Module 16 SMOKING CESSATION

MODULE 15: SMOKING CESSATION

In this Module you will learn the most successful smoking cessation programs available today. The key to quitting smoking immediately is the follow up or maintenance part of the program. If someone has tried to quit unsuccessfully in the past they will greatly benefit by the smoking withdrawal program.

SMOKING STATISTICS

The average success rate for a first attempt to cease the use of tobacco is 6% (Source: The American Cancer Society).

The use of nicotine treated transdermal patches provides an 18% success rate (source: The Journal of the American Medical Association's 1994 survey of 250,000 patch users).

Nicotine impregnated gum provided a 6% success rate of 10,000 users surveyed in a CNN poll (source: CNN News broadcast, 1997).

The success rate for prescribed pharmaceuticals such as Zyban is unknown. Pharmaceutical companies, which produce anti-smoking drugs, will not publish a success rate. Further, these drugs have serious side effects. Zyban's literature states that its use (as directed) has proven to cause a mild seizure in 1 out of every 25,000 users.

14% of America's adult population use tobacco (2017 CDC Statistics)

Use of tobacco causes numerous diseases, some of which are fatal. It is estimated by the U.S. government that use of tobacco is responsible for the deaths of over 55,000 people per year and afflicts millions of people with serious and life- threatening diseases.

HELPFUL HINTS

Smoking cessation is one of the most common uses of hypnosis and probably one of the most effective. There are many different programs in smoking cessation utilizing hypnosis. The following script that is included in this manual is designed for someone who is going to quit smoking immediately in one or more sessions.

Smoking cessation with hypnosis has a higher success ratio than any of the physical means available on the market today if done properly, such as the gums, pills and patches. The reason for this is that you are dealing with the strong subconscious mind using hypnosis, where all the physical means you are just dealing with the conscious mind, which as we know is a much smaller percentage.

Here are a few things that will help your client to remain a nonsmoker. You will want to discuss the following with them prior to the session:

1. They have to get rid of any cigarettes or cigarette related paraphernalia that they might have before they come to your session. If they are already at your session then you should have them give you whatever they have on their person and to immediately remove anything left at home upon arriving there. If they can call home and have someone else remove it before they return that would be even better so they do not have to have the added negative triggers upon arriving home.

It is important that they do not give their leftover smoke related materials to friends or relatives. They must throw them out. By seeing these items (fancy ashtrays etc.) at someone else’s house, it will send a very strong trigger (craving) to the subconscious mind. Even in the case of cigarette lighters or matches, if they used them at all for smoking, they must throw them out and can get new ones if they desire to do so for lighting candles or other things around the house.

2. The second thing they should do is place a glass of water in every place in the house where they previously had an ashtray. When they return home, any time they walk by the area where the ashtray used to be, if there is a strong craving, they are to take eight deep breaths, take a sip of water, and just go about their business. By doing this they are replacing the negative habit of smoking with a positive habit of drinking water. You’ll notice in the script that there are suggestions made for drinking water. The purpose of this is to be a replacement for smoking, since the mind prefers to replace habits rather than to eliminate them and also it is so the client does not gain weight as a result of quitting. Many people, once they quit smoking, whenever they have a craving, may replace it with food, which is why they gain so much weight. By replacing it with water, they will not gain weight and in fact the water will help them to be healthier.

One last thing that they should know is that if at any time they do have a craving, they should give it at least two minutes before acting on it as they take their deep breaths (count to five on the inhale and five on the exhale) and some water then the craving will go away. The deep breathing is essential to do as it increases the oxygen throughout

the bloodstream which will in turn relax and relieve them of the stress that they may be feeling at that time.

Smoking Cessation Script

You have decided to become a healthy person ... and the way that you are going to do that today, is simply to relax ... that's right you're going to slow down, relax, and just let everything go ... and take this time ... that you've chosen for yourself ... to feel comfortable, relax, and totally at ease ... you have no place else to be right now ... and nothing else to do ... you have selected this time to be here ... so just let everything go ... leave all bothersome thoughts behind ... and take this time that you've chosen to be here ... to be completely relaxed ... the more you allow yourself to relax ... the closer you are to becoming a healthy person ...

