QUIT SMOKING

SCRIPTS
 QUIT SMOKING INDEX

2 Quitting cigarettes with Hypnotherapy

4 Phone conversation with Quit smoking Hypnotherapy client
6 Quit Smoking confirmation letter
7 Quit cigarettes flyer
8 Intake Form
9 Quit Smoking Pretalk
17 Hypnotic Agreement
18 Quit Smoking Script
40 Reframing Script
42 No Response Script
43 Quit Smoking Back up Session pretalk
45 Quit smoking Back Up Script

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 Quitting Cigarettes with Hypnotherapy
Quitting cigarettes is a very specialised area within Hypnotherapy. There are many ways
that Hypnotherapists attempt to assist clients with quitting and while some techniques
achieve great success, others do not seem to work well for the client or the therapist.

Part of the secret of achieving high levels of success with quitting smoking is to carefully
choose which clients you work with and to know which clients not to work with. This
can be a tricky process and even the most experienced Hypnotherapists can misjudge
this aspect and work with clients who are simply not ready to let go of this addictive and
insidious habit.

Smoking is a deeply ingrained habit and a powerful unconscious program. Smokers often
have the belief that nicotine is the cause of the addiction - so consequently, the smoker
really has no control. What most smokers don't seem to comprehend is that when they use
nicotine patches, gum or sprays - or other forms of nicotine replacement - they still want to
smoke.

Statistically, the success rate of nicotine replacement therapy is 6%. That's a whopping
94% failure rate. The reason for this phenomenal failure rate is because even when you
flood your body with nicotine -the habit and those unconscious triggers and patterns are
still there, triggering the person to smoke. When you remove those triggers and patterns
and release the habit, the nicotine is no longer an issue even though our social conditioning
teaches us to believe otherwise. However, the undisputed fact remains that Hypnotherapy
is by far the most powerful and successful way for people to successfully quit cigarettes.
People who have tried everything else - unsuccessfully - can achieve success using
hypnosis.

Hypnosis, does however, have its challenges. For Hypnotherapy to work successfully, it is
extremely important for the client to understands the process and that the Hypnotherapist
manages their expectations in a very real and open manner.

Many people who have never experienced any sort of mind / body work (such as hypnosis,
meditation, creative visualisation etc) will go to a Hypnotherapist to quit smoking because
they have seen the process work on their friends or relatives - yet - the only knowledge
they have of hypnosis is what they have seen on a stage show.

If the client comes to the session expecting to be 'put to sleep' or to be 'put into trance'
believing that they have no control over the process, they will have an entirely misguided
perception and will be very unlikely to experience success.

(This is true not only for clients who come to quit smoking. This is true for all clients. It is
very important that the client understands the process of hypnosis - and their role in it - for
any session to be successful.) So the pre- talk could be considered by far the most
important stage of the entire session.

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During the pre-talk, the therapist will build rapport, gather information about the client's
smoking habit and their reasons for 'wanting' to quit, give a detailed explanation of
hypnosis and the client's role in the process, identify and discuss any conflicting condition
that may render the session unsuccessful and gain the hypnotic agreement - all before
commencing any formal hypnotic induction.

This first - and vitally important - part of an appointment can take up to an hour. It is
essential to gather as much information as possible without getting ' side-tracked' into
general conversation. A 'chatty' client (or therapist) can turn a two hour session into a four
hour session if things wander too far 'off track'.

And remember, the therapist is there to listen and gather information - not to get into some
'deep and meaningful' conversation about things that are irrelevant to the purpose at hand.
Be a good listener - not a good sharer or talker. Ask questions that are relevant. Do not
wander off into interesting but insignificant 'side stories'. They are irrelevant, they waste
time and they can quickly and irreversibly break rapport.

It is vitally important that the client wants to quit and has made the decision to quit. If they
expect the Hypnotherapy to do all the work, they will be bitterly disappointed. As with
everything else, hypnosis makes the process easy because we are with the unconscious
mind and once the conscious and unconscious mind are in agreement, the body responds
instantly. It is sometimes referred to as 'The Golden Handshake". However, if the client is
not ready to make the change, they will probably continue to smoke.

For some people, quitting cigarettes is far more than just quitting cigarettes. It is not just a
change in their habits, it is almost a complete change of identity. Some clients need to be
prepared for this change. Always be respectful of what the client is going through. Never
underestimate the powerful influence of this deep seated habit and its effect on people's
lives.

Having said all that, the fact remains that Hypnotherapy, when done skill- fully and
professionally, is by far the most powerful and successful way for a person to quit
cigarettes. It is the only technique that even makes quitting possible for many people. It
saves lives and changes lives and that makes it an invaluable process for Hypnotherapists
to become skilled in.

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 Phone Conversation with Quit Cigarettes Client
This is a guide for your phone conversation when some-one calls about quitting cigarettes.
Always answer the phone with a smile on your face and in your voice.

1. Know your outcome. 2. Project Certainty.

Identify yourself and speak with a friendly, confident tone.

Client......
I would like to enquire about quitting cigarettes.

Therapist......
Certainly. Do you know someone who has been to me?

Ask questions and show an interest in what the client has to say.

Have you tried any methods before? Have you tried hypnosis before? ¾
I like to get a background on people so I can serve them better because are you working at
the moment? What type of work are you doing?

How many cigarettes do you smoke a day? So you're spending about $7500.00 a year on
cigarettes. How long have you been smoking?

The Following are some common responses that you can utilise in your conversation. Be
very warm and confident in your statements and responses. And be careful not to sound
judgemental in any way.

Hypnosis is ...the safest most natural - yet powerful way to release unwanted habits like
cigarettes.
Or... Hypnosis is... the most effective way for us to wipe out the habit. Hypnosis is totally
safe. It is not something that is 'done' to you, it is a process you are 'guided' through.

Most people who come to see me have tried everything else - patches, Champix, laser,
acupuncture et c. But with all of those things, you are doing nothing to address the
underlying problem; the unconscious patterns that keep you smoking.

You see smoking cigarettes is something that is out of your conscious control. It is an
unconscious behaviour. A deep-seated habit. Something you do automatically without
even thinking about it.

So what we do is work out what those unconscious triggers and patterns are. An
appointment takes 2-3 hours Max. We spend a lot of time working out what's blocking you
from being able to quit. We look for those unconscious triggers and patterns that are
keeping you smoking. Then we do a full hypnosis session to release those triggers and
patterns - that deep seated habit. Some people think it's the nicotine that keeps them
smoking but it is actually the habit that is the addiction. So we get rid of the addiction.

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Once those things are released and you eliminate the habit, the nicotine is no longer an
issue and you walk out a ' non-smoker.

For the rare few who need more help - and it is rare - we will do a back-up session at no
extra charge. Out of every hundred people I see, only three or four need the extra help -
and it is there for them.

Does that sound like something you'd be interested in?

Would you like a weekend or a weekday? (offer 2 choices re availability). Confirm a date
- let them know that they will receive a letter/email with all the details. You may want to
take a deposit.

• (optional) You can also say. I want to ask a couple of questions just so your mind
knows the consequences if nothing was to change and also what will happen if they do.

Pain Questions
If you were to smoke for another 5 years...what would that feel like? What would your
health be like? What would it feel like knowing all the money you spent? What would it
mean for your kids? Grandkids?
(Ask the same questions for 10 years and 15 years in the future)

Pleasure Questions
If you were to become a non-smoker now what would like feel like in 5 years’ time? What
would your health be like? What could you do? What would it mean for your kids and
grandkids? Any holidays you'd like to take?
(Ask same question for 10 years)

On a scale of 0 to 10, 10 being total commitment. How committed are you to becoming a
non-smoker?

What do you need to know to become a 10? If you had that would you be a 10? Client...
yes.

Great when would be the best time for you.. would you prefer late this week or early next
week? (only ever give 2 options) Which Day Thursday or Friday? Morning or afternoon?

Great, I’m going to send you a form in an email and if you can just bring it with you to the
session and in the email, I’ll send you my practice address and all of the details. Bring
your last packet of cigarettes and last lighter. Clean out all old smoking areas and get rid of
all ashtrays. Oh and we need to give you a task that is symbolic of the change. What is
something you have been putting off that you need to finish? How is your car? Does your
car need to be cleaned? Or clean out a cupboard, or a room in the house? Or anything you
need to throw out that's taking up space? Great I need your commitment that you will do
that to and text me by 5pm the day before the session so I know it’s done. Must be done
before the session. Awesome look forward to catching you this week / next week
(whenever the session is on).

