| If you've ever tried to stop smoking, you'll | | | | and a range of cancers. Medical research has |
| know that it is very difficult, because it is | | | | shown that about 13 per cent of deaths from |
| both a psychological and a physiological | | | | cardiovascular disease are due to smoking |
| habit. | | | | tobacco. Not to mention the increasingly high |
| | | | cost of cigarettes, which eats into smoker's |
| Some say that quitting smoking is harder than | | | | income. |
| going cold turkey to end a heroin addiction. | | | | |
| | | | It's even been shown that breathing near a |
| Many smokers kid themselves that 'they can | | | | smoker is dangerous. Passive exposure to |
| stop any time', but their minds think | | | | smoke has serious health consequences, |
| differently. | | | | including an increased risk of heart disease |
| | | | among adults. There are very many proven |
| Subconsciously, they yearn for nicotine, | | | | reasons why everyone should stop smoking, and |
| while their physiology also demands their | | | | very few benefits. |
| regular fix. Smokers have programmed their | | | | |
| minds to consider smoking as a pleasurable | | | | If you want to know how to quit smoking, you |
| ritual; it's something to do with their hands | | | | should definitely consider hypnosis.Research |
| while they are taking a break. | | | | shows that smokers have a success rate of up |
| | | | to 60 per cent when they use hypnotism to |
| While they consciously might be determined to | | | | stop smoking. |
| give up cigarettes, their subconscious minds | | | | |
| rule the roost and have been conditioned to | | | | Professional hypno-therapists have had good |
| enjoy and look forward to, the next smoke. | | | | success in helping smokers to break their |
| Deep down in their minds, they are hooked. | | | | nicotine addiction. The process is pleasant |
| | | | and easy, but individual sessions can be |
| So, no matter how hard they try to quit | | | | expensive. An alternative is to use a |
| smoking, they always fail because their minds | | | | professionally-recorded hypnosis CD to quit |
| are against them. In fact, research has shown | | | | smoking. You can listen to such a CD, by a |
| that the success rate for people using pure | | | | trained hypno-therapist, as often as you |
| willpower alone to quit smoking, is only six | | | | want, in the comfort of your own home. |
| percent - that means that 94 attempting to | | | | |
| quit out of 100, are doomed to fail. | | | | Hypnosis can be a valuable method to help |
| | | | smokers to reject their costly habit and |
| This is so, even when most smokers are aware | | | | addiction, by making them 'single minded' in |
| that tobacco smoking significantly increases | | | | their determination to live a healthier, and |
| the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke | | | | longer, life. |