WHY DO PEOPLE SMOKE?

Indeed, the reasons for smoking differ individually. However, from my experience as a hypnotherapist, I can roughly divide smokers into two categories.

A. The first category of people smokes out of habit, is conditioned to smoke, and has unconsciously made positive emotional associations with smoking. With these people, the processes of modern hypnosis focused on smoking cessation are sufficient to change their behavior in the long term.

B. The second category of people smokes to better manage negative emotions. These people smoke because of minor or major traumas that make it impossible for them to deal with their own feelings without the help of the cigarette. Here it is important to work on the background to resolve the respective traumas and to strengthen positive resources. The processes focused on smoking cessation are NOT sufficient for these category of smokers! The dynamics are more complex here. I know of many examples where people tried to stop this way, but unfortunately they started again because the traumas in the background were still unmanaged.