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Your Easy Solution to Quit Cigarettes
(The Email)

Dear________________,

Thank you for your inquiry about quitting cigarettes. This is your first step to becoming, a
non-smoker. Congratulations.

So, how does this system help you quit cigarettes in just one session?

To summarise; It combines advanced hypnosis, NLP, reframing, follow up support

structures and more - to address the individual needs of each smoker.

Hypnotherapy is a gentle, safe, natural process, yet extremely powerful when it

comes to releasing old, unwanted habits.

The success rate of this therapy is astounding. People who have tried other methods
of quitting without success have found success with this system - easily. The session
is pleasant and relaxing and it is backed up with a life time guarantee.

The cost of the session is $600.00 which is less than most smokers spend on
cigarettes each month.

All smokers come to a point where they know it's time. Time to be rid of cigarettes.
Time to be rid of this unhealthy, expensive habit. When the time is right for you, just
give me a call to make an appointment.

I look forward to speaking with you.

Warmest Regards,

Your Name

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CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FORM (example)

NAME: ______________________________________________________ TODAYS DATE: ____/ ____/ ____

AGE: _______________ BIRTH DATE-:

ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________________________

PHONE: ____________________________________ E-MAIL: ______________________________________

OCCUPATION: ______________________________________________________________ MALE I FEMALE

Any information you feel is relevant to your session

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

Where did you hear about us? Who referred us?

_________________________________________________________________________________________

Doctor (GP): _____________________________________Did your doctor recommend you stop smoking? Y / N

We occasionally work closely with our clients' GP. If you have any objection to this, please let us know by phone or during your appointment.

How old were you when you started smoking? ______ How many do you smoke a day? _______

Why did you start? ___________________________________________________________________________

What methods have you used to try and quit before?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Briefly summarise the reasons you want to quit.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

When do you use cigarettes? - What are your triggers that you are aware of?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Signature: ________________________________ Date ___________

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NAME: ____________________________________ DATE: ___________________________

1. Explain – Turn off Phone 9. Must Stop. Not cut Down. You must decide

2. How many cigarettes per day? _____ Cost? _____ 10. Ex-Smoker vs Non-Smoker
Never Smoke again – not even one

3. How old were you when you started? _________ 11. Reasons & excuses……Set them aside

4. Why did you start? ______________ 12. Weight B.S.L

5. When? Triggers? _________________________ 13. Stress

_______________________________________
14. Void
_______________________________________
15. HYPNOSIS
_______________________________________
Don’t feel hypnotised / related / not sleep /
_______________________________________
Not mind control / process you are guided through /
_______________________________________ no amnesia

_______________________________________ YOU ARE IN CONTROL

_______________________________________ Use the mind model diagram, protection, fighting against

self
_______________________________________
16. WAY TO RESPOND TO SUGGESTION
_______________________________________
Follow instructions
_______________________________________
Accept suggestions as own
_______________________________________
Want this for yourself and commit to the process
_______________________________________
Believe it’s going to work
_______________________________________
If you think you can, you will
_______________________________________ If you think you can’t, you won’t

6. Want to quit vs need to quit 17. AFTER THE SESSION

Feel like never smoked – no desire – easy

7. Do you think you’re addicted? (Suggest you will feel this way)

Drug addiction / withdrawal. 2nd hand smoke / Thoughts of smoking come and go quickly
Patches. It’s not the nicotine, it’s the habit!
Change of routines or patterns
8. Biggest reasons you want to quit.
(note pros & negs) Need follow up session (rate 3-4 out of every 100)

_______________________________________ Only people it doesn’t work for didn’t want to quit

_______________________________________
18. HYPNOTIC AGREEMENT
_______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

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 Quit Cigarettes Pre-talk
Points to talk through as you complete the pre-session form

The pre-talk is extremely important. It's a time to build rapport and gain trust. It will teach
the client how hypnosis works and give them an indication of what they can expect. If a
client has never experienced hypnosis before, they may be apprehensive or may have
entirely unrealistic expectations. Be genuine and explain everything they need to know.
The better their understanding, the more successful they will be. Manage their
expectations. Go through the pre-talk whilst completing the pre-session checklist with the
client. This is also a time when they may disclose other problematic issues that may need
to be dealt with before quitting.

1. Explain that you will go through the checklist, ask lots of questions, explain how it
works and then they will experience the lovely state of relaxation known as hypnosis
and become a non-smoker. Make sure their phone is off.

2. How many cigarettes per day. Work out the cost per year (A pack a day smoker is
spending roughly $7500.00 per year on cigarettes).

3. How old when started smoking?

4. Why did they start smoking? Usually friends, wanting to be cool, wanting to be part of
the group, rebellion, personal power. You will use this info when using the mind diagram.

5. When you ask about their triggers, say…..

‘Now let’s go through your day with regard to smoking. You get up in the
morning..???’
Go through their day with them. If they do not mention the following things, ask…
Do you smoke while driving? On the phone? When you are stressed or bored? After
meals?
When drinking? What do you drink? Do you smoke more when you drive? What about
the evenings? Do you get up during the night? Are there any other times that are
relevant…. weekends. golfing, going to the club, restaurants, pokies etc? (Write it all
down in an easy to follow list)
People often identify triggers such as stress or boredom but don't realise that if they
smoke up at the same time every day (eg in the morning with a coffee) these are trigger
times too.

6. Ask… Do you really want to quit? This is very important. They must want to quit. If
they think they should quite or they need to quit because someone else said so, hypnosis
will probably NOT work. They must want it for themselves. You cannot be hypnotized to
do something you don’t want to do.

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7. Addicted to nicotine or the habit? Have they ever given up before? Did they have any
withdrawals? The worst withdrawals you get from nicotine are cravings. It isn't like other
addictions. With true addictions, (meth, heroine, even alcohol addiction) the body cannot
function without the substance. The addict is curled up, sweating, shaking, has vomiting,
diarrhoea, pain, anxiety, even hallucinations.

Smoking is different. You may feel hungry or get a bit grouchy but that's about it. We will
discuss that more shortly.

Have they tried patches? Almost everyone tries patches yet most still get cravings to
smoke, despite the fact that they are actually getting more nicotine than with cigarettes.
And if people were truly addicted to nicotine, they would become addicted to the patches
because that's how addiction works. Patches have a 6% success rate (over the placebo
groups) which means they have a 94% failure rate. Going cold turkey has a higher success
rate than patches. And people can go cold turkey and not suffer any withdrawals at all.
People also quit with hypnosis every day without having any withdrawals. Once you
release the unconscious triggers and patterns and break the habit, the cravings no longer
occur – the nicotine is no longer an issue.
Non-smokers have died from second hand smoke. They had enough second-hand smoke to
die, yet they weren't addicted to nicotine.
It's not the nicotine that keeps people smoking. It's the habit. It's the habit that people are
addicted to and that is why hypnosis is so powerful. It breaks the habit. Breaks the
unconscious patterns. Releases the cravings. And once the habit has gone and those
unconscious triggers and patterns have been released, the nicotine is no longer an issue.
And all the nicotine is gone from the body within 3 to 5 days.

8. Biggest reasons they want to quit?

If they say health, ask if they have any health issues now with regard to smoking or if it is
their future health that they are concerned about. Ask about their fitness and energy. Get
details as you will need them for the session. Ask them do they enjoy every cigarette. Most
people say no.

Write it down in the reasons to quit section. You can use this in the session. Anything that
the client mentions during conversation that can be used as a reason to quit should be
noted here. (eg. I have had clients tell me in conversation that they feel like a leper when
they smoke in public - but did not mention that as a reason they want to quit. I still write it
down and use it in the session.

9. After today they must never ever smoke again. Tell them that hypnosis really works and
they will find it easy to quit. They must however, support themselves and work with the
process. A back up session is available if they struggle with it - but that is extremely rare.
Hypnosis makes it easy.

More importantly, most people have quit before and no-one ever thinks to themselves, “I

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am going to become a smoker again.” They simply think, “I’ll just have one. One won’t
hurt.” It is usually in a social or stressful situation. Tell them – ONE WILL HURT. Never
fall for the trap of thinking one won’t hurt. If you ever have that thought, remind
yourself that you are a non-smoker and move on. The thought will disappear. Hypnosis
makes quitting easy but it never takes away your free choice. One it is easy to quit. You
need to choose to never have even on cigarette again. Just one cigarette will bring back the
cravings – even after many years of no smoking.

10. The plan for this session is that you will become a non-smoker rather than feel like an
ex-smoker. As an ex-smoker, there’s always that temptation to go back. Being a non-
smoker is an entirely different mindset. Sounds simple but it is very important.

