Nicotine..the Silent Killer !
News Reports suggest that the only way to Quit Smoking is by using one of the many “pills, potions, patches”
or e-cigarettes that are widely available. I suggest that is just exchanging one Killer for another.
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From Vape Addict to Smoke-Free: How Hypnosis Can Help You Kick the Habit”
Vaping has become a popular trend among young people in recent years. Has vaping got you hooked? Do you need to kick the habit or are you already a vaping addict? It is a cheaper option, but is it safer? Will vaping kill you in the same way as the nicotine in cigarettes does? There is a reason you need a prescription to buy Vapes in Australia. Quitting cigarettes can be challenging, but vaping is not the right solution.
Hypnosis Replaces Nicotine Replacement Solutions
People use nicotine replacement therapies, such as gum or patches, to help them quit smoking and/or vaping, but […]
Hypnosis is for Dads who want to be around for the long Haul
The lighter side of quitting smoking
As a Dad, you want to set a good example for your kids. You also want to be around for the long haul. You want to teach your kids, right from wrong and how to make healthy choices and avoid harmful habits. One habit that you may be struggling with yourself is smoking. You know the risks of smoking and how it can impact your health and the health of those around you. But quitting is easier said than done.
If you’ve tried quitting smoking using medications, pills, or patches without success, you might want to […]
The Benefits of Quitting Smoking
When people come to us at Quit Smoking in 60 Minutes in Capalaba we ask them to list the benefits that they will get from quitting. Here are some of them:
• Breathe easier
• More Energy
• Live Longer
• Better quality of a future life
• More in control of their lives
• Will be around for their children and grandchildren
• More money
• Able to socialise with whomever they want whenever they want
• Less inconvenience
• Smell fresher
• Don’t have to lie about smoking
• More time and more efficient
• Better health
There are many more benefits to be gained by quitting. The list above is by […]
Vaping and Young Smokers
Our Kids are getting sucked into Vaping. Vaping and youth smokers are a national problem.
The World Health Organisation has just come out with a recommendation that electronic cigarettes are harmful. In the past, they endorsed electronic cigarettes as there was not enough evidence that it is harmful. BUT Now we have had the deaths of several young kids. Many children are starting to vape at primary school. Some are as young as eight years old.
The electronic cigarette is just another way to deliver nicotine to the body, and anybody who thinks nicotine is not harmful is deluding themselves. Nicotine is […]
I’m Afraid To Quit
A lot of people that come to see us at Quit Smoking in 60 Minutes in Capalaba say that they are afraid or fearful about quitting smoking.
They see smoking as almost a friend: it’s always there for them and they have been doing it for a long time. What will they do if they do not have smoking?
Let’s look at this and the cost to you of thinking like this. Firstly it’s like a friend and it’s always there. If I was to offer you a deal in life where I would benefit but you would get nothing would you […]
Who Knew There Is Sugar In Cigarettes!
Yes there is. This is why quite frequently when you quit smoking smoking you have a need to eat sweets, it has caused an addiction to sugar, not nicotine. Sugar also it hides the bitter taste of the nicotine which is NOT addictive. Have you ever heard of anyone addicted to Nicotine patches? I think not…An interesting point. According to studies, the long term quitting success rate of nicotine patches can be as low as 1.6%, yet it is promoted as an ‘effective’ means of quitting smoking. (Would you use a condom as an ‘effective’ means of birth control and […]
You Set Your Boundaries
When we are born, we all have the same abilities. If this is so why do some of us rise to the top of success and others of us do not? The answer is that we set the boundaries of what we can and cannot do. These boundaries are set from the moment we are born and they are often a result of fear.
Fear is both a positive and negative thing. It sets the flight response in us and gets us to move away from a potentially dangerous situation, or it can paralyse us and prevent us from reaching greater […]
Is Smoking Addictive?
Are you too physically addicted to cigarettes to free yourself from them?
Usually, you start smoking when you are young and at first you own smoking and you can quit anytime. However, bit by bit smoking starts to own you and eventually it does and many of us feel as if it is now an addiction. The tobacco companies and the perception of society reinforce this.
Most people have tried to quit smoking but have not succeeded, and this reinforces the perception of smoking being an addiction. It’s not just stopping smoking that’s important, but how you stop.
A Russian psychologist named Pavlov […]