Hypnosis for Stopping the Smoking Habit

Is smoking really an addiction or a habit? According to a recent study done by Dr. Reuven Dar, of Tel Aviv University in Israel, researchers have found that smokers find it hard to give up cigarettes not because they are addicted to nicotine as many will have us believe today but simply because it is a habit.

Most smokers continue smoking mainly for 3 basic short-term affects like:

Oral gratification -the need to have something to suck on…kind of like a pacifier or chewing on a pencil.

Sensory pleasure-you enjoy the smell, taste, and feel of a cigarette in your mouth.

Social companionship-most of your friends are also smokers plus you get to smoke outside with the cool dudes.

Once the smoking habit is established, people continue to smoke in response to cues. Examples: “I’m so glad the flight is over now so I can smoke”, or” its break time now so I can have a smoke”, or” I just had a bad fight with my wife/husband/boss, I’ve got to have a smoke” and any other situations or cues that become associated with the smoking habit.

By understanding that smoking is a habit, in order to successfully quit smoking you need to look more at the psychological and behavioral aspects of the habit. This is where hypnosis for stopping smoking comes in. By guiding a person through hypnosis you can successfully replace the behaviors involved with the smoking habit with more healthy and positive behaviors. Hypnosis through hypnotherapy can also be used to increase your motivational desires to quit too.

As a smoker desiring to quit, you need to ask yourself these questions:

• How will you stop?
• When will you stop?
• What will people think of you when you stop?
• What will be different when you give it up?
• What will you be able to do when you give it up?
• What will you do with the extra time?
• What will you spend the extra money on?
• What will be the biggest benefit to quitting?

If you could pick a number between 1 to 10 how strong is your desire to stop?

(1 is lowest and 10 highest)

If the number you picked is 7 or above, then you are definitely on your way to becoming a non-smoker and hypnotherapy is without a doubt the best way to help you achieve this goal of becoming a non-smoker!

How Many Hypnotherapy Sessions Will I Need To Stop Smoking?

We usually recommend at least 2 hypnotherapy sessions to help you quit smoking permanently in order to embed as many positive suggestions into your subconscious mind as possible that are designed to make you a non-smoker.

Call or e-mail and set up your appointment to be a non-smoker today!

Tracy Thompson, Advanced Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

E-mail: tracy.nhc@shaw.ca

Phone: 250-739-4609

20 Reasons to BECOME A NON-SMOKER

1. Non-smokers have and excellent sense of smell…they can enjoy flowers, food, fresh air, the scent of their loved ones, etc.
2. Non-smokers have impressive taste buds, they don’t need to add a whole lot a salt onto everything just to get things to taste good, and when the food is in their mouths they can really savor and relish it. Yummy!
3. Non-smokers have an improved sense of touch…fingers, toes, and other places you like being touched…need I say more?
4. Non-smokers have great smelling breath most times; the only breath concern would be from eating too much garlic?
5. Non-smokers smell great too, their clothes, hair and skin all smell fresh and free from smoke.
6. Non-smokers look younger looking than smokers do because their skin tone, texture, and oils of their skin are healthier, their circulation is better than smokers… and they have a healthy glow about them.
7. Non-smokers have fewer wrinkles on their skin than smokers do…smoking causes premature aging and wrinkling of the skin.
8. Non-smokers are much more kissable…smokers really don’t taste very good to non-smokers.
9. Non-smokers have whiter teeth, cleaner fingers and nails, they don’t have to worry about having brownish yellow fingers and teeth like smokers do.
10. Non-smokers have more energy and stamina…in all physical and mental exertion situations, even more sexual stamina.
11. Non-smokers are more patient than smokers because they don’t have the anxiety caused by needing a cigarette which raises irritation levels.
12. Non-smokers are also much calmer than smokers because there’s no anxiety over not having another cigarette soon.
13. Non-smokers avoid cancer of the lip, nose, tongue, throat, lung, among others.
14. Non-smokers avoid heart attack, stroke and vascular diseases.
15. Non-smokers avoid asthma, emphysema and other pulmonary diseases.
16. Non-smokers protect their loved ones from the above diseases which may be caused by second-hand smoke.
17. Non-smokers set a good example to keep their children from smoking.
18. Non-smokers have way more money to spend on themselves compared to smokers who spend up to $300.00 per month if they smoke a pack a day.
19. Non-smokers live longer, healthier lives so their loved ones don’t have to worry so much about them.
20. Non-smokers are free of the habit and enjoy living every moment to the fullest!

Call or e-mail and set up your appointment to be a non-smoker today!

Tracy Thompson, Advanced Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist

E-mail: tracy.nhc@shaw.ca

Phone: 250-739-4609

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