11. You’ve wanted to give up smoking, so what are the reasons and excuses you are still a
smoker?
(Wait for the answer and then make the physical gesture to set the reasons aside, saying
that will all change today.)

12. Worried about gaining weight?

There is no reason to gain weight when you quit smoking. Quitting does not make you
gain weight. Many people actually use quitting as a kind of a springboard to get them into
a health and fitness regimen - they actually lose weight - because they feel more energetic
and are ready to become healthier.

There are two reasons some people tend to gain weight and if you are aware of them then
you can easily avoid that happening.

One reason people gain weight is because they replace the habit of smoking with the habit
of eating. If you are likely to replace one habit with another, make sure it's a healthy habit.
You can choose your habits. (Perhaps drinking some water or going for a short walk). And
remember you don't have to replace a habit. You don't need to replace the rubbish once
you throw it out.

The other thing that people don't realise is that cigarettes contain up to 18% sugar.
When you smoke, the sugar goes into your lungs and straight into your blood stream
causing small, otherwise insignificant boosts in your blood sugar levels. This can trick
your body into thinking you have eaten. Some people even have cigarettes instead of
breakfast or lunch. When you quit, you are no longer getting these little blood sugar level
boosts, so during the transition phase, your blood sugar levels tend to drop slightly, and
this can cause sugar cravings - so people turn to food. Small, regular portions of fruit are a
very effective and healthy way to keep this in balance and avoid the cravings.

13. Stress - Some people imagine that they need to smoke when they are stressed. That's
just a thought - a programmed belief. Nicotine puts a lot more stress on your body. It is a
stimulant that increases your stress hormones, your heart rate, blood pressure, even your
gastric acids.

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14. Sometimes it is the other things that accompany the cigarette that help; such as leaving
the room, taking some 'me time', breathing. Deep breathing is far more calming for the
mind and the body. From now on you must handle all stressful situations as a non-
smoker.

15. Void. If you notice you have fidgety fingers and hands, that's a good thing. Smokers
often find they have picked up a cigarette without even thinking about it. If you notice
your hands are empty, be grateful. And if you usually smoke when you are bored or to
fill in time, plan ahead so that you do not find yourself 'lost' for something to do. Have
a cuppa, some water, go for a short walk etc.

16. Explanation of hypnosis. (It's very important to remove all mystery about hypnosis.)
Hypnosis is a state of relaxation, a very common feeling, a very familiar feeling (TV
trance, driving trance, daydreaming). Just like that gentle feeling before you doze off
into a peaceful sleep.

Don't expect to feel hypnotised, just expect to feel relaxed. Everyone experiences hypnosis
in their own way and that can range from a state of full awareness to a state of deep
relaxation. You are aware of what is happening at all times. YOU ARE IN CONTROL at
all times.

Hypnosis is not something that is done to you - it is a process you are guided through. You
are not asleep. It's a waking process (and it's important that you are aware of what is
happening).

Everyone can be hypnotised (providing they are of high enough intelligence to be able
to follow instructions) and everyone can block it (either intentionally or unintentionally.)
No-one can be hypnotised against their will. You cannot be hypnotised to do something
you don't want to do.

If they mention stage shows:

A small percentage of the population can be hypnotised very quickly and easily. The
people who go up on stage are comfortable being the centre of attention - the extrovert - or
at least within the context of the show. It's well within their values. They are aware of
what is going on and are being triggered unconsciously to do certain things – similar to the
way you are being unconsciously triggered to smoke. They are however, still in control the
whole time and if the hypnotist were to push them beyond what they would be
comfortable doing, they would immediately come out of hypnosis. That's why during
those shows you will see they hypnotist telling people they can leave the stage and go back
to their seats.

17. Hypnosis and the Mind diagram - Use diagram of the mind.
Conscious mind - What's in your conscious mind is what you are aware of here and now
at any point in time.

Unconscious mind is everything else - it's the powerhouse of our existence. It's where

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we store everything - everything you have ever learnt, every memory you have ever made,
every feeling you have ever felt, every habit you have ever formed - all our morals and
values. And we have access to all that information on 'automatic pilot.'

We learn things consciously but the conscious mind gets overloaded very easily so take in
only small chunks of information at a time. Eg. Reading, writing, driving. Once we
practice enough times and we don't have to think about it anymore, it becomes an
unconscious process and we can do it automatically. We are programming things into the
unconscious mind from the day we are born. What's good, bad, happy, sad, right, wrong,
safe dangerous etc. Once it is programmed into the unconscious mind, it is locked in with
this barrier that we call the critical faculty - as part of our survival mechanism.

The prime directive of the unconscious mind is protection / survival. It operates like the
hard drive of a computer, it accepts what we program into it without analysing it - it just
accepts it - and because you are alive (surviving), it thinks that it is protecting you by
holding onto and running the same programs. This is not a perfect system but it's the one
we've got. And sometimes we can program things into the unconscious mind that don't
serve us well. eg. anxiety or phobias, panic attacks, negative beliefs etc. Once we program
something into the unconscious mind, it is very difficult to change it consciously. So if for
example, you have a phobia, you can try to overcome it by telling yourself it's OK, you're
safe, etc. etc. but if the unconscious mind is running a program that's screaming "terror" so
no matter what you tell yourself consciously, the unconscious mind will go into action.
Your stress hormones are pumping, your heart pounds, your breathing changes, legs
wobble, you could break out in a sweat, get dizzy, even pass out. Anything you tell
yourself will bounce off that barrier because it is your unconscious mind that is in control.
The unconscious mind controls all your body functions and the changes that are occurring
originate in the mind but are felt throughout the whole body. The unconscious mind also
controls our habits.

So how does this relate to smoking. When you first started smoking you probably coughed
and spluttered and had a head spin and watery eyes but you practiced consciously until
you learnt how. Then you locked it into the unconscious mind as a 'feel good' program -eg.
this is what I do with my friends - it makes me cool – connects me with people - makes me
part of the group - makes me feel grown up etc. (use the client's reasons for starting). Then
you repeat and it becomes a habit. Then you repeat it at certain times and set up triggers
that unconsciously connect these times, feelings or actions with smoking.

Now then, here you are, years down the track you are consciously telling yourself you no
longer want to smoke and you have all the reasons why you want to quit but they just
bounce off that barrier because the powerful unconscious mind is running a different
program. And because the unconscious mind is the feeling part of you, even though you
'consciously think' you want to quit, unconsciously, you felt like a cigarette. That's why it
seems like there is an internal battle going on - because there is. Consciously you want one
thing and unconsciously you want another. And the unconscious mind is so much more
powerful.

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The critical faculty could also be described as the will power barrier. So if you pound
away at it long enough or if something happens to 'shift the balance' people can quit 'cold
turkey'. (eg. Many women quit while pregnant).

Now in hypnosis we just go into a state of relaxation and we relax away that barrier so we
can talk directly to the unconscious mind. Just like putting a new computer program over
an old one that is no longer serving its purpose. And once the two parts of the mind are in
agreement, the body responds automatically.

18. Ways to respond. There are 4 things that you need for hypnosis to be successful.

You have to want this for yourself.

You have to follow all of the instructions. (relaxation example)

You need to take on all the suggestions as your own. (cigarettes are disgusting example)
Commit to the process, believe it's going to work and then do everything to support
your own success.

19. After the session, the feedback I most often get is, "That was easy. am a non-smoker."

And that's it. I don't know if that's how you'll feel.

Sometimes people tell me that thoughts of smoking come and go quickly - just sort of pass
through - and that's OK. (use example relevant to client's triggers) eg. Grab a cup of
coffee, this is when I’d normally have a cigarette but I don't want one.

Some people actually change their patterns - maybe have their coffee inside instead of
outside, have their car cleaned so it smells different (use client's examples from pre-talk.)
Not everybody needs to do this, but I advise everyone to do whatever it takes to support
yourself.

Occasionally, and it's rare, but occasionally people need that little bit extra help – a back-
up session and I always tell people that if you are struggling, just come back.

We'll work out why and do another session.

The people it doesn't work for are those who really didn't want to quit in the first place
(and we usually sort that out now, before we start, and don't even do the session.)

20. Hypnotic agreement.

(Before doing this I usually check if the person wants a drink of water or needs to go
to the bathroom before we start. They need to be comfortable and relaxed for the
session.)

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If you are ready to become a non-smoker now, come on over and relax in this chair.

