Smoking

Filed Under (Articles) by admin on 16-02-2009

Many people are plagued by one of the most powerful addictions, the addiction to smoking. There are many different ways to help quit smoking, including nicotine patches, gum, and prescription drugs. But there is a much safer and effective way to help smokers with their battle, smoking hypnosis. Smoking hypnosis, also called stop smoking hypnosis, is a healthy alternative that helps smokers quit cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc, without the feeling of deprivation.

Smoking related diseases kill over 419,000 Americans each year, there are over 40 cancer causing chemicals in cigarettes, and secondhand smoking kills over 3,000 nonsmokers each year. Those are just a few reasons why people quit smoking each year. The theory of smoking hypnosis is that no smoker was born a smoker. Hypnotists believe that smokers learned the bad habit and can quit it, like most other addictions. Stop smoking hypnosis removes the desire and need to smoke, making it better than any other form of quitting, such as gums and patches. With smoking hypnosis there is no gum, patches, sprays, inhalers, needles or lasers. Stop smoking hypnosis allows you to go to individual or group meetings, sit down, relax and overcome the addiction. Hypnotists say that smoking hypnosis is technically a re-learning process. Since people had to learn to smoke, they will have to go undergo stop smoking hypnosis to learn how to become a non smoker again. The actual smoking hypnotherapy sessions require the patient to become relaxed, in a state of tranquility. The patients are never actually asleep or unconscious and always in control during the stop smoking hypnosis sessions. Usually patients are given behavior modification strategies to use along with their smoking hypnosis, when not with the hypnotist. Many people are afraid of the side effects of quitting smoking, such as high anxiety, stress and weight gain. The stop smoking hypnosis sessions calm the patient and allow them to realize how life would be without cigarettes. Smokers must get out of the old habit and patterned of a conditioned response of craving. Positive affirmations help condition the brain so that a smoker will no longer want a cigarette. There are many skeptics of stop smoking hypnosis, but studies show that it is one of the most effective ways to quit smoking. But one-on-one smoking hypnosis is definitely more effective than group therapy. Stop smoking hypnosis programs are also on compact discs for you to listen to at home. Stop smoking hypnosis allows the patient to relax and clear their mind more than they ever could in a group. Smoking hypnosis also saves smokers money each year. The average smoker can spend up to $300 per month on cigarettes. Most stop smoking hypnosis programs and c.d.’s cost less than a months worth of cigarettes. And smoking hypnosis also saves people money on whitening tooth pastes, lighters, pipes, deodorizers and other smoking related products they may buy. Stop smoking hypnosis is also more effective when used with other quit-smoking products, such as a nicotine patch.

All in all, stop smoking hypnosis is a great alternative to other quit-smoking treatments. It has been found to be a safe, healthy way to quitting smoking and actually works for most people. If you smoke, look into smoking hypnosis as a means of quitting. Your life may be depending on it.