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How many inner discussions have you had in your head about your smoking habit? How many times have you mentioned to family and friends that you want to stop but seem to go on smoking despite the health risks and the wasted money? And how many programs have you tried that just didn't succeed? If you are like most people addicted to smoking, you will remember such inner dramas and may have felt nothing will really work for you. Unless you tried NLP and hypnosis to quit smoking, you may have been correct.

If you honestly want to stop smoking, hypnosis is the rational choice for true cures. Smoking cessation hypnotherapy can zone in on the most significant issues that keep you smoking as well as giving you the tools and guidance to be successful for good. This is not stage entertainment that is good for laughs and tricks, but a reputable therapy approved by the AMA since 1958, and one with recognized certification and a strong code of ethics.

Treatment with hypnosis does not contradict personal morals and a responsible practitioner will protect your rights and privacy like any other medical professional. You do need a practitioner who is certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists and who supports their stringent code of ethics and professional conduct. Included in their code is making the physical and mental well-being of their client their main consideration. They also defend clients from mental, physical or verbal abuse, and refer any client as required.

A well trained practitioner has the training to address problem behavior, and hypnotherapy to quit smoking is the second most frequent type they practice. Using state of the art which may include the precision of NLP hypnosis and the ongoing support of self hypnosis stop smoking CD's as well as any physician directed approaches a physician might also prescribe for a patient. Using hypnosis does not mean other measures are prohibited, but they may not be needed at all.

The reason that skillfully used smoke cessation hypnotherapy is the most effective method to reach success is that it addresses the three basic factors in smoking. No method can truly work that does not address each issue totally and correct the problems each causes. Most people feel that the physical addiction to nicotine is the most important element and the most predominant problem, but this is simply not the case. If the addiction to the chemical called nicotine were the single reason for failure, most smokers would not fail four, five, six or even more times in their efforts to stop smoking for good.

Yes, nicotine is a horribly addictive substance and for most smokers the physical compulsion is very real and there are withdrawal symptoms that are also real. But did you know these last only a short time? In fact, every bit of nicotine is flushed out of the system in just three days or less! For many smokers, it is the fear of withdrawal discomforts and not the reality that causes the most dread and which may prevent even attempting to quit. Yet quitting without therapy has an average five percent success rate! Stop smoking hypnotherapy reduces fear of withdrawal symptoms and greatly reduces the effect of any that do result.

Another attribute of smoking is that it provides calming and comfort, just as sucking on a pacifier soothes and calms a baby. Many people treat stress and anxiety with some form of oral activity like smoking cigarettes or eating. Hypnotic relaxation can substitute for the comfort factor obtained from smoking cigarettes, which reduces the cravings and produces stop smoking benefits instead. The mind can be retrained to substitute the same perceptions from other activities that are positive, not negative. Neurolinguistic techniques can train the brain to remove any linkage between smoking cigarettes and comfort.

In conclusion, part of the smoking habit is plain old Pavlovian conditioning. Smokers learn to link smoking with certain activities, from the movie cliche of smoking immediately after physical relations to feeling the need for a cigarette while drinking or viewing television or chatting on the phone. Here quit smoking hypnosis can permanently sever the connection, and when the link is no longer there, there will be no cue to light a cigarette when the coffee is poured or the cocktail is served. The mind is conditioned to associate beneficial things with the former triggers, or to recall the advantages of quitting or the created by having the cigarette.

A highly qualified hypnotist will use both positive and negative associations to replace programmed associations with smoking, selecting those most compelling for an individual client. Self-Hypnosis to quit smoking is the only method that can fine tune the treatment to each of the three factors in smoking and eliminate them. Anyone knows quitting requires support, but only stop smoking hypnosis programs effectively make you your own instant and always available support system.

Alan B. Densky, CH pioneered the use of Neuro-VISION video hypnosis to stop smoking and received a U.S. Patent for his labors. He offers a range of stop smoking hypnotherapy CDs which produce efficient help. Visit him for Free stop smoking hypnosis videos and downloads.