You have come here today because you have a strong desire to become a healthy person ... No one else has forced you to come here ... You have come here because you have decided that today is the day ... Today is the day that you have decided to be a healthy person once and for all ... no little piece of white paper wrapped around tobacco is going to control you any more ... because you are now in control ... and you have taken the first step ... here ... now ... and today ... To become a healthy person ... and by the end of this session ... in just a few moments ... your goal will be reached ... and you will leave this session a healthy person ... you will have stopped smoking ... once and for all ... that nasty habit of the past will be gone ... you'll begin your new life as a healthy person ... and you'll never smoke again ...

So as time passes by ... right now ... think of yourself in the following way ... I am a healthy person ... I have change my life ... and I will never always stay healthy ... and as a healthy person I have the ability to be around other people who smoke ... I have the ability to enjoy life as a healthy person ... everything I do ... from this moment on ... is better as a healthy person ... it doesn't matter whether I’m at home ... at work ... alone or with others ... I am in control ... anywhere I go ... and no matter what I am doing ... whether I am having dinner ... relaxing ... driving ... working ... or having a break ... everything is so much more enjoyable ... so much better as a healthy person ...

You feel so much better ... As a healthy person ... so much healthier ... so much happier ... you'll find that each and every day you'll be able to breathe easier ... enjoy life more ...

Just feel that confidence begin to move through you ... allow a wonderful feeling of confidence to move through you right now ... at this very moment ... realizing that you are a healthy person ... feel the confidence that you now have ... you have overcome that negative habit ... you have reached your goal and become a healthy person ... here and now ... you can feel that confidence moving through you ... just filling you up ...

It is important to realize that to accomplish anything worthwhile in your life ... you must give it 100% effort ... and to remain a healthy person is no different ... you must give it 100% effort ... 100% to win ... by giving it 100% you have made a commitment to win ... you have made this commitment to yourself ... that you will always move forward ... and always give it 100% ... 100% to win ... You have changed your life ... you are a healthy person ... and you will always stay healthy ... from this moment on ... your desire ... your commitment to your health ... is stronger than ever before ...

In addition to being a healthy person ... you are also beginning a new positive habit ... one that will help you in every part of your life ... you'll find that from this moment forward ... that water will taste better to you than ever before ... that wonderful crisp, refreshing water will quench your thirst like it never has ... that life giving water will help you in every step of the way to become healthier ... you have overcome a negative habit and are replacing it with this new positive habit, of drinking water ... that wonderful refreshing water ... in fact you might even be noticing right now ... that by just thinking about water ... your mouth is beginning to become dry and parched ... This is your bodies natural reaction to thirst ... you have more of a desire than ever before to drink that wonderful crisp refreshing water...

You know, now that you have healthy person you'll find that you have more energy, energy that will be needed to be put to good use ... You'll find yourself being able to move easier ... feeling better about yourself ... There are many things you can do that will help you to be healthier ... maybe going for a short walk in the morning ... maybe parking your car a little further away at work or at the grocery store to get in a little more exercise ... you may even find yourself eating a little healthier ... all of these things ... are a natural by-product ... of becoming healthier as you have just done.

Congratulations, you are a healthy person now! ... You have changed your life ... and you will always remain healthy...

SMOKING WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

A smoking withdrawal program has an even higher success ratio than any single smoking cessation session. Programs can help the clients to withdraw slowly from smoking without side effects or cravings as they become a nonsmoker in anywhere from four to twelve sessions.

I have included a questionnaire that can be discussed before the first session. These questions will give you information that will help to fine tune the suggestions in your sessions. Edit it as you see fit.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

• Length of program - five cigarettes per week with a new brand of cigarettes each day.

• Cigarettes - put them away and out of sight each time, in an inconvenient location.

• Do not carry cigarettes on you anymore.

• Ashtray- clean it and put it away each time - out of site.

