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Stop Smoking....Hypnosis Most Effective Says Largest Study Ever:
3 Times Effectiveness of Patch and 15 Times Willpower.
Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit. A meta-analysis, statistically combining results of more than 600 studies of 72,000 people from America and Europe to compare various methods of quitting. On average – hypnosis was over three times as effective as nicotine replacement methods and 15 times as effective as trying to quit alone.
University of Iowa
Journal of Applied Psychology
How One in Five Give Up Smoking October 1992
(Also New Scientist October 10, 1992)
Schmidt, Chockalingam
More Effective Than Drug Interventions
Group hypnosis, evaluated at a less effective success rate than individualized hypnosis (at 22%). However, still demonstrated here as more effective than drug interventions.
Ohio State University,
College of Nursing, Columbus 43210, USA
Descriptive outcomes of the American Lung Association of Ohio hypnotherapy smoking cessation program.
Ahijevych K, Yerardi R, Nedilsky N.
Hypnosis Patients Twice As Likely To Quit
Study of 71 smokers showed that after a two-year follow up,
patients that quit with hypnosis were twice as likely to still be smoke-free than those who quit on their own.
Guided health imagery for smoking cessation and long-term abstinence.
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2005; 37:3, pages 245-250
81% Reported They Had Stopped Smoking
Thirty smokers enrolled in an HMO were referred by their primary physician for treatment. Twenty-one patients returned after an initial consultation and received hypnosis for smoking cessation. At the end of treatment, 81% of those patients reported that they had stopped smoking, and 48% reported abstinence at 12 months post-treatment.
Texas A&M University
System Health Science Center College of Medicine, USA.
Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2004 Jan;52(1):73-81.
Clinical hypnosis for smoking cessation: preliminary results of a three-session intervention. Elkins GR Rajab MH
87% Reported Abstinence Using Hypnosis
A field study of 93 male and 93 female CMHC outpatients examined the facilitation of smoking cessation by using hypnosis. At 3-mo. follow-up, 86% of the men and 87% of the women reported continued abstinence using hypnosis.
Performance by gender in a stop-smoking program combining hypnosis and aversion.
Johnson DL, Karkut RT.
Adkar Associates, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana.
Psychol Rep. 1994 Oct;75(2):851-7.
PMID: 7862796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
90% Success Rate With Hypnosis
Authors report a success rate in smoking abstinence of over 90% with hypnosis.
MMW Fortschr Med. 2004 May 13;146(20):16.
Klager, R.
[Article in German]
PMID: 15344725 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
95% Success Rate Using Hypnosis With NLP
A comparison of hypnosis to quit smoking and hypnosis combined with NLP reported a 95% success rate using hypnosis combined with NLP and 51% using hypnosis alone.
Smoke Free International's Proprietary Method
Smoke Free International
http://www.smokefreeinternational.com/report.php
90.6% Success Rate Using Hypnosis
Of 43 consecutive patients undergoing this treatment protocol, 39 reported remaining abstinent at follow-up (6 months to 3 years post-treatment). This represents a 90.6% success rate using hypnosis.
University of Washington School of Medicine,
Depts. of Anesthesiology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2001 Jul;49(3):257-66. Barber J.
Freedom from smoking: integrating hypnotic methods and rapid smoking to facilitate smoking cessation.
The Urge to Smoke Depends on the Expectation of Smoking.
Addiction. 2002 Jan;97(1):87-93.
Dols M, van den Hout M, Kindt M, Willems B
Department of Medical, Clinical and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. M.Dols@dep.unimaas.nl
AIMS: An earlier study (Dols et al. 2000) suggested that cue-induced urge to smoke depends on the expectation of smoking. The present study tried to replicate the findings under stringently controlled conditions. DESIGN: A 2 (context) x 2 (cues) x 6 (trial) within-subject design. Each smoker entered two different contexts; one context predicted the future occurrence of smoking (i.e. one puff of a cigarette) and one context predicted the non-occurrence of smoking. In each context smokers were exposed to smoking cues (i.e. cigarettes and lighter) or not. SETTING: Laboratory at Maastricht University. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-two daily smokers, smoking at least five cigarettes a day for at least 2 years. MEASUREMENTS: Participants reported their urge to smoke in each context in the presence and absence of smoking cues using a computerized visual analogue scale (VAS). FINDINGS: The results revealed that the urge to smoke was higher in a context in which smoking was expected relative to a context in which it was not expected. As in the previous study the urge-inducing effect of smoking cues was larger in the smoking context than in the non-smoking context. Moreover, smoking cues did not have a significant effect in the non-smoking context. CONCLUSIONS: It was shown that smoking cues elicit craving due mainly to a generated expectation of the occurrence of smoking and less due to salience or long history of associative learning. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.
Hypnosis, Behavioral Theory, and Smoking Cessation.
J Dent Educ. 2001 Apr;65(4):340-7.
Covino NA, Bottari M.
Department of Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. ncovino@caregroup.harvard.edu
Although nicotine replacement and other pharmacological treatments head the list of popular interventions for smoking cessation, approaches based on psychology can also assist smokers. Hypnosis, suggestion, and behavior therapies have been offered to patients and studied experimentally for several decades. Although no single psychological approach has been found to be superior to others, psychological interventions contribute significantly to successful treatment outcome in smoking cessation. This article describes common hypnotic and behavioral approaches to smoking cessation and critically reviews some of the findings from clinical and experimental research studies. The authors also offer suggestions regarding treatment and future research.
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