Smoke Your Last Cigarette
Are you struggling with cravings? Does it seem that no matter how hard you try not to smoke, you just have to have another cigarette? There is an alternative...healthy and safe way to control your cravings! Click here for info.
The World Health Organization and the Surgeon General know quite well scare tactics don’t work. Warnings on cigarette packs and the WHO study that says tobacco makes 5.4 million kills per year are no match to nicotine addiction. Cigarette smoke carries tar, which contains more than 1,000 chemicals, including more than 60 compounds that are known to cause cancer, but for most nicotine addicts, only death or terminal disease can make them stop smoking.
Quitting smoking is quit hard. Smoking cessation usually causes short-term effects, such as cough, rhinorrhea (runny nose), increased susceptibility to upper respiratory tract infections, increased irritability, depression, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, difficulty concentrating and increased appetite. These side effects, however, are minor compared to the health benefits of smoking cessation.
A smoker who can’t muster enough will power to beat the habit can significantly improve his chances at successfully doing so with several smoking-cessation aids. A smoker can try nicotine patches, gums lozenges, sprays and inhalers. He can call up any of the support groups or read self-help books. He can smoke tobacco-free herbal cigarettes, take kava- or chamomile-based preparations, or try aromatherapy and vaporizers. Others suggest laser therapy, acupuncture, even spirituality. But there’s a popular new kid on the block: hypnotherapy.
Contemporary research suggests that hypnosis is actually a wakeful state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility, with diminished peripheral awareness. Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy. Physicians and psychiatrists may use hypnosis to help treat depression, anxiety, eating disorders, sleep disorders, compulsive gaming, and post traumatic stress disorder. Of course, it also works for people who want to stop smoking.
There is a lot of debate regarding whether or not hypnosis quit-smoking treatments are actually useful in the long term. The consensus arrived at after much research, however, is that hypnotic treatments are as effective as other support tools and techniques that help people quit smoking. During a hypnosis session, the therapist may repeat certain phrases discussing the unhealthy nature of smoking, and he or she may give certain cues that help the patient avoid or deal with his or her cravings.
The best thing about hypnotherapy is that it does not introduce any new drug into your system. As they say, it’s all in the mind. Amazingly, you don’t even have to find a hypnotherapist to try it. Certified hypnotherapists Jesse Berg and Steven B. Schneider have created the ‘Quit Smoking Hypnosis MP3.’ They won’t guarantee any miracle but if you listen to the audio, you’ll feel different the next time you take a drag on that cigarette, if you still can.
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