• No borrowing cigarettes.

• No giving out cigarettes.

• You must destroy all but your allotted number of cigarettes each morning.

• Destroy all left over cigarettes each night.

• No keeping leftover cigarettes overnight.

• Don’t smoke anywhere you did before/change habits when smoking.

(If you usually smoke in one chair, use another... If you smoked, then went for a walk ... then take the walk first. Change as many habits as possible to bring the smoking to the conscious level)

You may want to include a group or individual maintenance program at a reduced rate.

Ultimately, this program requires compliance and determination by the client. It is an effective program that will work if the client gives their 100% effort. Therefore there

must be “a reporting” or reckoning each week as to their daily progress from the week before. They must NOT go over their allotted amount of cigarettes each day. If they do it just once, it sends a signal to the subconscious mind that it is okay to cheat and the program has lost it’s power. Therefore the client must be told and aware that if they cheat or go over their allotment, just one day, then you will add an additional week to the entire program. The allotment process goes down so gradually that it is not a problem for “anyone” with even very little self-control to be able to keep with it if they truly have a desire to quit. You, as the Hypnotherapist must not waiver on this if you want them to take it seriously.

This program consists of nine scripts.

1. Initial Smoking Withdrawal Session (This script is placed ahead of your first script used from the list blow in the initial session only dependent on how much they presently smoke.)

2. If client currently smokes 40 a day, begin here: Smoking Cessation: 35/day

3. If client currently smokes 35 a day, begin here: Smoking Cessation: 30/day

4. If client currently smokes 30 a day, begin here: Smoking Cessation: 25/day

5. If client currently smokes 25 a day, begin here: Smoking Cessation: 20/day

6. If client currently smokes 25 a day, begin here: Smoking Cessation: 20/day

7. If client currently smokes 20 a day, begin here: Smoking Cessation: 15/day

8. If client currently smokes 15 a day, begin here: Smoking Cessation: 10/day

9. If client currently smokes 10 a day, begin here: Smoking Cessation: 5/day

10. If client currently smokes 10 a day, Goal date

Sessions 2 to 8 are the same script except for the math of how many cigarettes they are smoking weekly. If you have a client that smokes 3 to 4 packs a day simply use and of the scripts 2 to 8 and change the math or amount cigarettes in it. Compute the proper number of cigarettes and subtract 5 each week until you get to script #2 and move down from there to the end of the program.

Never deviate from the 5 per week decrease however even if your client asks you to decrease 6 - 8 per week to quicken the pace. Strict obedience to the rules of the program is vital if it is to work. Every feature is included for a specific reason. Eliminate just one that you do not like and you change the entire program.

Script: Smoking Withdrawal Program - Initial Session

You have decided to become healthy...and the way you are going to stop smoking through this program is simply by relaxing, and following my simple instructions ...that’s right, all you have to do to finally become truly healthy once and for all, permanently is to just sit back, relax and follow my simple instructions ... by following this program, no matter how many times you have tried to quit in the past, you will finally be able to become successful now ... easily and permanently, without withdrawals or cravings.

You have come to this decision to become a healthy person for a very good reason, perhaps even for many reasons. There are so many good reasons why people decide to change. The most important one of course, is that of added health and life. You may have had a shortness of breath, a bad cough, loss of energy and vitality. So you have made a wise decision to stop smoking, one that will bring you added health and happiness to your life, not to mention the happiness of the people that care about you. It is an important, positive step forward in your life.

