There are many reasons why you should give up smoking but the most important is your health.

Quite simply you are going to die prematurely sometimes a very long and slow lingering death caused by some of over 4000 chemicals that are found in cigarette smoke. You might even have an arm or a leg cut off before this happens due to the shutdown of your peripheral circulatory system.

However we are not here to frighten you but to help you to

STOP SMOKING.

We try and do this with you in one session as we know from experience that you are either a smoker or a NON-SMOKER.

Trying to cut down just does not work. The session takes a bit longer than normal and can last anything between an hour and a half to two hours depending on the patient.

Hypnosis is one of the best methods of helping you to STOP SMOKING because you are not introducing nicotine into your system by the use of patches or chewing gum.

Patches and gum are just another way of introducing nicotine into your system to try and satisfy the cravings induced by the nicotine. Nicotine is more addictive than heroin can be.

It must be stressed though that Hypnosis is not a panacea that cures all and it is not some kind of miracle cure that can be taken like a pill for a quick solution to the problem.

Overall you must want to give up smoking and leave it in the past for yourself.

You and only you must want give up smoking. If you are being pushed into this by family or friends then hypnosis or any other method will not work.

The unconscious mind cannot be made to do something that it does not want to do.

Scientific Facts:

• Nicotine is a drug. It is the substance in tobacco that keeps you hooked.
• Nicotine is the most prevalent psychoactive drug.
• Nicotine is second only to alcohol as the most abused substance.
• Each cigarette delivers about 6mg to 8mg of nicotine.
• The amount of nicotine entering the lungs, oral cavity, and gastrointestinal system, is increased by smoking (about 90% is absorbed into your body!).
• The nicotine particles act on every cell (all your organs are made of little units called cells) in your body.
• There are no healthy benefits from taking nicotine.
• In your body, nicotine can increase salivation (makes you drool), increase stomach acid and motility (gives you heartburn and diarrhea), and increase heart rate and blood pressure.

 The Anatomy of an Addiction:

• Nicotine addiction is when a person psychologically, physically, and/or socially has a compulsive need for the substance.
• There is a persistent craving for nicotine.
• The amount and frequency with which a nicotine product is used continually increases (for example, a person now feels the need to smoke 2 packs/day, instead of 1 pack/day).
• In your brain nicotine can act as a psychomotor stimulant, increase alertness, increase concentration, increase attention, and can make you less hungry.
• Nicotine use continues, even though the dangerous health risks are known.
• There have been repeated unsuccessful attempts to quit.
• Repeated use produces tolerance and dependence (you're addicted and can't live without the stuff) in as little as a week! Seventy percent of those who quit relapse in one year.
• Claims of being unable to quit due to sickness, weight gain, and/or cravings for nicotine, when there is no usage. This often means nicotine is being used to avoid the withdrawal syndrome.
• People experience withdrawal symptoms - severe discomfort, even illness - when they try to quit. So when you're not smoking you might become irritable, have less concentration, gain some weight, feel tremors, but the worst side effects are those intense cravings for "just another puff."
• Withdrawal occurs within several hours of your last fix and is about 1 week long (unfortunately, the cravings and weight gain may last a little longer). This is what stops many people from being able to quit.
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