How Hypnosis Can Help You to Stop Smoking Permanently
Statistics on the danger of smoking
- The CDC states that smoking leads to disease and disability and harms nearly every organ of the body.
- According to the American Lung Association, every year in the U.S., more than 480,000 people die from tobacco use and exposure to second hand smoke, making it the leading cause of preventable death in this country.
- On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than nonsmokers.
- Cigarette smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, at least 69 of which are known to cause cancer.
- Smoking is directly responsible for approximately 90 percent of lung cancer deaths and approximately 80 percent of deaths caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
- Cigarettes and tobacco products are at the top of the list of known risk factors for cancer as well as other illnesses like COPD and heart disease. Scientists estimate that cigarette smoking alone is responsible for 30 percent of the country’s cancer deaths and 20 percent of all deaths, including deaths from secondhand smoke and heart disease.
Here are 9 cancers caused by tobacco use:
- Lung cancer, which accounts for 74 percent of tobacco-related cancer deaths
- Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), a cancer of the blood
- Bladder cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Oral cavity cancers, including lip, tongue and pharynx
- Pancreatic cancer
- Stomach cancer
- Throat and larynx cancers
Why don't more people stop smoking?
Most smokers have been smoking cigarettes for a long, long time. Usually, they start in their teenage years. They have tried to quit smoking using various pills, patches and gums. None of these methods work because it's a habit that is difficult to overcome.
There is a social aspect of smoking that people don't want to give up. Go to any office building and there will be people outside smoking while on a break from work.
Smokers like a cigarette with their coffee or after a good meal. They "need" a cigarette when they are stressed. Even though cigarettes are shortening their lives, smokers smoke.
Reasons to stop smoking
Whatever your age, your health will improve when you quit smoking and stop putting that harmful poison into your body. The sooner you quit, the faster your body can recover and your risk of serious health conditions will reduce.
- You will live longer: Your overall health will improve and you will gain back years of an improved quality of life by quitting the smoking habit.
- Improve health: You will be surprised at how quickly you will begin to experience a new, healthier you. You will have more energy. You will be feeling better with each and every passing day. Your lungs will become healthier because the air you breathe is cleaner.
- More youthful skin: Smoking accelerates the aging of your skin. A smoking habit can leave your skin dull, dry, and prone to wrinkles, but by quitting smoking, you can reverse these effects and allow the skin to receive the nutrients it needs. Over time, the appearance of your skin will improve.
- Breathe Easier: You will avoid COPD and emphysema when you stop smoking and you will be able to breathe easily when your lungs improve and you breathe fresh, clean air.
- Smell Better: Smokers don't notice how bad they smell. By quitting, a smoker will smell fresh and clean. Their car, their house will also benefit when they quit smoking.
- Financial benefits: The average cost of a pack of cigarettes in the US is $8, which can add up over time. A pack-a-day habit will cost around $240 per month or $2,920 per year. That's $29,200 over ten years!
What is hypnosis?
Hypnosis is a natural and powerful state that allows suggestions to be made directly to your subconscious mind in order to make significant changes in your life. Although usually done by a professional hypnotist, you can hypnotize yourself, a process called self-hypnosis.
Hypnosis is often described as entering a focused and absorbed state of attention where you become more receptive to new ideas. It’s a natural process that feels similar to when you become absorbed in an activity, like driving down a highway or reading a good book or watching a movie.
Using hypnosis to stop smoking
People that try to quit using will power have a difficult time because will power is part of the conscious mind. The conscious mind holds very little data, so in a short time the thought of no longer smoking goes away.
Hypnosis works with the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is very powerful and vast. A smoker’s subconscious mind has allowed the person to smoke, even though it’s harmful, because the person enjoyed smoking at a young age when it was cool and necessary to be accepted by friends. Using the Stop Smoking Hypnosis Protocol, the subconscious mind is reprogrammed to understand the dangers of cigarettes and the long-time smoker changes behaviors and becomes a non-smoker.
During the day of the session, the subject is required to not smoke any cigarettes prior to the session. They are told not to have any cigarettes on their person or in their car. They will leave the session as a non-smoker. We use a unique neurological process to address cravings the smoker is sure to encounter. The process eliminates the cravings prior to the hypnosis session where the subconscious mind will be reprogrammed to change behavior.
What is the success rate of hypnosis to stop smoking?
Some hypnotists boast a 95% success rate. I tend to wonder how much follow up is conducted with such a successful result. In my experience, most smokers that are unsuccessful do not return phone calls with their smoking status. If I were to assume non-responders were still smoking, I would state my success rate is at 70%, which I am pleased with. A total commitment to stop smoking is required to be successful.
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Can hypnosis stop you from smoking?
Actually, YOU stop yourself from smoking. Hypnosis is a method to help you quit the smoking habit by working with your mindset. Your mind gets reprogrammed to change your behavior toward smoking and to eliminate the cravings for cigarettes.
What is the most successful method to stop smoking?
Please don't listen to website posts that say Chantix is the best method. Chantix is a chemical and any time you put a chemical in your body, there can be adverse effects. In fact, Chantix has been taken off the market due to its list of side effects. Hypnosis works with your mind to help you to stop smoking and it's safe and natural.
How many sessions of hypnotherapy to stop smoking?
We include 3 sessions in our Stop Smoking Program.