There are many different reasons why people start smoking. Years ago before we understood the health aspects of how harmful cigarette smoking was to your body, people smoked for popularity, coolness and relaxation. Those were three of the main reasons why people began smoking. However if you look at the reality of those reasons now, we realize that smoking does not make you popular or cool, as it is not accepted in most public places or social circles anymore. In fact if you are a smoker, most locations you must go outside to smoke, by yourself, away from other people in a designated smoking area, even in bad weather, and that is in no way to be considered cool I think you would agree. As for the people who smoke because they think it relaxes them... that could not be further from the truth ... the part of smoking that people think relaxes them ... has nothing to do with the cigarettes ... but has to do with the deep breathing. From now on if you need to relax, instead of breathing in cigarette smoke and harming your body, try taking deep breaths of clean air. You will find that the deep breathing is what relaxes you. Breathing in clean-air you will begin your stress reduction for relaxation that you are looking for but you will not have the harmful aspects of cigarette smoke. Smoking does not relax you but it does just the opposite. The cigarette smoke releases what they call flight or fright hormones which does the same thing to your body as watching a scary movie ... It also robs your red blood cells of oxygen for as much as six hours from just one cigarette. So as you can see, the reasons why most people started smoking do not exist anymore. What you are left with now is simply a bad habit that you have not been able to quit until this point.

Now you are able to begin your positive change. Your powerful subconscious mind will help you in every step of the way to be a healthy person by your quitting date. Because this is what you want to do. No one has made this decision for you; you have made this decision for yourself. Because you know that the reward that you will receive will be added health, easier breathing, more energy, and ultimately a happier life.

What obstacles will you face on this journey? The only obstacles that stand in your way are the ones that you place there. There are no obstacles because you are giving this your 100% effort. Not 80% or 60%! But by giving at 100%, you are making a commitment to win!

You have it within you right now, everything that you need to be a nonsmoker. I am not putting anything new, or anything foreign in to you, all I am doing is giving you suggestions to help you to do what you already know that you want to do. Giving you the confidence and the realization that you can once again be in control of what you put into your body. No longer will you allow anything negative to control you, especially a little white piece of paper wrapped around tobacco. You are now in control. If you think back far enough, you will see that there were many years before you started this negative habit that you lived as a healthy person. So there is your proof that you can do it, because you have. The sessions will help you to restore yourself to years earlier, a healthier way of thinking. You are in control, and will soon be able to take control ... permanently ... once and for all ...

As I said earlier all that you need to do to finally be a healthy person once and for all, permanently, is to follow my simple instructions ... Now this is one of the most important messages I want you to understand ... If you follow my instructions ... that I am giving here today... exactly as I’d give them to you ... without trying to change them ... or skip any of them ... you will be a nonsmoker by your quitting date!

Now let me repeat that to you one more time because it is a very powerful statement... If you follow my instructions...that I am giving you here today...exactly as I give them to you...without trying to change them...vary from them...or skip any of them...you “WILL” be a nonsmoker by your quitting date.

Script: Smoking 35 cigarettes

Now here is the procedure of how you will become a healthy, clean air breathing person ... starting tomorrow morning, and each morning until we meet again next week. You’ll buy two brand-new packs of cigarettes, a brand that you have never had before... you will open one pack and take out 5 cigarettes, which will leave you 35 in the remaining packs. You will then take those 5 cigarettes, and destroy them. Crush them up and get rid of them. You do not want them. Do not save them or give them away...you must destroy them.

This will leave you with your allotment of 35 cigarettes for the day...

You will then think to yourself, I find 35 cigarettes more than enough for me today. Then you will mentally plan out your day keeping more cigarettes for the times that you tend to smoke more.

Then you will simply go about your day ... when you find that you want to have a cigarette ... you will first take a sip of water ... and eight deep breaths ... after you have done that, if you still want to have the cigarette, just go ahead and smoke it, you may find that you do not want the entire cigarettes, you may only smoke a few puffs, you may only smoke half of the cigarette ... once you find that you have had enough, simply put your cigarette out and continue about your business.

You must no longer carry the cigarettes on you. You must put them in an inconvenient location at all times, such as in any bureau draw, the closet, upstairs on a bookshelf, in your glove box or even the trunk of your car, just out of site. In addition to this you must keep your ashtray out of site also. After each time you use the ashtray you must clean up and put it away.

At the end of the day you have another procedure to do. Any leftover cigarettes that may be in the packs that you did not smoke during the day, you must take them out and destroy them, then get rid of them and also the empty packs. Do not keep them for the following morning or through the night. Destroy them and get rid of them.

