Of all the methods people use to quit smoking, hypnosis is the most effective. There are studies that show that when people use quit smoking hypnosis programs they are successful more than 60% of the time. When you compare that with the success rates of quit smoking drugs (20% to 30%), it makes a lot of sense to use hypnosis programs.

But what exactly happens during hypnosis when it's used to quit smoking? Basically, you put yourself into a light trance state. You're not asleep, but you're not intently focused on your everyday thoughts. You're in a state of deep relaxation, but you're still able to hear and respond to the world around you.

A lot of people think they can't be hypnotized. They know they're usually tense and have trouble relaxing. But most people can learn relaxation techniques. And that's really all you need to be able to do for a successful quit smoking hypnosis program.

There are a lot of hypnosis programs that claim that you will quit smoking after one session. This is actually quite possible. Many people report that they have quit smoking for several hours or the rest of the day after only one session.

But that doesn't mean you never have to use the self hypnosis program began. In reality, when you use a hypnosis program to stop smoking, you're learning an ongoing technique. You'll be able to use it for the rest of your life, whenever the urge to smoke comes up.

Think of it this way: if you take a golf lesson, your swing could be greatly improved after only one lesson. But you'd still have to practice that new technique every time you play golf.

It's the same when you learn a hypnosis technique to stop smoking. Every time you get a nicotine craving, you have a choice to make. You can light up a cigarette or cigar, or you can practice your hypnosis technique.

So will you have to take hypnosis "lessons" forever? Well, think about the golf lesson analogy. If you want to improve your golf game, do you have to take golf lessons forever? Of course not!

You take a lesson to improve your swing, then you go out and practice what you've learned. And the more you practice, the better you get, and the easier it is to play well.

But even if your game improves a lot after that one lesson (and lots of practice), there might come a time when you would want to take another lesson. What if you had an accident and hurt your knee, or you just couldn't play golf for several months? You might need a refresher lesson just to get back into shape.

It's the same thing when you use hypnosis to quit smoking. You learn it. You practice it. You improve your technique. And the beauty of it is, even though your goal is to quit smoking forever, if that doesn't happen after your first hypnosis try, you can still try again until you reach your goal.

When your goal is to quit smoking for good, you haven't failed unless you stop trying. Chances are you've already tried to quit smoking at least once. So you already know that it's not an easy thing to do.

The reality is that most people try to quit smoking several times before they finally quit for good. So instead of beating yourself up for relapsing, think of it as getting one step closer to your final goal. As long as you keep trying to quit, there is no doubt that you will be successful. And using hypnosis will definitely help you achieve your goal.