For anyone who has successfully quit smoking, they will likely tell you it's one of the most difficult things they have ever done. The good news is that hypnosis has been highly successful in stopping smoking without the use of any patches, pills or any of the other smoking cessation products on the market.

 

The "patch" has been around since the 90's. It contains varying amounts of nicotine and these amounts are diminished over time with the hopes that you will eventually stop your addiction to nicotine. It was assumed that nicotine was the only factor that caused you to be addicted to cigarettes. Based on extensive studies since the patch has been on the market, the success rate is only 19%! What this proves is that there is more to the addiction to cigarettes that just nicotine. This is where hypnosis has been shown to be a better alternative to quiting smoking. Hypnosis uncovers the root cause as to why an individual is addicted.o   

 

Here are some statistics on people who have used hypnosis to stop smoking:

 

90.6% Success Rate for Smoking Cessation Using Hypnosis

 

• Of 43 consecutive patients undergoing this treatment protocol, 39 reported remaining abstinent from tobacco use at follow-up (6 months to 3 years post-treatment). This represents a 90.6% success rate using hypnosis.

 

 

University of Washington School of Medicine, Depts. of Anesthesiology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2001 Jul;49(3):257-66. Barber J.

Hypnosis Patients Twice As Likely To Remain Smoke-Free After Two Years

 

• Study of 71 smokers showed that after a two-year follow up, patients that quit with hypnosis were twice as likely to remain smoke-free than those who quit on their own.

 

 

Guided health imagery for smoking cessation and long-term abstinence. Wynd, CA. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2005; 37:3, pages 245-250.

Hypnosis Most Effective Says Largest Study Ever: 3 Times as Effective as Patch and 15 Times as Effective as Willpower.

 

• Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit. A meta-analysis, statistically combining results of more than 600 studies of 72,000 people from America and Europe to compare various methods of quitting. On average, hypnosis was over three times as effective as nicotine replacement methods and 15 times as effective as trying to quit alone.

University of Iowa, Journal of Applied Psychology, How One in Five Give Up Smoking. October 1992. 

 

How can hypnosis help you to stop smoking? For many smokers, making simple suggestions during hypnosis will remove the smoking habit. For others who smoke, they use smoking as a "distractor" to other emotions such as anger, fear, etc. Your hypnotist has techniques that he can use to work with you while in hypnosis to resolve those distractors and stop you from smoking.

 

If you or a loved one wants to stop smoking, please call for a free consultation.