Now I just want to remind you that hypnosis is like an agreement between two people. It's
a process we do together. I will do my part, all the relaxation, therapy and hypnotic
suggestion for you to easily become a non-smoker today. You just need to do your part
and that's relax, let go, follow all of my instructions, take on all the suggestions as your
own, believe that it's going to work, and continue to support yourself into the future.
Agreed? (get their commitment).

Get the client's permission for everything that will happen during the session. Eg, "Is it
OK if I play some soft music? Will you still be able to hear me without being
distracted?"

"I may touch you through the session, on your hands or your head or your knees. Is that
OK?"

Get agreement and ask client to comfortably place their arms on the arms of the chair.
Once the client is comfortable, start the music and start the session.

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 Hypnotic agreement

(Before doing this I usually check if the client wants a drink of water or needs to go to the
bathroom before we start. They need to be comfortable and relaxed for the session.)

"If you are ready to become a non-smoker now, come on over and relax in this
chair."

Explain to the client what will happen during the session and get their permission.

Now I just want to remind you that hypnosis is like an agreement between two people. It's
a process we do together. I will do my part, all the relaxation techniques, therapy and
hypnotic suggestions for you to easily become a non-smoker today. You just need to do
your part and that's relax, let go and enjoy the process, follow all of my instructions, take
on all the suggestions as your own, believe that it's going to work, and continue to support
yourself into the future. Agreed? (get their commitment and shake hands).

Before you start, check everything with the client. "Do you have any hearing issues?"

"Is it OK if I play some soft music?"

"Will you still be able to hear me without being distracted?"

"Is it OK if I touch you during the session, on your hands or your head or your knees?"

Get agreement and ask client to comfortably place their arms on the arms of the chair.
Always respect the client 's choices.

Once the client is comfortable, start the music and start the session.

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 Quit Smoking Script
Just get nice and comfortable.

Close your eyes and take some nice deep breaths.... all the way down into your stomach ....
And just feel yourself starting to relax.
Let the world out there rush by ...... knowing that right here, right now, this time ... this
place ... is just for you.

And you can let go of any unwanted or distracting thoughts. Just imagine putting each
unwanted thought into a little bubble in your mind. Each thought in its own little thought
bubble ... and just imagine letting them all float away .... out of your mind ... and off into
the distance. And you can leave your mind clear to focus on the sound of my voice.

Now ... you know that if you wanted to you could tighten your muscles and make a fist
that was so strong incredibly strong that you couldn’t make it any stronger or more
powerful. Isn’t that true?

Wait for a response, or quietly say, “Just nod your head”

So if you wanted to and if you knew how, you could also make any group of muscles you
want ed to so totally and completely relaxed, that unless you removed the relaxation, you
could relax that muscle to the point where it wouldn’t work. That’s also true isn’t it?

Wait for a response

Now, the easiest group of muscles to relax in your entire body are your eyelids. Now you
know that's true don't you?

Wait for a response

I'd like you to remember a time when you were tired. You had an exhausting day and you
closed your eyes and it feels so good ... Put your awareness on your eyelids. You're in
charge, you're in control and your muscles respond to you, not me. They do what you tell
them to do, not what I tell them to do. Your eyelids respond only to you because the
suggestions are coming directly from you and through your neurology. You instruct your
body to follow your suggestions totally and completely and you will be successful.

Watch client’s breathing and say the next sentence as they are exhaling so that they are
prepared for a deep breath in. Take a deep breath in – along with the client.
***Now just take a long deep breath and hold it for a few seconds….

Say the next sentence while exhaling – almost like you are saying it with a sigh.

As you exhale this breath, allow your eyes to relax and let go of al l the surface tension in
your body. Just let your whole body relax as much as possible ... Right now ... That's right.

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Now go ahead and tell your body to relax your eyelid muscles deeply and completely. So
deeply and completely that unless you remove the relaxation they just won't work ... and
when you know you've done this, then hold onto that relaxation, relax those muscles
around your eyes and eyelids so much, so that even if you were try and open them, they'd
just stay shut. Make sure they're so relaxed they don't even want to work and notice how
good that feels. Make sure your eyes are so relaxed they just won't work and then go
ahead and give them a good test ...

When eyes stay shut, say…..

That was the hardest step. You just did great.

If the eyes open, tell the client, “Now just relax and follow my instructions and you will
be successful. You haved the power to either rest those muscles deeply so your eyes just
want to stay closed, or you have the power to ‘break the relaxation’ and make them
open, so just relax and let your eyes stay closed.” ----- then go back to****

Now this relaxation you have in your eyes is the same quality of relaxation that I want you
to have throughout your whole body. So just let this quality of relaxation flow through
your whole body from the top of your head to the tip of your toes. From the top of your
head to the tip of your toes. That's right.

Now notice you are feeling very comfortable now, as if you are about to relax very deeply.
Your eyes are resting, as if you are going to focus inwardly.
And as I continue speaking to you, relax as if you were very comfortable. You don't need
to do anything right now other than just relax, as if you can allow your unconscious mind
to simply take over completely, as if your conscious mind were just free to drift and rest.
And as you continue to breathe deeply ... relaxing even more with every breath ... you let
go.... let go.....

Become aware of your breathing. Just breathe comfortably and feel the fresh air entering
your lungs. Focus within and imagine your breath is like a gentle wave flowing through
you as you feel yourself relax. Breathing slowly, comfortably and gently into every part of
your body. With every breath you inhale, you feel yourself relaxing and as you exhale, you
release.

Release any stress, any tension. Feel that lovely, relaxing feeling of release. Every breath
makes you more and more relaxed. The sound of the music relaxes you. The rhythm of
your breathing takes you deeper into comfort And I wonder if you can discover how your
body can be so comfortable, how your breathing can begin to slow down and how
comforting it can be to simply listen quietly as someone else describes ways that you can
begin to experience yourself differently. And the comfort of deep relaxation is a part of
you even if you hadn't noticed. And isn't it nice to discover something familiar and
calming that can help you.........because relaxation, whether you experience it all at once or
like a gentle flow peacefully moving through you and forgetting....and soon you have the

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feeling that you don't have to be aware of it anymore. You can simply allow yourself to
become part of the relaxation as it becomes part of you.

And as you continue to breathe deeply and exhale slowly, just become aware of all the tiny
muscles in your head, your forehead and around your eyes and just feel them beginning to
relax. That's right. Just allow the sound of my voice to relax you more and more. Feel the
relaxation flowing through every part of your body - slowly - comfortably. Down through
your facial muscles - relax -around your mouth, your jaw, your neck, - relaxing - your
shoulders, arms - forearms - hands - fingers - relaxing. Feel the deep, calming relaxation
flow through your body, all the way down through your body - down your spine - all the
way down - calming - comforting - relaxation. Into your legs - your thighs – down through
your calves - feel it, that's right - your feet·, your toes - relax. And you can relax totally
and completely.

That soft, dreamy, floaty feeling - almost like you are drifting, down - to that place of total
comfort - and you can free your mind.

And your conscious mind may even drift and wander as your unconscious .... listens to
every word I say and accepts the powerful suggestions to bring all your goals into your
reality. Give your conscious mind permission to rest.

There is nothing to do ... nowhere to be.

Your unconscious mind and your body's deep inner guidance will listen to and integrate
all of my suggestions at a deep, deep level, and you will discover - how to create
permanent and lasting positive changes in your life and your health. Consciously you need
to do nothing except relax. Let any distracting thoughts simply flow out of your mind and
body like a cloud that dissipates into nothingness as it fades away. And the deeper you
allow yourself to relax the more you will find that it is easier for your body to start to
release what it needs to release to become free and in control.

Your unconscious knows where you carry stresses and emotions which block you from
within...and your unconscious knows how to free you and release them ... and as they
release ...you will discover all the positive, powerful resources you have within. You are
now able to let go, release all that you need to release and embrace the strong, healthy you
that already exists deep down - within - for your unconscious mind - your deep inner
guidance – knows exactly what has been blocking you and exactly what needs to be done.
You can now release the blockages and embrace a new freedom into your life - mentally,
emotionally and physically... the freedom that comes with being in control. For you are
either in control ... or you are being controlled ... by something outside of yourself. You
have decided to embrace the freedom that comes with being IN control of your thoughts,
your feelings, your choices, your life.

Tune in to how powerful you are - you are a wonderful, powerful, amazing person.

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Observe yourself from a distance. Notice you are strong - mentally. There are things that
you are able to do that you hadn't realised in the past. You can now see possibilities for
yourself that you hadn't noticed before. You realise how powerful you can be.

