could quit smoking without missing it, yet that’s exactly what she accomplished.

This is Dixie’s excellent quit smoking tip: Your doubts are from your craving mind, put them aside and trust the process.

“If you keep doing exactly what you are supposed to do in Nasia’s program, you will have success. Trust the process and do the work. All these thoughts are from an addicted mind. The other side of this, the freedom, is so close. Congratulations in doing this for yourself!

Dixie (smoke free for two years this August)”

As always, I want to say a big thank you to our amazing CBQ Program members who have given me permission to share their stories!