Could hypnotherapy help you stop smoking?

Smoking kills more than 114,000 people in the UK every year. One in two long-term smokers, who do not quit smoking, will die prematurely from a smoking-related illness. Will you be one of them?

Or are you now ready to Stop Smoking? The aim of this website is to give you an insight into the options open to you as a smoker if you are ready to stop smoking.

For more details on why you should stop smoking, read the stop smoking articles.

“Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking"...

...according to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit. Willpower, it turns out, counts for very little” - New Scientist, October 1992

In 1992 a meta-analysis by Frank Schmidt and Chockalingam Viswesvaran reviewed 48 studies, covering 6020 subjects. They found that the average quit rate for those using hypnosis was 30%.

Numerous studies have shown that the success for stopping smoking using hypnotherapy is much higher than nicotine replacement products. In 1968 Von Dedenroth reported in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis a stop smoking success rate of 94% over an 18-month period.

It is considered that the success rate will depend on the techniques used by the hypnotherapist (and these will vary from hypnotherapist to hypnotherapist, as there is no standardized procedure) and the desire for the smoker to stop smoking.

Hypnosis works to help you break the habit of smoking. It can also help you become more calm, so that there are little or no "withdrawal" symptoms on stopping smoking. Many non-smokers report how easy it is to stop smoking using hypnosis.

Hollywood celebrities Ben Affleck, Samuel Jackson, Ellen Degeneres, Matt Damon and Drew Barrymore have all used hypnosis to stop smoking. How about you?

If you can get to London, then hypnotherapist Brian Jacobs DipHyp, GHRreg, could help you stop smoking in as little as one hour! Find out more about stopping smoking in London.

If you live further away then click here to find a stop smoking therapist near you.

Would you like to learn how you can help others stop smoking? Train as a hypnotherapist with Hypnotic Solutions Training and learn how to help others stop smoking in under 90 minutes, as well as helping with weight control issues, phobias and much more.

There are a number of methods that have been promoted as ways of giving up smoking. These include nicotine patches, gum, inhalers and tablets. These have comparatively low success rates and rely on your willpower to break the smoking habit. Some of these methods have serious side effects. If you'd like to read more, see the page of articles on stopping smoking.

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