Throughout your day you will not borrow from others or give out any of your cigarettes. You have a certain allotment of cigarettes each day and any leftover must be destroyed each evening.

You will be craving water more and more each day, that wonderful, crisp, clear, refreshing water will taste great to you and will be the only thing that will really quench

your thirst. Water will be very helpful to you in every step of the way in your goals and your added health.

(Add additional personalized suggestions or visualizations here.)

You will find 35 cigarettes more than enough for you each day. In fact you will find it easy to smoke less than 35 cigarettes. You will be surprised at how well you will do with this task and look forward with anticipation to your future goal of being a healthy, clean air breathing person, once and for all, on your quitting date.

Script: 30 cigarettes a day

Starting tomorrow morning, and each morning until we meet again next week, you’ll buy two brand-new packs of cigarettes, that you have never had before... you will open one pack and take out 10 cigarettes, which will leave you 30 in the remaining packs. You will then take those 10 cigarettes, and destroy them. Crush them up and get rid of them. You do not want them. Do not carry them over to the next day. Do not save them or give them away...you must destroy them.

This will leave you with your allotment of 30 cigarettes for the day...

You will then think to yourself, I find 30 cigarettes more than enough for me today. Then you will mentally plan out your day keeping more cigarettes for the times that you tend to smoke more.

Then you will simply go about your day...when you find that you want to have a cigarette...you will first take a sip of water...and eight deep breaths... after you have done that, if you still want to have the cigarette, just go ahead and smoke it, you may find that you do not want the entire cigarette, you may only smoke a few puffs, you may only smoke half of the cigarette... once you find that you have had enough simply put your cigarette out and continue about your business.

You must no longer carry the cigarettes on you. You must put them in an inconvenient location at all times, such as in any bureau draw, the closet, upstairs on a bookshelf, in your glove box or even the trunk of your car, just out of site. In addition to this you must keep your ashtray out of site also. After each time you use the ashtray you must clean up and put it away.

At the end of the day you have another procedure to do. Any leftover cigarettes that may be in the packs that you did not smoke during the day, you must take them out and destroy them, then get rid of them and also the empty packs. Do not keep them for the following morning or through the night. Destroy them and get rid of them.

Throughout your day you will not borrow from others or give out any of your cigarettes. You have a certain allotment of cigarettes each day and any leftover must be destroyed each evening.

You will be craving water more and more each day, that wonderful, crisp, clear, refreshing water will taste great to you and will be the only thing that will really quench your thirst. Water will be very helpful to you in every step of the way in your goals and your added health.

(Add additional personalized suggestions or visualizations here.)

You will find 30 cigarettes more than enough for you each day. In fact you will find it easy to smoke less than 30 cigarettes. You will be surprised at how well you will do with this task and look forward with anticipation to your future goal of being a healthy, clean air breathing person, once and for all, on your quitting date.

Script: 25 cigarettes a day

Starting tomorrow morning, and each morning until we meet again next week, you’ll buy two brand-new packs of cigarettes, that you have never had before... you will open one pack and take out 15 cigarettes, which will leave you 25 in the packs. You will then take those 15 cigarettes, and destroy them. Crush them up and get rid of them. You do not want them. Do not carry them over to the next day. Do not save them or give them away...you must destroy them.

This will leave you with your allotment of 25 cigarettes for the day...

You will then think to yourself, I find 25 cigarettes more than enough for me today. Then you will mentally plan out your day keeping more cigarettes for the times that you tend to smoke more.

Then you will simply go about your day...when you find that you want to have a cigarette...you will first take a sip of water...and eight deep breaths... after you have done that, if you still want to have the cigarette, just go ahead and smoke it, you may

find that you do not want the entire cigarette, you may only smoke a few puffs, you may only smoke half of the cigarette... once you find that you have had enough simply put your cigarette out and continue about your business.

