Stop Smoking

Hypnosis can be highly effective for eliminating bad habits such as smoking, and can greatly reduce or stop the withdrawal symptoms usually associated with quitting.

Don't light that butt! Have you ever been so desparate for a cigarette that you have dug around in the ashtray to find a butt you could still smoke? Don't put off quitting any longer - sign up for the Stop Smoking Now program today!

Stop Smoking Now!

This is a four-session program designed to support you in becoming a non-smoking, fresh-air breather. Using a variety of techniques, you will learn self-hypnosis and deep breathing techniques to support you along the way as well as some useful tips and tricks to build motivation and reduce stress. This package includes a self-hypnosis CD to use at home.

Session 1 (Day 1): This includes an intake interview to find out your reasons for smoking, and more importantly your reasons and motivation for quitting. This will be followed by a pre-talk and a 40-minute hypnosis session. You will be given some "homework" to do and before Session 2 will have been tobacco-free for 24 hours.

Session 2 (Day 4): You may only progress to this session if you have been tobacco-free for 24 hours. If you are unable to take this step, you are not ready for this program and should start again when you are! This session includes creating an aversion to cigarettes (or whatever form of tobacco you use), meaning that tobacco will be associated with unpleasant feelings from now on.

Session 3 (Day 11): This session builds on your good work, reinforcing the benefits of not smoking, and focuses on de-stressing and building up your motivation and will-power even more.

Session 4 (Two weeks after Session 3): At this point you will have been tobacco-free for at least 3 weeks. Well done! ... If you like, you can schedule a "booster" session every few months just to reinforce your new healthy behaviors.

NEW! Stop Smoking Now program available on CD. This two-CD set contains a Pre-Session Talk and three hypnosis and guided relaxation sessions lasting 30-40 minutes each, plus accompanying documentation. Everything you need to stop smoking and stay a non-smoker! See the Online Store for more details and to purchase.

Ten good reasons for you to stop smoking today!

1. Smoking related diseases claim an estimated 419,000 American lives each year.
2. Cigarettes contain at least 43 distinct cancer-causing chemicals.
3. Secondhand smoke is classified as a known human carcinogen, responsible for at least 3,000 lung cancer deaths annually.
4. 20 minutes after a smoker quits, the pulse, blood pressure and temperature of the hands and feet become normal.
5. 8 hours later blood oxygen increases to acceptable norms; carbon monoxide levels go down.
6. 48 hours later there is an improved ability to smell and taste; nerve endings start to re-grow.
7. 2 weeks to 3 months later walking becomes easier, circulation improves, lung function attains a 30% gain.
8. 1 year later the excess risk of smoking-related heart disease drops by 50%!
9. On average, a smoker spends $125.00 to $250.00 per month on cigarettes. My Stop Smoking Now! program will cost you $350. Think how much money you will save in one year.
10. The IRS will let you write off your stop smoking program as an approved medical expense deduction on your Federal income taxes. See their entry under Stop Smoking Programs.