My story — forty-five years, and an autumn without a fight

Pero Tudt smoked for forty-five years. In September 2026 he stopped. Not because he had decided to fight, but because a foot was going to be operated on.

The clinic had one condition: six weeks without smoke and without alcohol before the operation. He was sixty and had smoked since he was fifteen. He had no answer for how that was going to work.

The first idea was self-hypnosis. He looked on YouTube, found old recordings that could not be listened to, and made an attempt himself. The voice was terrible. So he tried music instead.

It worked. Four minutes and fifty-one seconds, his own voice, no preaching and no statistics. The film is here — nothing downloads until you press play yourself. Subtitles in English.

What happened next

He listened while he worked. Not with headphones and focus, but in the background, while the day’s work went on. After about two weeks he still had not smoked.

He keeps going at least until the operation. Then we will see.

In his own words

“Just listening is great. In fact you do not even need to listen that much. My head registers it, and now and then I pick up a phrase here and there.”

“It seems to work somehow, and it is no burden to me.”

“I just listen in the background. The songs work for me.”

These are his words, from the film above.

Why it became a website

He was working on the songs anyway. If they helped him, they might help someone else. That is why Smoke Free Music exists: music, films and meditations, with no account, no ads and no tracking.

Anyone who wants can write down their own path. It stays in your browser if you want it to, or it can be sent in anonymously.

Listen to the music → · Write your own path →

The film is made by Aurora. The music in it is made with a synthetic voice — the words are ours.