Hypnosis Patients Twice As Likely To Remain Smoke-Free After Two Years
Study of 71 smokers showed that after a two-year follow up , patients that quit with hypnosis were twice as likely to remain 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 .
Hypnosis More Effective Than Drug Interventions For Smoking Cessation
Group hypnosis sessions , evaluated at a less effective success rate ( 22 % success ) than individualized hypnosis sessions . However , group hypnosis sessions were still demonstrated here as being more effective than drug interventions .
Ohio State University , College of Nursing , Columbus , OH 43210 , USA Descriptive outcomes of the American Lung Association of Ohio hypnotherapy smoking cessation program . Ahijevych K , Yerardi R , Nedilsky N .
Hypnosis Most Effective Says Largest Study Ever : 3 Times as Effective as Patch and 15 Times as Effective as 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 .)
Hypnosis Over 30 Times as Effective for Weight Loss
Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females , at least 20 % overweight . Treatment included group hypnosis with metaphors for ego-strengthening , decision making and motivation , ideomotor exploration in individual hypnosis , and group hypnosis with maintenance suggestions . Hypnosis was more effective than a control group : an average of 17 lbs lost by the hypnosis group vs . an average of 0.5 lbs lost by the control group , on follow-up .
Cochrane , Gordon ; Friesen , J . ( 1986 ). Hypnotherapy in weight loss