Stop Smoking Hypnosis Rates

Most every smoker wants to quit at some point in time. Although the anti-smoking campaign isn't quite up to par, most smokers know that cigarette and pipe smoking leads to disease. In fact, 90% of all lung cancers are caused by smoking. So with such astounding scientific medical evidence available, why do they continue to smoke? The uncomplicated sass is nicotine. The more complicated sass is behavioral conditioning, otherwise, known as "the habit". Both are very considerable contributors to the continuation of smoking in our society. Add to this the cultural aspect connected with smoking and you have a very considerable formula for addiction.

However, there are some scientifically studied stop smoking aids ready for smokers to use. There's nicotine replacement therapy which hopes to supplant the nicotine found in the tobacco. But it has only a slightly great success rate than quitting cold turkey. Then there's Chantix and Zyban, both considered non-nicotine pills. These use different pathways to achieve smoking cessation, but many are afraid to use them because of their potential side-effects on a person's behavior.

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So, there are options ready for population that do have proven levels of success. But what about the alternative forms of therapy ready for smokers? We read a lot about liquids and shots that have some mysterious mix of chemicals and herbs. Those aren't in fact studied scientifically, so we won't criticism on them here.

Hypnosis though, is an piquant art to look at. I recently spoke to a hypnotist in Dallas and asked her if she had any clinical studies that looked at the effectiveness of hypnosis as a tool for smoking cessation. She told me there were no scientific journals for hypnotism and she herself had not been able to find any published articles on the subject. She did tell me though, that she had a pretty high rate of smoking cessation at her practice. She claimed the results of her hypnosis to quit smoking was above 50%. Now I don't know if those clients remained smoke-free for say, at least 6 months or not, and she didn't offer any more data than that.

However, I do know that most in the scientific society feel the success rate for hypnosis is right colse to that of quitting cold turkey - or somewhere in the middle of 3 - 8%. In fact, a new narrative was published out of New Zealand, reviewing 11 studies which compared hypnotherapy with 18 different operate cessation methods. The researchers terminated that hypnotherapy had no greater effect on 6-month quit rates than other stop smoking methods or no formula (cold turkey). Finally, they state that randomized controlled studies did not sustain the claims of uncontrolled studies which claim hypnotherapy as a superior stop smoking method.

What does this mean? Well, it means that hypnotherapy might or might not have a opening to help a smoker quit. Many population are desperate to quit and will try anything. Maybe, just maybe hypnosis is the key to unlocking their potential to quit. However, I wouldn't expect it to be productive for everyone. As I've said all along, it is leading to match your stop smoking aid with your addiction, personality and behavioral tendencies. If you are one of those holistic people, then maybe hypnosis is right up your alley.

Stop Smoking Hypnosis Rates