And I wonder if you can imagine yourself at the top of a very special stairway -the stairs
of relaxation and there are 10 very beautiful steps going down to a very beautiful place ... a
deep, deep level of comfort where all things are possible ... all things are easy and
effortless.

And as you feel or even see yourself at the top of the stairway, you can feel very safe,
comfortable and contented.

And in a moment, as I count down, you will move down the stairs one by one ... with
every step taking you deeper into comfort ... deeper into that place where nothing can
bother you ...and everything is possible.

10 ... down to 9. Already feeling physically, mentally and emotionally more relaxed and
settled than you've felt in a long time.
Down to 8 ... just letting go ... letting go.
Down to 7 ... almost like you are drifting, drifting ...
Down to 6 ... that soft, dreamy, floating feeling where everything is still... everything is
easy.
Down to 5 ... feeling the wonderful anticipation ... the deep inner calm Down to 4 ... just
allowing yourself to go deeper and deeper
Down to 3 ... So relaxed you're almost losing sensation Down to 2 ... Almost
floating, floating
Down to 1 ... and you are almost there ... that breathtaking place where everything is
possible.
Down to zero ... all the way there ... all the way there.

I would like you now to just get in touch with the deep feeling part of your mind..... the
deepest recesses of your unconscious mind. And deep in this feeling part of your mind you
have many feelings and experiences recorded. Every feeling and everything you have ever
experienced is registered in this deep feeling part of the mind. And the conscious mind
could never hope to remember these things, they are things for the unconscious mind. And
here in the deepest recesses of the mind, time and space are meaningless. And it was but a
moment ago that you were a child and you were experiencing exactly how life feels as a
non-smoker.

It is your natural state. In those days you would get up every morning and go through the
entire day, every day of the week, every week of the year, year after year and do so as a
non-smoker. And it makes no difference where you are or who you are with or what you
are doing or whether you are having a good or bad day. And you can see other people
choosing unwanted habits... yet you couldn't care less. You never even think about it for
yourself. It makes absolutely no difference to you what others do with their habits. You
are a non-smoker.

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That’s just the way it is. And you don't even go around telling yourself YOU are a non-
smoker ... You are a non-smoker. Let yourself experience this feeling right now. Feel the
natural experience of it. Feel the power, the total freedom of it. Feel it and enjoy the
natural experience of being a non-smoker ... And really enjoy it, right now ... that's right....
Bring this feeling to the here and now and enjoy it.

(Name) You have an opportunity today like you've never had before. You've decided to
make this important change in your life. And you've decided to do it for some very real
and important reasons. These are your reasons and yours alone. You've decided to be
completely free of that old unwanted habit now. It's no longer serving any worthwhile
purpose in your life and it is time to be rid of it. And you've decided to be rid of it for the
rest of your life. And you are looking forward to this with such certainty and pleasure.

You are creating a knowing feeling about this. You know you are a non-smoker. Feel how
good that feels. To know that you've put that old habit behind you where it belongs. This is
what you want for yourself. Feel the freedom. The deep inner calm that comes from
knowing you have made the commitment to yourself. And it feels so good.

And you can look forward to much happier times. And from now on, any thoughts about
smoking will be quickly overruled by stronger feelings of determination, confidence,
freedom, achievement ... and wonderful feelings of looking ahead.... knowing you are,
completely free of that old habit now. It's just something that belongs in the past ... a
distant shadow in your mind.

And what we're doing today isn’t important to the conscious mind. It already has enough
to deal with on a day-to-day basis. You are releasing this habit that is no longer serving
any worthwhile purpose in your life at a deep unconscious level. You've banished it from
your mind, your body, your life. And your conscious mind need not try to understand what
is happening at an unconscious level and if you agree, you will allow the changes to begin
automatically ... right now ... that's right.

Your unconscious mind is now accepting suggestions for complete and total change now.
It is open and ready s eliminated all desire for smoking. Your old desire for smoking is
disappearing ... now gone ...completely gone...because your unconscious mind knows it's
time to come into alignment with your conscious thoughts and desires so that you can be a
non-smoker. Your unconscious mind understands that by being a non- smoker, now it is
actually protecting you from the habit that can increase toxins on the body and can cause
more stress on the body.

So the unconscious mind now reactivates it primary programming and it's most important
function ... to protect it from harm ... and now accepts suggestions of change that
completely eliminates all desire for smoking ... instilling the desire to breathe fresh
air…only and always. Now I would like to ask your unconscious mind a few questions.
So, if the answer is yes, just move this finger here….

Gently touch a finger

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And if the answer is no then move this finger here….
Gently touch a different finger

The first question is, “Will the unconscious mind openly and totally accept all suggestions
of change, that when heard, will completely eliminate any desire or need to smoke
cigarettes?

Wait for a response. If yes, proceed. If no, go to reframing script on page 40……..

"Your unconscious mind is powerful and creative. So would the powerful, creative part of
your mind now come up with 2 new healthy behaviours and responses rather than the
harmful habit of cigarettes?"

Wait for a response. If yes, proceed. If no, go to reframing script on page 40……..

"Are these new behaviours positive and healthy for you on all levels?"

Wait for a response. If yes, proceed. If no, go to reframing script on page 40……..

"Does every part of your mind and body accept these new healthy behaviours and will you
immediately begin using them?"

Wait for a response. If yes, proceed. If no, go to reframing script on page 40

"Now the unconscious part of your mind has kept you using cigarettes in the past because
it thought it was protecting you. Is the unconscious mind willing to stop no and begin
working with you to protect you in new ways. To have you be a non-smoker and accept
new solutions to help protect you and keep you healthy.

Wait for a response. If yes, proceed. If no, go to reframing script on page 40……..

"Good, so every part of your mind and body are now in agreement to be a Non-smoker...
A person who only breathes fresh air?”

Wait for a response. If yes, proceed. If no, go to reframing script on page 40……..

"Can you quit cigarettes once and for all?"

Wait for a response. If yes, proceed. If no, go to reframing script on page 40

"Will you quit cigarettes once and for all?"

Wait for a response. If yes, proceed. If no, go to reframing script on page 40

"Will you quit cigarettes once and for all NOW?"

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 Wait for a response. If yes, proceed. If no, go to reframing script on page 40

Wonderful. You are now using more of your mind than ever before. Your conscious mind
and unconscious mind are now working together as one, so you will notice an immediate,
positive difference in the way you think and feel about cigarettes. You've made the
decision to be a non-smoker for life and that decision means you are free. Free from
cigarettes. Free from the toxins and poisons of cigarettes forever. Not because of me or
anyone else but because of you and your decision to only breathe fresh air from this point
forward. It is the nature of your unconscious mind to be successful and it will ensure
success for you easily and effortlessly.

Already, new connections are being made between your conscious mind and unconscious
mind, supporting you to be a person who only and always breathes fresh air. New
connections are being made between your mind and your body. Your body has wanted this
for so long. It has been sending you signals. And now new connections are being made to
have you develop healthier, happier habits... And it feels so good. New neural pathways
are already forming in your brain. The brain is a very dynamic and changing organ and
new neural pathways are already forming to have you be a person who only and always
breathes fresh air.

A cigarette will never touch your lips again. You are never going to take a single puff
again. Not because of anything that I have shared with you but because you have made the
wise decision to be totally and completely free of cigarettes. You have decided to be free
and in control..... ever again being controlled by cigarettes. You now realise that in the
past, cigarettes have been controlling your life and they were a cruel and ruthless master...
creating habits, connecting them to triggers. Yet they care nothing for you as they set out
to destroy you ... control you... rob you of your health, your money, your choices, your
dignity, yourself respect, your freedom... your life. You now choose to take back control ...
to be in control of your life and your health and your health... in control of your choices
and behaviours ... to be master of your own habits and destiny ... it's time.

You now hate cigarettes and smoking and persistently refuse cigarettes ever again. Not
even so much as one puff from a cigarette. You persistently refuse cigarettes no matter
what urges you feel, what stresses are occurring. You now handle all situations in your life
easily and effectively as a non-smoker. You now handle all situations in your life while
breathing fresh air.

You are in control of your life, your choices, your feelings and behaviours and you choose
to be a non-smoker ... A breather of fresh air. Free from that old habit that is no longer
serving any worthwhile purpose in your life.

Your entire mind is now working as one toward this goal. As all these suggestions
integrate into the deepest level of your being, you feel yourself coming into alignment and
the habits are now in place for you to be a person who only and always breathes fresh air.
You hate cigarettes. You want them out of your life forever. They're expensive, they’re
filthy, they’re dirty, they're disgusting, they cause disease. You hate smoking and you

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choose to eliminate cigarettes from your life. Banish it completely from your mind and
your body.

