AFTER WORKING WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OVER A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS FOR SMOKING CESSATION, I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY THAT HYPNOSIS IS A DYNAMIC AND UNIQUE WAY TO MAKE THIS DRAMATIC CHANGE IN LIFE. MOST PEOPLE THAT  MAKE THEIR WAY TO MY OFFICE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING TO QUIT- THE PATCH, THE GUM, DRUGS, ACCUPUNCTURE OR COLD TURKEY. NOT ONE OF THESE METHODS ADDRESSES THE SUBCONSCIOUS PROGRAMMING IN THE MIND THAT DRIVES THEM TO CONTINUE TO SMOKE. THE POWERFUL SUBCONSCIOUS (THE FEELING PART OF THE MIND), IS EVER SO VIGILANT IN ITS PROTECTION AND WHEN SMOKING EASES STRESS OR PAIN OR BOREDOM ETC. , IT WILL USE ITS POWER TO MAINTAIN THAT PROTECTION. THE AGE THAT A PERSON STARTS SMOKING (OFTEN TEEN-AGE), IS THE AGE THE SMOKING PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE. IT CAN BE STUBBORN, REBELLIOUS AND SEEMINGLY HOPELESSLY RESISTANT TO CHANGE. HOWEVER, LIKE ANY RESISTANT PROGRAM, IT CAN BE REASONABLE AND COOPERATIVE WITH THE PROPER INTERVENTION. WITH HYPNOSIS, THE DECISION TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE CAN BE PUT INTO THE HANDS OF THE WISE ADULT AND WITH GENTLE PERSUASION AND NEGOTIATION, MOVE INTO THE NEW WAY OF LIFE. THE NEW IDENTITY OF NON SMOKER CAN MEAN FREEDOM (TO BREATH DEEPLY OR MOVE FASTER, OR TRAVEL EASIER, PLAY OR WORK HARDER, STAY INDOORS WHEN ITS COLD ETC.). IT CAN ALSO MEAN GREATER HEALTH (MORE OXYGEN IN THE CELLS, DECREASING THE RISK OF ALL CANCERS , HEART DISEASE AND REPIRATORY DISEASE OF ALL KINDS). IT CAN MEAN MORE PRECIOUS TIME FOR FUN AND PERSONAL GROWTH AND MORE MONEY TO HAVE FUN WITH. IT CAN MEAN SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE (VISITS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, ACCESS TO SMOKE FREE PLACES). IT CAN MEAN BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE TO FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS, CHILDREN, AND GRANDCHILDREN.(AND SMELLING FRESH AND CLEAN AROUND THEM AS WELL.).  AND OF COURSE THE WHOLE IDEA OF A LONGER LIFE OF HIGH QUALITY IS HARD TO BEAT. I PERSONALLY MADE THIS CHANGE 35 YEARS AGO AND STILL CELEBRATE MY FREEDOM AND GREATER ABILILITY TO HEAL AND THINK MORE CLEARLY.  ARE YOU READY FOR A BETTER LIFE? I WISH THAT FOR YOU ALL. WANDA