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Stopping smoking with hypnosis better than other smoking cessation methods: a scientific study

It is a well-known fact that smoking causes heart and lung-related hospital admissions. In their attempt to reduce smoking and therefore, hospital admissions, a group at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, MA. did a study comparing the effects of trying to:

  • quit smoking by hypnosis
  • quit smoking by nicotine replacement therapy

Key takeaways:

  • After 6 months, 50% of the smokers treated with hypnosis were non-smokers.
  • And, 50% of the smokers treated with both hypnosis and nicotine replacement therapy were non-smokers after 6 months.
  • Plus, only 16% of the group treated with only the nicotine replacement therapy were non-smokers after 6 months.
  • They also found that patients admitted to the hospital with heart attacks, etc. are 3 times more likely to quit smoking. But, do your really want to wait that long?

Smoking patients who participated in one hypnotherapy session were more likely to be nonsmokers at 6 months compared with patients using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) alone or patients who quit "cold turkey."

 

Read more at:

American College of Chest Physicians (2007, October 24). Hypnotherapy For Smoking Cessation Sees Strong Results. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 18, 2009, from https://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2007/10/071022124741.htm.