Stop Smoking
the dangers of continuing smoking
Of all risk – taking behaviour, smoking is the most dangerous
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease is the main cause of of death due to smoking–taking more than 40,000 lives every year.
heart attack
A smoker is three times more likely to have a heart attack than a non – smoker.
heart bypass
Nine out of ten people who require a heart bypass operation are smokers or have been.
killer
Smoking kills more than 120,000 people in the UK every year ( average of 300 plus a day). Smoking is linked to at least 14 different kinds of cancer, particularly affecting the liver, oesophagus and stomach.
pregnancy risk
Pregnant women smokers are more likely to experience stillbirth, infant death, underweight baby.
blood pressure
Smoking causes high blood pressure, a major risk factor for coronary heart disease.
light smoking risk
Even smoking a few cigarettes a day puts you at greater risk, and the more you smoke the more the likelihood of a heart attack.
cholesterol
Nicotine in cigarettes increases the amount of a blood cholesterol. Arteries can clog up with fatty tissue, leading to cardiovascular disease.
A British Heart Foundation survey showed that fewer than 19% of people realise that the greatest risk faced by smokers is heart circulatory disease. Stopping smoking is one of the most important things you can do to reduce that risk. Stopping.smoking will allow the heart to work more efficiently.
the benefits of stopping smoking
within 20 minutes Your blood pressure drops to normal, pulse rate drops to normal, and the temperature of your hands and feet returns to normal.
within 8 hours Carbon monoxide level in the blood drops and oxygen increases, so you will feel more energetic and less tired.
within 24 hours The chance of a heart attack starts to decrease.
within 48 hours Nerve endings start to regrow so your sense of smell and taste returns, and you really can enjoy your food much more than ever before. Because you are enjoying your food, you will feel full and satisfied with your meals, without thought of eating between meals.
within 1 month Circulation improves, so exercise, including walking becomes easier, and your lung function increases by up to one third.
within 3 months You can really feel your lungs becoming stronger,your energy levels increase overall. Coughing, sinus problems, tiredness, and shortness of breath all decrease. You are becoming fitter, healthier and wealthier too.
within 1 year Excess risk of heart disease is reducing more and more. You are feeling so much fitter, healthier, and wealthier.
Hypnotherapy and Smoking Cessation
It takes just one hour of hypnotherapy to quit smoking, for good.
You can return to the natural state of a non – smoker during just one treatment session, without the use of any gadgets, patches, chewing gum, chemicals, or drugs.
statistics
If you try to stop smoking using your conscious will, then about 7% of people will stop.
Using chewing gum, about 10% of people can stop.
Using patches, about 16% of people can stop. (Information source – ASH).
hypnotherapy – the solution
This treatment has an acknowledged success rate of around 95%.
In recent years, research conducted by both WHICH magazine and NEW SCIENTIST, independently of each other, concluded that hypnotherapy offered the most effective way of stopping smoking.
Their findings were the result of in – depth studies of all methods of stopping smoking.
the easy way
Hypnotherapy requires no conscious effort of will. All you do need is the conscious and the sincere desire to stop smoking.
Hypnotherapy works effectively because It removes any inner conflict between your desire and your imagination. All parts of your mind and the autonomic systems affecting your body, work together to achieve your aim , as a result of hypnotherapy,to be a natural non – smoker.
hypnosis for healthy living can bring you the reward of a healthier, wealthier, longer life.
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