You've come here today because you've made the decision to quit-.. today.

Right here ... right now. Not tomorrow. NOW. It is your decision to quit cigarettes right
now, so you are successful. You honestly and truly want to quit cigarettes forever and you
will be a fresh air breathing person from this day forward. That’s right.

Now, you know why you want to stop so strongly. You have so many great reasons.

Mention the reasons from the pre-talk – using client’s words.

These are such great reasons and the important thing is that you have freed yourself from
this habit. You have given up and you are doing this for yourself.

But what are you giving up?

You’re giving up....

Insert client’s own negative reasons; eg. The negative effect on the children, the
coughing, lack of fitness, future health risks, the smell…etc

You're giving up all the things you don't want INCLUDING CIGARETTES.
You're giving up all the things you no longer want so that you can have all things you do
want ......

Insert client’s own positive reasons eg. a longer life, being there from the family, a
greater level of fitness, great health, clear breathing.

All the things that you can find as a non -smoker. A breather of fresh air.

And now, just continue to relax deeply. Allow the sound of my voice to guide you to drift
down deeper and deeper ... More relaxed. Just focus within and feel the deep ... calm ...
relaxation flowing through you. Allow all other sounds to fade off into the distance and
you focus on the sound of my voice.

If you have music playing, gradually turn it down as you say this.
For all these suggestions sink down, down into the deepest recesses of the unconscious
mind ... and they will stay there forever ... sustaining you and strengthening your resolve.
Keeping you a non-smoker - a breather of fresh air.

Every day now your lungs are being filled with healthy, fresh air and so you'll quickly
begin to experience a healthier you. Because you have quit smoking you look forward to a
healthier, happier, richer, longer life. Disease and problems that other people who smoke
experience are now only in your past. The toxins and poison are no longer entering your
lungs and you feel better than you have in a long time. You wake up each morning feeling
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rested and breathing clearly. You experience more peace and you have a happy, calm,
focused energy. You feel healthier each and every day and this reinforces your certainty
and confidence about the powerful positive changes you have made in your life ... here ...
today.

(Name) you've always known that someday you should probably quit and now... finally ...
that day is here. It's time. Time to quit because you want to quit. You're not here letting
other letting tell you what to do or control your life ... and you are no longer letting
cigarettes control your life either.

Because the idea of dying young, or even getting older... being sick stuck in a rocking
chair...chained to an oxygen tank... puffing away at cigarettes... broke... is ridiculous. This
habit has become ridiculous. It was never the case of if you would become a non-smoker
... now ... it was simply a matter of when. And now you have chosen to be free …. a non-
smoker for life because that's what you want for yourself now. Today is the day that you
have totally freed yourself from the bondage of cigarettes and their poisons. You have
chosen to be a non-smoker now. And you're doing this for yourself which means you will
be totally and completely successful. You are a success here today. From now on, every
day will be a day filled with breathing clean fresh air. Not because of me or anyone else
but because of you and your decision to be successfully smoke free for life.

Depending on the client's reasons elicited in the pre-talk, choose 2 or 3 of

the following paragraphs below. Use only those that are relevant for the client.
If the client did not mention a specific issue, do not use that paragraph.
Just stick to the client's reasons and if there are reasons that are not covered in the
following topics, use your expertise to incorporate them into, the session.

1. Concerns about future health

You are now free of that disgusting old habit of cigarettes which means you are giving
yourself the greatest gift of all ... a longer, healthier, happier future. Many people do not
think about their future. They refuse to acknowledge that the choices they are making
today will inevitably affect their future health. They only look at things in hindsight and
realise after it's too late to do something about it. Then they say things like, "I wish I
would have known" or "If I could just have a second chance". The truth is that they just
didn't bother to think about the inevitability of what their choices were doing to their
future.

Smoking causes ... disease ... and often a slow, painful death. Cigarettes are the leading
contributing factor to Australia's most deadly diseases - heart disease ... lung disease ...
cancer. If someone knew they were going to suffer ... get sick and die an agonising death
before their time ... they would make different choices today. You realise this and have
now chosen a different future for yourself. You are doing something about the dangerous
habit of smoking before it becomes a problem. Because if it were not for your choices
today, you would someday find yourself saying, "I wish I would have quit cigarettes back
in ...

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Month and year of session….eg. February 2016

You no longer do the same thing that other smokers do ... because you want something
different now. You realise that it's insanity to keep doing the same thing over and over
again knowing the results that smokers get. Years off their life and most detrimentally,
the agony and suffering of heart disease .. lung disease .. cancer. The most common
problems smokers die from. You've made one of the best decisions of your life becoming
a non-smoker today.

You feel so good now, knowing that instead of having to look back in regret, you've
actually looked into the future and want something different. You have decided on a new
future for yourself. A healthier, happier, longer future. You are successful and you will
have the future that you have chosen.

2. Heavy chest, Lack of willpower and/or difficulty breathing.

Now just take some nice comfortable deep breaths and notice how you feel. Feel all the
fresh air entering your lungs, cleansing ... refreshing ... energising.

Watch client’s breathing and make your suggestions flow with the rhythm of their
breathing.

Just become aware of how great it feels to breathe in only fresh, clean air filling your lungs
with life giving oxygen. Healing, renewing, regenerating.

And breathing out all the toxins· and poisons from your system ... freely ... easily.

Notice that the fresh air is filling you with vitality and energy . . . a calm focused energy.
Breathing fresh, clean air calms you ... relaxes you. And it feels so good.

And notice now that with each breath you release ... every exhale ... you are letting go of
the habit of using cigarettes forever. That's right. Feel it releasing. Let it go. Let it go.
That's right.

And you can now continue to breathe calmly ... comfortably ... as you continue to release
that habit ... and any remaining toxins and poisons from your system.

3. Fear of death and dying

Smoking causes death. Even if you choose to be in denial about this or choose to live in
hope that it won't happen to you. Smoking causes death. And we know this.

Imagine someone being told by their doctor that if they have one more cigarette they will
die. What would you do? Would you believe this? Would you put it to the test? Would you

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get another opinion? What if they went to several doctors and only a few said they would
die. Which ones would they believe, the pones that said they would die- or the ones that
didn't...what would you do? would you put it to the test?

I heard about a person who died playing Russian Roulette... a potentially lethal game in
which the player places a single bullet in a 6 shot revolver, places the muzzle against their
head, and pulls the trigger. Once chance in six of dying. Seems like OK odds... but any
sane person would shudder at the thought of talking such a risk.

Are you taking the same sort of risk every time you light up. Every cigarette possibly
being the one, that one too many. That one that strikes the final blow to your health.
Would the next cigarette have been the one ... the one that sets off the deadly trigger to
destroy your health ... even take your life.

It's time to stop risking your life, your health. You're so much smarter than that ... and that
is why you are here today... to quit cigarettes, now, and forever ... and breathe healthy
fresh air for the rest of your life.

You are now free of that deadly habit of smoking. You are free of the toxins and poisons
of cigarettes and you feel great. Healthy lungs, healthy body, peaceful mind ... long,
happy, healthy future.

4. Coughing - coughs and colds

And as you become healthier and more vital with each and every day, you will be
surprised at how quickly your lungs become healthy now. Filling you with fresh, clean
oxygen to nourish and heal your cells. You wake up each morning breathing clearly.
Coughs and colds disappearing easily now. You are rid of the toxins and poisons of
cigarettes and you are amazed at how good you feel now. That's right.

Every day you feel better and better. Your breathing becomes clearer and easier. Your
lungs provide you with all the oxygen you need to sleep peacefully, wake up and breathe
clearly, feel healthy, exercise energetically. You are already on the way to reaching your
full health potential ... right now.

5. Aging looking older.

When you were young, many people thought they looked older because they smoked, and
they liked that illusion ... it was a good thing.

But now it's different. Smoking is making you look older ... and it is a bad thing. Being a
smoker will cause you to physically age quicker than a non- smoker. Smoking dehydrates
your skin, dries your body out - just like 'a dried out smoked salami hanging in an Italian
deli.' When you meet people who have smoked for many, many years they look like a
smoker ... wrinkled ... brittle hair ... yellowing teeth. They sound like a smoker ... brittle

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voice. They smell like a smoker. You don't want to be a wrinkled up prune, sagging skin ...
ugly marks ... looking so much older than you are.

You want to look young, vital, full of life and that's why you have chosen to be a non-
smoker now.

