Stop smoking Milton Keynes

Stop smoking – You know you want to but you don’t know how or you put it off and off and off.  Now is the right time as Hypnotherapy is a therapy that is often helpful if you really want to quit smoking.

*Research comparing many different studies of hypnotherapy has shown that on average smokers are over five times more likely to break the habit with hypnosis than by willpower alone.  Hypnotherapy in general is also proven to be more than twice as effective when compared with nicotine gum.

If you really want to stop smoking then one session of hypnotherapy combined with psychotherapy (CBT) and NLP (neuro linguistic programming)  may be all you need.

You will find me on the Central Register of Stop Smoking Therapists which is administered by the General Hypnotherapy Register.

What you will gain by kicking the habit!

What clients say following their session (the original testimonials are available to view)

Not sure if I missed a call from you recently but I was calling you to let you know I had actually stopped smoking! I am now on day 30!

Lindsay

It is almost 6 weeks now since I had a cigarette following my visit to Set Your Mind Free Hypnotherapy.  After chatting with Leigh and her asking me some probing questions about my reasons for quitting, I had a lightbulb moment when I recognised my main reason for stopping was to see my Grandson grow up.  It's not been a "walk in the park" - changing habits never is, but I have now saved over £200 which I am investing in Premium Bonds so I can see the money mounting up and have a chance of a big win.

Thank you again,  I do feel much better for giving up and have a pot of money growing by the day. :o)

Wendy 

Satisfaction guaranteed you have nothing to lose!

Half your money back if you are not happy with the treatment.  You have to want to stop smoking to succeed, but hypnotherapy can help dramatically.  We are so confident that you will find our package of treatment beneficial that we guarantee to refund half your payment if you are not satisfied with the quality of service provided by us within the first 6 weeks**

(*subject to attending a "Stop Smoking Reinforcement” session prior to any refund)

To quit smoking either phone Leigh on 01908 265410 or e-mail leigh@setyourmindfree.co.uk

What clients say following their session (the original testimonials are available to view)

I came to see Leigh for quitting smoking on the 5th February this year.  I became a non smoker the minute I left her therapy room and I am pleased to report that 7 months later I have still not touched a cigarette and that is in spite of other people around me continuing to smoke.  I know that I am a non smoker now for life and that I will live to see my Grandchildren grow up.  Thank you Leigh you have prolonged my life.

Gary

Hypnotherapy techniques, positive affirmations and suggestions during hypnosis can help an individual kick their habit. *A study presented in October 2007 at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, found that hypnosis was more than twice as effective as quitting “cold turkey,” and over three times as effective as nicotine replacement therapy.

The study compared four smoking cessation programmes used by former hospital patients who were motivated to quit. 50% of patients using hypnosis quit successfully after only one hypnosis session with recorded sessions for follow-up, while only 15.78% of those using nicotine replacement quit successfully.

 What clients say following their session (the original testimonials are available to view)

I stopped smoking with Leigh and now I am a very proud non-smoker. I was so pleased with the ease at which I was able to stop that I have now booked further therapy for other lifestyle issues with Leigh.

I am a big believer in hypnotherapy and am living proof that it works!

Ruth

Pointers that say "it's time to quite"

•    Before you retire for the night do you ensure you have enough cigarettes for the morning, and if not you go out late at night searching for somewhere still open so you can buy some.

•    Your friends, family and colleagues have told you that your clothing, hair and breath stink.

•    You are continually trying to mask the smell of cigarettes with gum, deodorant, perfumes etc. If you aren’t embarrassed about your smoking habit why are you always trying to hide it?

•    You sit in meetings  / cinema / theatre / social events focused only on getting to the break so you can rush outside to smoke?

•    Your kids keep telling you to quit because they are worried about your health? You worry about the example you are setting them.

•    You are getting fed up having to go outside to smoke at pubs, clubs and restaurants, you realise just how unsociable it is to smoke.

•    Have you noticed what cigarettes are doing to your looks?  Do you look shallow / grey?  Do you have lines around your mouth?  The continuous lip pressure on a cigarette has now begun to add years to the look of your face. Squinting to keep the smoke out of your eyes is resulting in extra lines around your eyes, making you look older than your years.

 Who is in control? You or cigarettes?

The truth is that a tube of paper, about the size of your little finger, stuffed with tobacco is controlling your life.  Isn’t it time to regain that control?

With Hypnotherapy there are no pills, patches, gimmicks and no extended periods of withdrawal. Issues surrounding the cigarette habit are dealt with so that you are free of the need to smoke. And just to remind you, stopping smoking, like any addiction, is not about using will-power. It is about changing expectations. You are not addicted to nicotine; you are addicted to the unconscious expectations of what you think cigarettes give you, i.e., help you relax, socialise, feel more confident, control your weight etc. When you change your expectations you don’t need any addictive substance or behaviour anymore. 

Hypnosis: Reinforcement of the power of hypnotherapy for stopping smoking.
One of the largest pieces of research* on the effectiveness of smoking cessation approaches (combining 600 studies covering 72,000 people) concluded that hypnosis is by far the most effective. Success rates were found to be:

Willpower: 6%

Self-help books: 9%

Nicotine gum: 10%

Nicotine Patches: 21% (based on just 30 day. Yes if you quit for 30 days with nicotine replacement products they deem their products a success). What happens if you start smoking again on day 31? 

Hypnosis 60%: –  and combined with techniques, such as NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) and Tapping, success rates are now over 80%. Indeed, according to New Scientist Magazine, “Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit. Willpower it turns out, counts for very little.”