You must no longer carry the cigarettes on you. You must put them in an inconvenient location at all times, such as in any bureau draw, the closet, upstairs on a bookshelf, in your glove box or even the trunk of your car, just out of site. In addition to this you must keep your ashtray out of site also. After each time you use the ashtray you must clean up and put it away.

At the end of the day you have another procedure to do. Any leftover cigarettes that may be in the packs that you did not smoke during the day, you must take them out and destroy them, then get rid of them and also the empty packs. Do not keep them for the following morning or through the night. Destroy them and get rid of them.

Throughout your day you will not borrow from others or give out any of your cigarettes. You have a certain allotment of cigarettes each day and any leftover must be destroyed each evening.

You will be craving water more and more each day, that wonderful, crisp, clear, refreshing water will taste great to you and will be the only thing that will really quench your thirst. Water will be very helpful to you in every step of the way in your goals and your added health.

(Add additional personalized suggestions or visualizations here.)

You will find 25 cigarettes more than enough for you each day. In fact you will find it easy to smoke less than 25 cigarettes. You will be surprised at how well you will do with this task and look forward with anticipation to your future goal of being a healthy, clean air breathing person, once and for all, on your quitting date.

Script: 20 cigarettes a day

Starting tomorrow morning, and each morning until we meet again next week, you’ll buy a brand-new packet of cigarettes, that you have never had before...

This will give you an allotment of 20 cigarettes for the day...

You will then think to yourself, I find 20 cigarettes more than enough for me today. Then you will mentally plan out your day keeping more cigarettes for the times that you tend to smoke more.

Then you will simply go about your day...when you find that you want to have a cigarette...you will first take a sip of water...and eight deep breaths... after you have done that, if you still want to have the cigarette, just go ahead and smoke it, you may find that you do not want the entire cigarette, you may only smoke a few puffs, you may only smoke half of the cigarette... once you find that you have had enough simply put your cigarette out and continue about your business.

You must no longer carry the cigarettes on you. You must put them in an inconvenient location at all times, such as in any bureau draw, the closet, upstairs on a bookshelf, in your glove box or even the trunk of your car, just out of site. In addition to this you must keep the ashtray out of site also. After each time you use your ashtray you must clean up and put it away.

At the end of the day you have another procedure to do. Any leftover cigarettes that may be in the pack that you did not smoke during the day, you must take them out and destroy them, then get rid of them and also the empty pack. Do not keep them for the following morning or through the night. Destroy them and get rid of them.

Throughout your day you will not borrow from others or give out any of your cigarettes. You have a certain allotment of cigarettes each day and any leftover must be destroyed each evening.

You will be craving water more and more each day, that wonderful, crisp, clear, refreshing water will taste great to you and will be the only thing that will really quench your thirst. Water will be very helpful to you in every step of the way in your goals and your added health.

(Add additional personalized suggestions or visualizations here.)

You will find 20 cigarettes more than enough for you each day. In fact you will find it easy to smoke less than 20 cigarettes. You will be surprised at how well you will do with this task and look forward with anticipation to your future goal of being a healthy, clean air breathing person, once and for all, on your quitting date.

Script: 15 cigarettes a day

Starting tomorrow morning, and each morning until we meet again next week, you’ll buy a brand-new pack of cigarettes, that you have never had before... you will open the pack and take out 5 cigarettes, which will leave you 15 in the pack. You will then take those 5 cigarettes, and destroy them. Crush them up and get rid of them. You do not want them. Do not carry them over to the next day. Do not save them or give them away...you must destroy them.

This will leave you with your allotment of 15 cigarettes for the day...

You will then think to yourself, I find 15 cigarettes more than enough for me today. Then you will mentally plan out your day keeping more cigarettes for the times that you tend to smoke more.

Then you will simply go about your day...when you find that you want to have a cigarette...you will first take a sip of water...and eight deep breaths... after you have done that, if you still want to have the cigarette, just go ahead and smoke it, you may find that you do not want the entire cigarette, you may only smoke a few puffs, you may only smoke half of the cigarette... once you find that you have had enough simply put your cigarette out and continue about your business.