By becoming a non-smoker today, you will notice that within a very short time, your
circulation improves, your skin becomes hydrated and you will look and feel so much
younger in every way. You have made one of the best decisions of your life by becoming a
non-smoker today ... for your health ... your body ... your skin ... your hair ... your voice.
You will look younger and more youthful and you love the way you look and feel as a
non-smoker.

6. Dislike smell, conscious of the smell

Now that you are smoke free, you will never smell like a disgusting, smelly ashtray or
cigarette again. You will never again have to worry about how bad you smell to other
people.
You are now a person who breathes fresh air. Free from having to worry about the smell of
cigarettes. You smell great all the time. Fresh breath ... fresh clothes ... fresh, clean hair.
And now that you are no longer smelling the disgusting smell of cigarettes, your sense of
smell will improve. You will enjoy the natural, fragrant smells of nature so much more.
You will also enjoy the smell and taste of healthy, natural food. You now nourish your
body with fresh clean air and healthy, natural food and fresh clear water.

7. For children. grandchildren. family.

(Name), Imagine that right here, right now, your kids (grandchildren, family, all the people
you love and love you) are here with you. Think about it, feel it, see it, imagine it in
whatever way is perfect for you and when you can imagine that, just raise your 'yes' finger
letting me know.

Gently touch the finger used for prior 'yes' signal. Wait for response.

Now promise them ... give your word of honour ... more importantly ... to yourself.
Promise that you have taken control of your life once and for all. Promise you are no
longer a slave to those disgusting cigarettes because you have chosen love instead.
Promise that you will be there for them and with them. You will be there to share their life
with all its ups and downs.
Promise them that you will never touch a cigarette again. You have taken control of your
life and you are a person who breathes only fresh air from this point forward. Promise
them.
Promise yourself.
And once you have given your word of honour then simply nod your head yes and allow
yourself to go even deeper.

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 Wait for nod.

Notice how good you feel about this decision to be a non-smoker. These good feelings
will continue to grow stronger and stronger as each day passes. You are now free ... smoke
free and it feels so good.

8. Inconvenience, anti-social aspect

From this day forward, cigarettes will never again control your life. You are in now
control of your life and your choices. You will never again be forced into doing something
you don't really want to do. You will never again have the inconvenience of having to use
cigarettes. You will never again have to find somewhere to use cigarettes. The idea that
people will stand out in the sun, the heat, the cold, the wind, the rain, the dark - to use
cigarettes ... is degrading. Feeling like an outcast ... as though others judge you, frown on
you, pity you. Realising how controlling this disgusting habit has become makes you
realise how ridiculous this habit really is. You are now free. Free of those chains forever.
You now make new, wiser choices. You now do what you want, when you want, where
you want. You are more productive, more social, because you no longer waste your time
on cigarettes. And it feels so good.

a. Being controlled

As you continue to relax and go deeper and deeper, I would like you to think about,
imagine or picture a cigarette standing on the ground next to you.
Notice you are so much bigger and stronger ... physically ... mentally ... emotionally.
Notice you are so much more powerful that this little cigarette.

Now just imagine it's growing bigger. About as tall as you. It's almost like a human with a
face, arms and legs. And the face is someone you don't like. Someone you don't want in
your life. And imagine this cigarette is pointing one of its fingers at you ... scorning you,
teasing you ... saying, "I control you. I have control over your life."

You no longer believe this, and you don't have to hear this. You are taking back control.
You are now in control. You are the only one who controls your life.
You are now in control of your life.

The cigarette quickly starts to shrink back down to its normal size now. The human like
parts disappear as it shrinks down, smaller, smaller and smaller till it's the size of a grain
of sand. A speck of dust.
Now take your foot and stomp that cigarette ... that speck ... into the ground. So far down
it
can't ever affect your life again. So far down it will never control you ever again. You
are now in control of your choices, your behaviours and your life and you have chosen to
be smoke free for life.

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b. MONEY

You feel so good now that you are no longer burning your money away ... literally 'up in
smoke' on something that can only do harm.

You can now spend your money on healthier, happier things. Reward yourself and spoil
yourself doing the wonderful things you can now afford because you have all that extra
money ... day after day ... week after week ... year after year ... for the rest of your life.

Quitting cigarettes is not only a great decision for your health and your future, this is also
one of the greatest financial investments you will ever make in your life. You now have
more money, more time, more freedom and greater health and you can afford to do those
extra things you want ... for yourself.

Start back here after you have completed the 2 or 3 paragraphs relevant to the client’s
reasons.

And now as you continue to relax, dropping down, down, down to the deepest levels of
comfort ... going even deeper with every breath ... that's right.

Knowing that you have beaten this habit totally and completely ... knowing you are free ...
feeling everything integrate deep within ... makes you more calm ... more peaceful ...
deeply relaxed.

Now we are going to fully saturate every part of your mind and body with a suggestion. I
want you to repeat the words I say with lots of power and passion. You don't need to say
them out loud, just repeat them silently in your mind. And the more feelings and emotion
you put into the words, the more powerful the impact will be. So with lots of power and
passion, repeat silently in your mind;

I am now a non-smoker and I will breathe fresh air for the rest of my life.

And when you’ve finished, just move your ‘yes finger’ letting me know.

Wait for a response

And now along with me, with lots of feeling and emotion and still silently in your mind; I
am now a non-smoker and I will breathe fresh air for the rest of my life.

Repeat 20 times.

That's right. And as you continue to relax I want you to keep mentally repeating that
suggestion over and over again as I continue to speak with you.

And you're relaxing completely as you let go ..... let go. Just allowing yourself to go down,

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down, deeper and deeper. Every breath taking you deeper into comfort. Allowing all of
these suggestions to be completely and permanently accepted into your mind and body.
Your unconscious mind has now eliminated the old habit of cigarettes as you drift down
further and further .... Relaxing completely.

We almost always connect the act of smoking with some other activity or feeling and this
other thing is a trigger that makes you want to smoke. Some of these triggers for you may
have been ....

List the triggers discussed in the pre-talks. E.g when feeling stressed or bored, first thing
in the morning with a coffee, driving, after meals…etc

... or any other time or situation. And in the past, because that other thing occurs, up till
now, it has set off a trigger ... a mechanism that causes you to think of a cigarette. Now in
your imagination right now, imagine destroying all the triggers that once caused you to
think of a cigarette ... the ones that we have mentioned and any others that we may not
have mentioned.

Imagine that you are destroying ... blasting away ... eliminating ... totally and completely
destroying all of those mechanisms and triggers. Those triggers that once caused you to
think of a cigarette are totally and completely destroyed ... eliminated gone.

Perhaps in the past you used to smoke a cigarette first thing in the morning. Not anymore.
That's all changed for you now. Instead of that you immediately desire a healthy option ...
a glass of water ... a cup of tea ... some nice deep breaths of fresh clean air. Any healthy
option you choose.

Because from this point forward, just the thought of a having cigarette in the morning,
now sickens and repulses you. The thought that you ever did that is unimaginable. In fact,
from now on, cigarettes at any time of the day will be the most disgusting and revolting
thing you can think of. Because smoking is a filthy, degrading habit and it is unbelievable
that you used to put that poison in your mouth when you woke up. In fact, it has suddenly
dawned on you, how completely stupid and ridiculous this habit has become.

Even thinking about it repulses you. It puts and a nasty taste in your mouth and brings a
bad feeling to your body.

And now whenever you are doing something relaxing ....

Use relaxing examples from pre-talk eg. Driving, watching TV, work breaks, chatting
on the phone, me time, sitting outside, socializing.

.... these are the times when it is so important to be breathing fresh air. Your body is
constantly going through a biological process of renewal, and when you relax, it's the
perfect time for your body to be able to regenerate, heal and renew right down, deep at a
cellular level. And you need fresh clean air to provide life giving oxygen for this. The last
thing you need or want is to poison yourself with the toxins of cigarettes.
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And to smoke a cigarette after eating is even worse. Why would you ever ruin the taste of
a delicious meal with the poison of a cigarette. You wouldn't lick an ashtray after eating,
and from now on it will be equally unthinkable to put a cigarette in your mouth after a
meal. A disgustingly nasty cigarette with all its toxins and poisons will never touch your
lips again ... not after a meal or at any other time. And from now on when you are
enjoying a ...

Name drinks mentioned in pre-talk – beer, wine, spirits, coffee

.... or any other favourite drink, you definitely refuse to spoil that with the horrible taste of
cigarettes. Having a cigarette with a drink is something you used to do. You can now
enjoy having the drink on its own ... smoke free ... enjoying the drink on its own and
relaxing so much more without having to worry about cigarettes .... The cigarettes only
detracted from the relaxation anyway.

