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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.
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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. |
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Free International's Proprietary Method
Smoke Free International
http://www.smokefreeinternational.com/report.php
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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]
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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]
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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.
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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.
Wynd CA.
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2005; 37:3, pages
245-250
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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.
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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
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