does hypnosis work to stop smoking and how much does it cost?
357659
no it dont work...it's about $100-$150 per person
252840
Not very effective.  It is like smoking a very low tar and nicotine cigarette.  I smoked it so hard my jaws actually began to ache.  (Seriously).I am also trying to put an end to this ugly and unhealthy habit.  I am trying to find a hypmotist in my area.  Good Luck to you!
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The best way to stop smoking, according to randomised controlled trials, is counselling plus nicotine replacement therapy (ie nocotine patch 21 mcg per day). Zyban (oral tablet-bupropion) is the second most effective treatment.\n\nall others may work but have not been shown to be more effective than above.
274814
yes but Hypnosis is expensive and can only make one do what they want to do, your better off using meditation its self inflicted so is more effective and its free (bar the price of a book)
966944
I started taking Chantix Labor Day, and have gone about 2 months without a cigarette.  It is much more effective than Wellbutrin.  I find the anxiety levels none too overwhelming compared to other remedies, especially in that all-too-crucial first week.  Not only that, but you even continue to smoke when you start Chantix.  After a few days you start to realize the cigs aren't giving you that relief anymore because Chantix works by binding to and clogging your nicotine receptors.  It's easier to quit when the cigs don't give you that little high, because in reality they really don't taste all that good and you're only in it for the high in the first place.\n\nTalk to your doctor as Chantix is prescription only (I think they call it Champix in Europe, if that's where you are).  It cost me about $125 for a 1 month supply.
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Smoking Cessation Classes.\n\nCheck with area universities for them. Ask your health insurance about where to get them and if you get re-imbursed for them.\n\nMy mother used  hypnotherapy to lose weight once. The Hypnotist offered Smoking Cessation as well. You could try that too.\n\nI know a guy that just made up his mind on Great American Smoke-Out day to quit cold turkey. It worked for him, but you don't have to wait for the day to come around again. (Third Tuesday of November)
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This method works for me and is the only money back guaranteed.\nI quit smoking 2 years ago\n\n\nGet the Facts\nEasyway, founded by Allen Carr in 1983, has the highest independently verified 12-month success rate (75.8% for a smoker completing the program) of any quit smoking technique and a 90% satisfaction rating.\n\nCompare Easyway to other methods and see for yourself why Easyway is called “The Cadillac of quit smoking methods.”\n\nThe Allen Carr Method\nHOW THE METHOD WORKS\n\nUsing psychotherapy, the method works in the opposite way to the “willpower” method. It does not concentrate on the reasons the smoker should not smoke : the money, the slavery, the health risks and the stigma. Smokers know all that already. Instead it focuses on why smokers continue to smoke in spite of the obvious disadvantages.\n\nIt is fear that keeps smokers hooked!\n\nFear the smoker will have to give up their pleasure or crutch. Fear the smoker will be unable to enjoy life or handle stress. Fear the smoker will have to go through an awful trauma to get free. Fear the smoker will never get completely free from the craving.\n\nThe Method removes these fears\nSmokers quit with the Allen Carr Method as happy non-smokers, not feeling deprived but with a huge sense of relief and elation that they have finally achieved what they always wanted….\n\nTO BE FREE!\n\nWhat about the terrible withdrawal pangs from nicotine?\n\nThe physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that most smokers don’t realise that they are addicts. What smokers suffer when they try and quit using other methods is the misery and depression caused by the belief that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch.\n\nThe Allen Carr Method removes this feeling of deprivation.\nIt removes the need and desire to smoke. Once the smoker is in the right frame of mind and they follow the simple instructions, the physical withdrawal from nicotine is hardly noticeable.\n\nNo Gimmicks!\n\nThe Method does not use any gimmicks, useless aids or substitutes. No nicotine gum, patches, lozenges, tabs, inhilators or nasal sprays! No needles! No lasers! No drugs! No herbs! No shock treatment!\n\nThe Allen Carr Method is successful because:\n\nIt removes the smokers’ conflict of will.\nThere are no bad withdrawal pangs.\nIt is instantaneous and easy.\nIt is equally effective for long-term heavy smokers and light smokers.\nYou need not gain weight.\nYou will not miss smoking.\n\nMedical Endorsements\n\nA personal view from Professor Judith Mackay MBE, JP, FRCO (Edin), FRCP (Lon), World Health Organisation Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health\n\n“I have no hesitation in supporting Allen Carr’s work. Many clinics use some of his techniques but it would appear that few do it in quite such a successful package.”\n\nCarole Johnson, Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Unit, Tyne Tees\n\n“his success rate was such that, when budgets allow, we continue to use Easyway for work with specific groups and individuals.”