Smoking Cessation

Its surprisingly easy to stop smoking when you know how.

One in two long-term smokers will die from a smoking related illness. The dangers of smoking have been studied and analyzed for years. The detrimental effect of smoking on people’s health and their activities is now public knowledge. Smoking is a habit and an addiction to nicotine. Hypnotherapy works at eliminating the desire to smoke, whether it is from association or addiction, the two principle reasons for smoking.

Association is the most common and usually accompanied by Addiction craving the taste of tobacco and the feelings received from nicotine . Smoking is both a physical and mental process. So to be effective, the smoking cessation program addresses both aspects.

Hypnotherapy can help you stop smoking in four ways:

(1) by helping you discover the subconscious needs that smoking fills for you,
(2) by reinforcing alternative means of meeting those needs,
(3) by creating a strong image of yourself as a non-smoker, and
(4) by serving as a means of relaxation during the cravings for nicotine withdrawal.

Here’s What Happens When You Stop Smoking

Immediately air around you no longer dangerous to children and other adults.
20 minutes blood pressure returns to normal.
Pulse rate returns to normal.
Temperature in hands and feet increases to normal.
8 hours carbon monoxide level in blood returns to normal.
Oxygen level in blood increases to normal.
24 hours chance of heart attack decreases.
48 hours sense of smell and taste improves.
2 to 12 weeks Circulation improves.
Breathing improves.
Walking becomes easier.
1 to 9 months Coughing and sinus congestion decreases.

Shortness of breath decreases.
Overall energy increases.
Lungs increase ability to self-clean and reduce infection.
1 year Risk of premature coronary heart disease is half the risk of a smoker.
5 years Risk of stroke comparable to that of a non-smoker.
10 years Life expectancy comparable to a non-smoker.
Lung cancer death rate is about half the rate of a smoker.
Risk of cancer of mouth, throat, oesophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas decrease.
15 years risk of coronary heart disease comparable to that of a non-smoker.
Before age 50 risk of dying in the next 15 years decreases by 50 percent compared to continuing smokers.