If you are looking for hypnotherapy in Newcastle to stop smoking the very first step in quitting smoking is first of all have the desire to do so. People that are forced to quit smoking using many of the stop smoking products available unfortunately have an 80% failure rate. The want to quit has to be greater than the need to become successful. To become a successful non-smoker a support system must be put in to place which should include family members and friends to help keep your confidence levels up. Without a support system in place some people find it hard to overcome the cravings from nicotine withdrawal and unfortunately dont make it past the first few days. Using hypnosis to stop smoking people quickly discover that they do not have to feel anxious at all.​

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There are dozens of products on the market to help you quit smoking. The most popular that people choose are nicotine patches, nicotine gum and stop smoking inhalers. These products do help a very small percentage of people but unfortunately overall are not that effective in creating permanent change.

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Nicotine enhanced gum is also available but more as a craving curbing device than anything else. This gum does contain some nicotine but not enough to actually stop the cravings in most cases. The flavor of nicotine gum quickly wears off and the effect is generally lost within 30 minutes. Many smokers that are trying to quit combine nicotine gum with a mouth spray that contains nicotine but this method is also not a very effective way of giving up smoking. It gets in to the pores of your mouth and is supposed to last longer than the gum. Success is supposed to be increased when to two elements are combined at the right time.

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For those that have tried to quit several times and failed to stop they often try Chantix which is a prescribed medication that still allows a person to smoke for the first week that it is used. The company that produces Chantix claim that it is designed to slowly decrease cravings so that you become smoke-free within just a few weeks with no cravings. Many people discover that this is simply not true. As with any medication there can be side effects and some can be quite serious. The most common are feeling increased anxiety and irritability.

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There is also another stop smoking product that many people try without any major success which are electronic cigarettes, commonly known as e-cigarettes. Some do contain nicotine which we are told that its not enough nicotine to cause any further lung damage (personally I do not believe this). E-cigarettes come in many different flavors and emit water vapor. The down side to e-cigarettes is that they are very expensive and do require charging. In my opinion e-cigarettes do not break the psychological habits or behaviors of putting a cigarette to your mouth.

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As you can see from reading the above there are quite a few different ways that people use for quitting smoking. Some people have enough willpower on there own by going "cold turkey" to quit smoking and never smoke again. Most other people that have tried every other method to give up smoking that have failed quite often turn to hypnosis to stop smoking as a last resort. When they do I often hear people say that they wished that they had used hypnotherapy many years ago.

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If you have tried many of the stop smoking products on-line and still failed to give up smoking give me a call. I have a fantastic success rate using clinical hypnotherapy in Newcastle which my client will attest to. Do not just go to any other therapist because they are local to you. Stopping smoking is one of the most important things that you will do in your life. Do not put yourself in to the hands of someone that may be very inexperienced or just starting out in their career as a hypnotist (experience does count for everything). I have many years of full time experience in the field of hypnosis having helped many hundreds of people to stop smoking for good. If you want to give up smoking and require further help, advice or information give me a call at the Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy in North Shields near Newcastle upon Tyne.