\n\nDr Anil Visa BSc, MBBch., FRCA, Consultant – Royal Hospitals NHS Trust – Royal London Hospital\n\n“I have observed the Allen Carr method at first hand and have found it to be very successful and I wholeheartedly support it as an effective way to quit smoking.”\n\nDr William Green, Head of Psychiatric Dept, Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong\n\n“It is a remarkable fact that Allen Carr, on his own admission a non-professional in behaviour modification, should have succeeded where countless psychologists and psychiatrists holding postgraduate qualifications have failed, in formulating a simple and effective way to stop smoking.”\n\nDr Martin Jarvis, Principle Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research\nFund and Reader in Health Psychology, University College London\n\n”...I am more than happy to testify to Allen Carr’s enduring involvement and to recognise the value of the kind of behavioural and cognitive support he provides.”\n\nDr PM Bray MB CH.b., MRCGP\n\n“I
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A friend of my mother in law went to a hypnotist....it worked....he walked out of there and has NEVER had a craving....its been about 13 years now.
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Will power helps one quit any kind of addiction including smoking. What hypnotism simply does is increasing and concentrating that will power for a certain outcome like in your question for smoking.
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First, I cut down to about 6 per day. Then I just stopped cold turkey. I didn't tell anyone I was quitting until weeks after my last cigarette. That way, I wasn't constantly reminded of it. I worked in restaurants, so I acted really busy when the other people in the kitchen went out for smoke breaks. No one asked me about it for three weeks. Quitting was so much easier than I ever thought it would be. It's been two years. I haven't cheated, and I don't want to. I get sick much less often now, and when I do get a cold, it just lasts a couple days. I really support the cold turkey method, but you have to find a way to get cigarettes off your mind while you're quitting. Good luck. Someday soon, you'll be happy to know you're a nonsmoker.
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There's loads of different herbal based products here http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Health/Substance_Abuse/Smoking_Cessation/Other/ (not sure if that's allowed but it lists loads of products relevant to your question).\n\nHypnotherapy has worked for many people I know although never for a long period, thing is if you can get past those first few weeks and remain determined it should work.
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I haven't, but a friend of mine did.  She went to the hypnotist and he put her under (her husband went with her to make sure nothing funny went on).  I'm not sure what he said or did, but she said that she never had another craving or desire for a cigarette from the time she walked out of his office.  A week later, her husband went for a session. Neither one of them have smoked since, and that was 15 years ago.
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You might find some testamonials... but you're looking at people who probably succumbed to the placebo effect.  You'd have just a good chance as eating a couple of M&M's (sugarpills).\n\nThere is NO scientific evidence that acupuncture works to help quit smoking.  Yet, these lasers supposedly work along the same lines as acupuncture.  Are you beginning to smell a bad odor here?  That's because it's Bullhsit!
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it will help stimulate the release of endorphins, our very own natural body chemical which helps with the relief of pain and stress. Studies have shown that nicotine releases endorphins to the smoker, which gives them a sense of relaxation. When a smoker tries to quit, it is that sudden drop in their own endorphin level that leads to severe withdrawal symptoms, cravings, irritability and stress. Our treatment increases the endorphin level and at the same time restores balance, therefore greatly either reducing or even completely eliminating the withdrawal symptoms associated with quitting smoking.  \n see more at http://www.nomoresmoke.com/\nbeside that my mom has tried it and she been smoke free for almost 7 month.
184129
My dad smoked for 35 years, went to a hypnotist, and hasn't smoked a cigarette since.  That was over 10 years ago.
418062
no no no no, it's another scam.. you must use an alternative to smoking if you can't quit by will.. Get the gum first, shew as much as you want at the beginning so you don't crave cigs, give it time, you can't quit in a week or a month, use it for 3 months then alternate between nicotine gum and regular gum to phase the addiction out. this will rid of your psy addiction and then physical dependancy. It's cheeper to start with.
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I think it would depend on the person.People respond to hynosis differently. I know people who went and got hypnotized to quit smoking and it didn't even work for 1 day....but, it may work for some.