*To find the most effective method to stop smoking, Frank Schmidt from the University of Iowa used a meta-analysis, utilising the results of more than 600 studies totalling nearly 72,000 people. The results which were published in the Journal of Applied Psychology and included “48 studies of hypnosis covering 6000 smokers, clearly showed that hypnosis was three times more effective than nicotine replacement therapy.”

What clients say following their session (the original testimonials are available to view)

It made me feel cool at the age of 16, smoking my way through those first few packets of cigarettes, friends and family trying to warn me of what lay on the path ahead. Wish I listened and never lit those first cigarettes. I’m 31 now, and after around 6 years of attempts, using almost every different method available to find my way out of the nicotine trap,  such as patches, gum, micro tabs, prescribed champix tablets, Allen Carr’s ‘Easy way’, good old will power, nothing seemed to stick.

Then I decided to try Hypnotherapy, looked online and found Leigh’s site. After filling in a few simple forms and emailing them back to her so she could make a plan, I was at the hands of a real expert in their field. The whole experience was very comfortable, and her plan with hypnosis was I thought, very clever indeed. Stopped smoking in an instant, and looked forward and enjoyed breaking free with little to no withdrawal symptoms.

I’ve now been a non-smoker for around 10 weeks, confidently knowing I’ll never touch another cigarette again. I therefore without hesitation recommend Leigh to anyone who really wants to quit smoking.

Dale 

About 10 million adults smoke cigarettes in the UK and smoking is one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK mainly due to cancers, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and heart disease. Figures show that approximately 106,000 people in the UK die from smoking related diseases every year. Smoking not only affects the health of the individual who smokes, but the health of anyone else who breaths in the smoke around them (known as passive smoking). Smokers only inhale about 15% of the smoke from cigarettes, with the other 85% being absorbed into the atmosphere, or inhaled by other people.(Statistics from NHS Direct)

Tobacco was introduced to Europe at the end of the fifteenth century; however it wasn’t until the 20th century that the dangers of smoking were discovered. Tobacco smoke contains over 4000 chemical components and smoking has been associated with more than 50 diseases, many of which are fatal. About 30% of all cancer deaths are caused by smoking, and other health problems include lung cancer and other lung diseases, such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, heart disease, osteoporosis, infertility, early menopause and strokes.

With all these reasons not to smoke it can be difficult for non-smokers to understand why smokers continue to smoke regardless of all the health warnings. About 70% of smokers say they want to quit but don’t believe they are able to. However, around 50% of all smokers do eventually manage to give up once they try. Smokers become addicted to nicotine, which is a habit forming drug, and soon smoking becomes a habit; the more an individual smokes the more nicotine they need to become satisfied. Many smokers also relate smoking to other things such as drinking, driving, eating or talking on the phone. These then become triggers, which make smoking even harder to resist.

If you are a smoker, giving up the habit is the greatest single step you can do to improve your health. Within 10 to15 years of giving up smoking, an ex-smoker will only be slightly more likely to develop lung cancer than a non-smoker. The effects of smoking have been widely publicised and since 1st July 2007 virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces in England have been smoke free. It is now against the law to smoke inside pubs, bars, nightclubs, cafes and restaurants, lunch rooms, membership clubs and shopping centres

There are physical, social and financial reasons to quit:

Physical:

•    Fatal diseases and illnesses
•    Lack of energy and poor circulation
•    Poor concentration
•    Shortness of breath and wheezing
•    Reduced fertility
•    Dull skin and damaged taste buds
•    Premature wrinkling
•    Nicotine stained fingers and stained teet

Social:

•    Polluting the air
•    Putting others at risk from passive smoking
•    Damaged clothes and home
•    Increased risk of fire in the home

 Financial:

•    An individual who has smoked 20 a day for the last 10 years will have spent approximately £20,000 on smoking.

Causes:

There are many reasons why individuals may smoke; some of the common ones are likely to be:

•    Peer pressure from others
•    Boredom
•    Self-expression
•    The need to experiment

The Reality:

• People who quit smoking, regardless of age, live longer than people who continue to smoke.

• Smokers who quit before age 50 halve the risk of dying in the next 15 years compared with those who continue to smoke.

• Quitting smoking substantially decreases the risk of cancer of the lung, larynx, pharynx, oesophagus, mouth, pancreas, bladder and cervix.

• Every year 106,000 smokers in the UK die as a result of their habit. That’s about 300 every day!

• Smoking causes thirty per cent of all cancer deaths (including at least 80% of lung cancer deaths), 17% of all heart disease deaths and at least 80% of deaths from bronchitis and emphysema.

• It is estimated that between 25 and 30 per cent of all cancers in developed countries are tobacco-related. From the results of studies conducted in Europe, Japan and North America, between 83 and 92 per cent of lung cancers in men, and between 57 and 80 per cent of lung cancers in women, are attributable to cigarette smoking. Between 80 and 90 per cent of cancers arising in the oesophagus, larynx and oral cavity are related to the effects of tobacco.

• Tobacco can kill in many different ways apart from lung cancer and other forms of cancer. There is heart disease, strokes and chronic bronchitis and other respiratory diseases.

• Smokers have three times the death rate in middle age (between the ages of 35 and 69) than non-smokers and about half of regular cigarette smokers will eventually be killed by their habit. Many of these are not particularly heavy smokers but they can be characterised by having started smoking while a teenager. Half of the deaths from tobacco will take place in middle age (35-69) and each will lose approximately 20-25 years of non-smokers life expectancy: the remaining half of the deaths will take place after the age of 70. However, there is clear and consistent evidence that stopping smoking before having cancer or some other serious disease avoids most of the later excess risk of death from tobacco even if smoking stops in middle age.