Stop Smoking

Can Hypnosis Get Me to Quit Smoking?

It’s no wonder why so many people want to quit smoking. A 2019 research showed that it’s the top cause of preventable illness and death in the world.

Stopping can improve your health, but for many people, quitting is a huge challenge. There are many methods and products for quitting smoking. One that gets a fair amount of attention is hypnosis.

When considering hypnosis to stop smoking, the first thing to do is to make sure you are ready and are choosing to quit for yourself. Hypnotherapy for smoking has been found to be most effective when the person really wants to quit and is determined in succeeding.

The reason hypnosis works so well is easy to understand. Smoking, like all habits, is controlled by the unconscious part of the mind and clinical hypnotherapy can help you to control the habit and all the cravings.

Why stop smoking?

Smoking increases the risk of developing a wide range of health ailments and diseases. But unfortunately, the habit doesn’t only harm the smoker’s health, it can also have a negative impact on the people around them.

If smoking around children and babies, for example, they become vulnerable to many smoking-related health problems, such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and the risk of cot death will increase.

Common smoking-related illnesses include:

  • Infertility – Smoking affects the fertility of men and women, making it difficult to conceive.
  • Gum disease – As well as staining, smoking can cause premature tooth loss due to gum disease.
  • Heart disease – The UK’s ‘biggest killer’. Nearly one in six cases are smoking-related.
  • Lung cancer – More than eight in 10 cases of lung cancer are directly related to smoking.
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