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In this article we will discuss why it is so hard for people to quit smoking. We will discuss another one of the effects of smoking. Habitual smoking behaviors reside in the unconscious mind where they become a conditional response.

Research has showed that when smokers first start smoking they buy into years of conditioning telling them that smoking somehow makes them feel better, more confident, and more relaxed.

As a result of lighting up those first few cigarettes, smokers permanently instill these extremely unhelpful beliefs directly into their unconscious, beliefs that also include the concept that quitting is going to be really difficult.

Smokers also make the conscious decision to choose those perceived benefits of feeling better, more confident, and more relaxed over the initial physical reactions of the horrible burning sensation and inhaling of the poisonous fumes.

As time goes on, the uncomfortable physical reactions subside and they now have a very real addiction to nicotine. They start to mistake the relief of feeding this addiction with feelings of relaxation and confidence.

Now, many years later, after smoking cigarette after cigarette, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, etc., they have reenforced those unhelpful beliefs about smoking and how hard it is to quit and, they have also trained their unconscious mind to wrongly associate the process of lighting and smoking a cigarette with feeling better, more relaxed, and confident; therefore, reenforcing this conditional response.

To counteract this conditional response, you need to actually retrain the unconscious mind to disregard these false beliefs about smoking and how hard it is to quit and swap them for something altogether more exciting and fulfilling.

Hypnotherapy and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic-Programming) are forms of hypnosis used to retrain the unconscious mind. As a result, the all too familiar withdrawal pangs of irritability, mood swings, and cravings, the primary reasons why people fail to permanently quit smoking, are replaced with feelings of relaxation, improved self confidence, and overall happiness.

NLP is a safe and easy way to quit smoking. So, for your health, confidence, and overall happiness, QUIT and eliminate all the effects of smoking!!

KimberlyAnn

About the Author:

I have never smoked nor do I ever intend to smoke. However, I have been exposed to the effects of smoking most of my life. I lost my mother recently to cigarettes. She was my best friend. I miss her every day. If you don’t want to leave someone missing you, then visit http://www.squidoo.com/effect-of-smoking and learn how to quit smoking and stay around to watch your loved ones grow up.