{"id":356,"date":"2010-04-06T06:45:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T13:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2010-04-06T07:12:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T14:12:19","slug":"success-with-hypnosis-and-smoking-cessation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"Success with Hypnosis and Smoking Cessation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public release date: 22-Oct-2007<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hypnosis for smoking cessation sees strong results<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cardiac patients more motivated to quit smoking than patients with respiratory disease<\/span><\/p>\n

(Chicago, IL, October 22, 2007) \u2013 Hospitalized patients who smoke may be more likely to quit smoking through the use of hypnotherapy than patients using other smoking cessation methods. A new study presented at CHEST 2007, the 73rd annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), shows that smoking patients who participated in one hypnotherapy session were more likely to be nonsmokers at 6 months compared with patients using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) alone or patients who quit \u201ccold turkey\u201d. The study also shows that patients admitted to the hospital with a cardiac diagnosis are three times more likely to quit smoking at 6 months than patients admitted with a pulmonary diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur results showed that hypnotherapy resulted in higher quit rates compared with NRT alone,\u201d said Faysal Hasan, MD, FCCP, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA. \u201cHypnotherapy appears to be quite effective and a good modality to incorporate into a smoking cessation program after hospital discharge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Hasan and colleagues from North Shore Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital compared the quit rates of 67 smoking patients hospitalized with a cardiopulmonary diagnosis. All patients were approached about smoking cessation and all included in the study were patients who expressed a desire to quit smoking. At discharge, patients were divided into four groups based on their preferred method of smoking cessation treatment: hypnotherapy (n=14), NRT (n=19), NRT and hypnotherapy (n=18), and a group of controls who preferred to quit \u201ccold turkey\u201d (n=16). All patients received self-help brochures. The control group received brief counseling, but other groups received intensive counseling, free supply of NRT and\/or a free hypnotherapy session within 7 days of discharge, as well as follow up telephone calls at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 26 weeks after discharge. Patients receiving hypnotherapy also were taught to do self-hypnosis and were given tapes to play at the end of the session.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 26 weeks after discharge, 50 percent of patients treated with hypnotherapy alone were nonsmokers, compared with 50 percent in the NRT\/hypnotherapy group, 25 percent in the control group, and 15.78 percent in the NRT group. Patients admitted with a cardiac diagnosis were more likely to quit smoking at 26 weeks (45.5 percent) than patients admitted with a pulmonary diagnosis (15.63 percent).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPatients admitted with coronary symptoms may have experienced \u2018fear and doom’ and decided to alter a major health risk to their disease when approached about smoking cessation,\u201d said Dr. Hasan. \u201cIn contrast, pulmonary patients admitted for another exacerbation may not have felt the same threat. They likely felt they can live for another day and continue the smoking habit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The researchers note that hospitalization is an important opportunity to intervene among patients who smoke.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDoctors and other health personnel should use this occasion to firmly recommend smoking cessation and emphasize the impact of smoking on their disease process and hospital admission,\u201d said Dr. Hasan. \u201cPulmonologists, in particular, should make a stronger case and more passionate message to their patients, and efforts should be coordinated with counseling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs physicians, we are constantly reviewing new approaches for smoking cessation and revisiting existing approaches to confirm their effectiveness,\u201d said Alvin V. Thomas, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physicians. \u201cThe results of this study and many others confirm that using a multimodality approach to smoking cessation is optimal for success.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

CHEST 2007 is the 73rd annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, held October 20-25 in Chicago, IL. ACCP represents 17,000 members who provide patient care in the areas of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine in the United States and throughout the world. The ACCP’s mission is to promote the prevention and treatment of diseases of the chest through leadership, education, research, and communication. For more information about the ACCP, please visit the ACCP Web site at\u00a0www.chestnet.org <\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Public release date: 22-Oct-2007 Hypnosis for smoking cessation sees strong results Cardiac patients more motivated to quit smoking than patients with respiratory disease (Chicago, IL, October 22, 2007) \u2013 Hospitalized patients who smoke may be more likely to quit smoking through the use of hypnotherapy than patients using other smoking cessation methods. A new study […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-news","tag-smoking-cessation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tallyhypnosis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}