You must no longer carry the cigarettes on you. You must put them in an inconvenient location at all times, such as in any bureau draw, the closet, upstairs on a bookshelf, in your glove box or even the trunk of your car, just out of site. In addition to this you must keep the ashtray out of site also. After each time you use your ashtray you must clean up and put it away.

At the end of the day you have another procedure to do. Any leftover cigarettes that may be in the pack that you did not smoke during the day, you must take them out and destroy them, then get rid of them and also the empty pack. Do not keep them for the following morning or through the night. Destroy them and get rid of them.

Throughout your day you will not borrow from others or give out any of your cigarettes. You have a certain allotment of cigarettes each day and any leftover must be destroyed each evening.

You will be craving water more and more each day, that wonderful, crisp, clear, refreshing water will taste great to you and will be the only thing that will really quench your thirst. Water will be very helpful to you in every step of the way in your goals and your added health.

(Add additional personalized suggestions or visualizations here.)

You will find 15 cigarettes more than enough for you each day. In fact you will find it easy to smoke less than 15 cigarettes. You will be surprised at how well you will do with this task and look forward with anticipation to your future goal of being a healthy, clean air breathing person, once and for all, on your quitting date.

Script: 10 cigarettes a day

Starting tomorrow morning, and each morning until we meet again next week, you’ll buy a brand-new pack of cigarettes, that you have never had before... you will open the pack and take out 10 cigarettes, which will leave you 10 in the pack. You will then take those 10 cigarettes, and destroy them. Crush them up and get rid of them. You do not want them. Do not carry them over to the next day. Do not save them or give them away...you must destroy them.

This will leave you with your allotment of 10 cigarettes for the day...

You will then think to yourself, I find 10 cigarettes more than enough for me today. Then you will mentally plan out your day keeping more cigarettes for the times that you tend to smoke more.

Then you will simply go about your day...when you find that you want to have a cigarette...you will first take a sip of water...and eight deep breaths... after you have done that, if you still want to have the cigarette, just go ahead and smoke it, you may find that you do not want the entire cigarette, you may only smoke a few puffs, you may only smoke half of the cigarette... once you find that you have had enough simply put your cigarette out and continue about your business.

You must no longer carry the cigarettes on you. You must put them in an inconvenient location at all times, such as in any bureau draw, the closet, upstairs on a bookshelf, in your glove box or even the trunk of your car, just out of site. In addition to this you must keep the ashtray out of site also. After each time you use your ashtray you must clean up and put it away.

At the end of the day you have another procedure to do. Any leftover cigarettes that may be in the pack that you did not smoke during the day, you must take them out and destroy them, then get rid of them and also the empty pack. Do not keep them for the following morning or through the night. Destroy them and get rid of them. You don’t want them!

Throughout your day you will not borrow from others or give out any of your cigarettes. You have a certain allotment of cigarettes each day and any leftover must be destroyed each evening.

You will be craving water more and more each day, that wonderful, crisp, clear, refreshing water will taste great to you and will be the only thing that will really quench your thirst. Water will be very helpful to you in every step of the way in your goals and your added health.

(Add additional personalized suggestions or visualizations here.)

You will find 10 cigarettes more than enough for you each day. In fact you will find it easy to smoke less than 10 cigarettes. You will be surprised at how well you will do with this task and look forward with anticipation to your future goal of being a healthy, clean air breathing person, once and for all, on your quitting date.

Script: 5 cigarettes a day

Starting tomorrow morning, and each morning until we meet again next week, you’ll buy a brand-new pack of cigarettes, that you have never had before... you will open the pack and take out 15 cigarettes, which will leave you 5 in the pack. You will then take those 15 cigarettes, and destroy them. Crush them up and get rid of them. You do not want them. Do not carry them over to the next day. Do not save them or give them away...you must destroy them.

This will leave you with your allotment of 5 cigarettes for the day...

You will then think to yourself, I find 5 cigarettes more than enough for me today. Then you will mentally plan out your day keeping more cigarettes for the times that you tend to smoke more.

