| There are physical,
emotional, 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 teeth
Emotional:
* Non-smokers thinking of the habit as disgusting
* Not being in control of the habit
* Increasing pressure from society to quit
* A sense of guilt to give up
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:
The 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
Treatment:
Hypnotherapy is an therapy that is often helpful
for individuals wanting to quit smoking. Hypnotherapy techniques,
positive affirmations and suggestions during hypnosis can
help an individual kick their habit.
Current research using 6000 smokers (published
in the Journal of Applied Psychology), showed that hypnosis
was three times more effective than NRT.
With the wide publicity smoking has, there’s
a lot of help available. Individuals may find different techniques
work differently for them so it’s simply a case of finding
the best one for you.
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