The evidence is once again pointing in the direction of hypnosis for smoke cessation as the most beneficial approach. According to a study conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California-San Francisco found that hypnosis in conjunction with the patch to be effective one year after treatments. “This study provides much-needed evidence that hypnosis is indeed a very helpful treatment,” says lead author Timothy Carmody.
According to the article in the US NEWS, Health sections, “Hypnosis was particularly helpful for would-be quitters who reported a history of depression. That finding suggests that smokers who have struggled with depression—or perhaps with other psychiatric conditions, Carmody says—might someday receive hypnosis as part of the quitting process.”
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