Then you will simply go about your day...when you find that you want to have a cigarette...you will first take a sip of water...and eight deep breaths... after you have done that, if you still want to have the cigarette, just go ahead and smoke it, you may find that you do not want the entire cigarette, you may only smoke a few puffs, you may only smoke half of the cigarette... once you find that you have had enough simply put your cigarette out and continue about your business.

You must no longer carry the cigarettes on you. You must put them in an inconvenient location at all times, such as in any bureau draw, the closet, upstairs on a bookshelf, in your glove box or even the trunk of your car, just out of site. In addition to this you must keep the ashtray out of site also. After each time you use your ashtray you must clean up and put it away.

At the end of the day you have another procedure to do. Any leftover cigarettes that may be in the pack that you did not smoke during the day, you must take them out and destroy them, then get rid of them and also the empty pack. Do not keep them for the following morning or through the night. Destroy them and get rid of them.

Throughout your day you will not borrow from others or give out any of your cigarettes. You have a certain allotment of cigarettes each day and any leftover must be destroyed each evening.

You will be craving water more and more each day, that wonderful, crisp, clear, refreshing water will taste great to you and will be the only thing that will really quench your thirst. Water will be very helpful to you in every step of the way in your goals and your added health.

(Add visualization for quitting day approaching next week here) + confidence!

You will find 5 cigarettes more than enough for you each day. In fact you will find 5 cigarettes to be “more“ than enough for you ... You may not even want to smoke them all ... You may even not want to smoke any of them. You will be surprised at how well you will do with this task and look forward with anticipation to your future goal of being a healthy, clean air breathing person, once and for all, on your quitting date next week.

Script: Quitting day

You have made the decision to be a healthy, clean air, breathing person and the way you are going to stop smoking today, right now, is to simply relax. That’s right to sit back and relax and with each breath that you take allow yourself to go deeper and deeper ... Today is your quitting date! ... Today is the day that you have decided to become a nonsmoker once and for all. To join the ranks of the healthy people ... Today is the day that you have chosen life ... You have made a wise decision...and today you will be rewarded for it by attaining your goal ...You know many other people who are also healthy...who enjoy life breathing clean air and today you are joining them ...

So take the time right now to mentally congratulate yourself for finally having attained your goal ...Take a few moments to think about the positive rewards that you have

attained by succeeding ... Imagine yourself right now standing in front of you as if you were watching yourself on a movie screen, being that successful person ... Being strong! ... See yourself doing the things you use to do before but now doing them as a healthy, clean air breather ...

I’m coming over to your (right or left) side now ... (Tap them on the shoulder as you say the following through this entire paragraph...) ... and as I tap you on the shoulder I want you to feel the confidence move through you that you have finally attained this goal ... you are a healthy person ... you have attained your goal ... and you will always choose health ... Give yourself a few moments now to congratulate yourself and to feel good about your accomplishment ... feel that confidence moved through you ... growing stronger and stronger ... through every part of your body ... and as you feel it moving through you, I want you to nod your head ... yes! Feel that confidence growing, showing you that you have made the right decision by becoming a healthier person. You’ll find that even when you are around smokers that you will feel this confidence that you are now healthy. So whether it be early in the morning, afternoon, or evening ... at home, at work, out with your friends or even driving ... “everything” you do will be an feel better now that you have chosen health and attained your goal. You have finally done it ... you have attained your goal ... you have begun a new lease on life ... turned a new page ... a healthy new lifestyle.

In order to ensure your success you must still give it a 100% effort. In order to change anything in your life and to keep it that way, you must give it 100%. 100% to win! You will find water to be your ally. If at any time you begin to think about the past habit, simply stop, take a sip of water, and 8 deep breaths as you have been doing, and you will be fine ... You have replaced a bad habit with a good habit of drinking water. That wonderful, clear, clean, refreshing water taste great to you. In addition, it will even help to clean out your system quicker. So as you can see water is very helpful, be sure to have it nearby, anytime you want it.

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