And from this point forward you now handle any stressful situations as a non- smoker,
easily and effortlessly. Because you now know that cigarettes with their nicotine, toxins
and poisons put so much more stress on your body.

You've now decided to eliminate that additional stress. It's clean, fresh air that relaxes your
mind and your body.

Cigarettes no longer have any place in your life and have been eliminated from your
future.
From this point forward there is no situation that occurs in your life that requires
cigarettes. Not ....

List all situations mentioned in pre-talk; eg not first thing in the morning not after
meals, not when taking work breaks, not after meals, not when driving, and especially
not when you are having a drink etc.

... not when you are stressed, bored, relaxed calm or tense. Not in the morning, afternoon,
evening or at night time. Not any time ... not anymore. Because there are so many ways to
get the affects you thought cigarettes once gave you ... only better. There are faster and
easier ways to relax and feel calm.

And from the suggestions that you are fully and completely accepting now, is the
suggestion of totally disconnecting all the connections you once had with cigarettes. You
have already destroyed all the triggers and you are now disconnecting the connections.
Just imagine all the microscopic wiring in your brain and ... right now ... remove ... totally
disconnect any connections you have ever had to cigarettes ... to any unconscious program
associated with smoking. From this moment forward, you no longer have any connections
between cigarettes and the activities in your life.

You have destroyed ... torn out any connections between cigarettes and the feelings in
your life.

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You can do anything and everything you want ... totally free of any need, desire or want of
cigarettes. Because you are now a non-smoke… a person who breathes fresh air and you
now happily and easily do anything and everything in your life being free ... cigarette free.
And from now on, every other thing that happens in your life everything you do ... is much
more enjoyable now that you are a non-smoker. You enjoy life so much more without the
health risks, without the stress, without ...

Name other negative effects listed in pre-talk eg. The negative effect on your children,
feeling like an outcast.

..... you enjoy life so much more because being free of cigarettes, a breather of fresh air,
means that you are so much healthier, relaxed, calm and happy in your life.
Everything in life is more enjoyable with your lungs breathing fresh clean air. Everything
is more enjoyable as you have your health. Everything goes better with health, and you
know that, don't you?

Wait for response. Prompt if necessary by saying, "Just move your yes finger.

So from now on you will be surprised how easy it is to be someone who only and always
breathes fresh air now that any desire for cigarettes is gone.
Gone, gone, gone.

And you can relax deeply. Realising that being a person who breathes fresh air is a
beautiful new way to live your life and it makes you feel so calm ... so peaceful ... so
relaxed.

And from now on, when other people smoke around you, no matter who it is, they can
smoke all they want and it doesn’t bother you at all. The smoke might be right in your face
you remain a fresh air breathing person with ease. All you feel is sympathy for those
people as they poison themselves with their cigarettes. They have a habit they have not
broken with hypnosis like you have here today. You feel great about yourself. Every time
someone else smokes, more you feel great about being a non-smoker.

And this makes you more determined to remain a person who breathes fresh air. Any urge
for a cigarette is completely gone now. In no way, shape or form do you have the need,
desire or want for a cigarette. You have banished them from your life. You feel great and
healthy being a non- smoker. You have crossed over to the right side of the bridge. You
have crossed over to the non-smoker side for life...and you feel great.

And when this session is over, you will discover that you feel better and healthier. You
have more energy. You look and feel younger. You feel calmer, focused and more
positive. You drink more water to rehydrate your body. You eat healthy portions of a
healthy diet. All that fresh, clean air is filling you with new vitality.

Nothing could ever make you smoke a cigarette again. You refuse to ever do· that
disgusting habit of smoking again. You refuse to ever take one puff or drag from a

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cigarette again. You now make healthy, happy choices and your life has changed. You
have chosen to be a non-smoker - permanently - a person who breathes fresh air.

And now, just continue to relax as you allow yourself to go deeper and deeper. Just resting
comfortably, feeling so calm and peaceful. And I'd like you to recall a time in your life
when you felt amazing. Just one specific time or event when felt happy and in control. It
may be when you were young or perhaps when you were an adult. It might be a special
event like a party or a celebration. Just remember this time that you feel great about and
that makes you want to smile - and as you remember this time, just nod your head 'yes'
letting me know.

Wait for response. If they do not respond, wait for a moment and then say "Just move
your 'yes' finger so I know you are still focussed on the sound of my voice."
If there is still no response then move to 'No Response Script' on page …. If 'yes finger'
responds then ask, "Can you remember a time when you felt really happy and in
control.
Just one specific time?" Wait for response. If the response is 'no' then ask them to think
about something that would make them feel really happy

Now I want you to really think about what was happening that made you feel so amazing
and I want you to really get in touch with those feelings.

Speak with emotion. Be ready to press knuckle on pointer finger to anchor

the feeling. Press the anchor as you say the word 'feel' and hold it for only
a few seconds prior to the emotional peak, then release. Make sure you anchor the
feeling as it is intensifying.

And as I touch your knuckle, I want you to feel that amazing feeling. Focus on what was
happening that felt so good.

Be in state emotionally. Press the same spot again to anchor the feeling as you say the
word 'feel' and hold it for only a few seconds, then release prior to the emotional peak.
Make sure you anchor the feeling as it is intensifying.

And as I touch your knuckle again, feel the feelings get so much stronger.
And as the feelings get stronger and stronger, nod your head 'yes'.
Press the same spot again to anchor the feeling again as you say the word 'feel' and
hold it for only a few seconds, then release prior to the emotional peak. Make sure you
anchor the feeling as it’s intensifying.

Every time I touch your knuckle the feelings just keep getting stronger like the joy is
bubbling up over the top.

Now just notice the feeling of the chair under your legs and behind your shoulders.

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 This break state is important as you do not want to anchor any good feelings with
thoughts of cigarettes.

Now just imagine thinking about having a cigarette. I want you to say NO to that
thought...

Press the same spot as you say the word 'feel' to fire anchor.

…And feel how great that feels. Those amazing feelings are back again because it really
feels so great to be a non-smoker breathing only fresh air.

Now notice the feeling of the clothes on your body and the chair behind your head.

This break state is important as you do not want to anchor any good feelings with
thoughts of cigarettes.

Now imagine that someone is offering you a cigarette and again you simply say. . .

Fire anchor when you say 'NO', as the feeling intensifies, then release.

"NO thank you." Notice how great you feel and really enjoy the amazing feeling of being
a non-smoker for a few seconds. Just enjoy it.

Pause for about five seconds.

'Now notice that I don't even have to touch your knuckle and you will experience those
amazing feelings. Notice how just being a non-smoker makes you feel so wonderful ... and
just take a nice long deep breath as you feel these wonderful feelings permeate every fibre
of your being.

And just bring your focus back on the quietness and the sounds in the room.

Now, imagine you are by yourself and the thought of a cigarette comes fleeting across
your mind. You say NO to that thought and notice how amazing you feel. The thought of
the cigarette disappears as quickly as it came and you still feel amazing.

Any desire, need or want that you once had for cigarettes has now been remarkably
changed into a permanent desire and want for health, vitality, freedom and the wonderful
feeling of being in control. A tremendous desire for a long, healthy life.

A calm, peaceful mind. That's what you want now. So much so that there's no desire for a
cigarette whatsoever.

Now I'm going to ask your unconscious mind a few questions and again, if the answer is
yes, move this finger here ...

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 Gently touch the same 'yes' finger as before.

And if it's no, move this finger here ...

Gently touch the same ‘no' finger as before

My first question is, have you now completely accepted and locked in all the suggestions
you have received here today?

Wait for 'yes'

Fantastic. Are you now and will you be for the rest of your life long healthy life ... a
non-smoker who breathes fresh air.

Wait for 'yes'

Wonderful. Already you can feel great about this decision to always be smoke free - and
these amazing feelings will continue to become stronger and stronger with each and every
day.

As the weeks and months go by, your feelings about being a non-smoker become better
and better - your desire to remain a non-smoker grows more and more. You never need or
want a cigarette again because you are in control of your thoughts, your feelings, your
choices and your life.

And from now on, each and every time you see the colour RED, whether consciously or
unconsciously, your desire and determination to remain a non-smoker will grow stronger
and stronger. Your desire and persistence to breathe fresh air will become stronger.

NOW - you will not need to look for the colour RED, you just notice it automatically.
And when this session is over you will be pleasantly surprised to discover the colour RED
is going to seem brighter, sharper and more vivid to you than ever before in your life.

Whether it's a brake light, a stop sign, a car, a house, a lady's dress, a man's shirt or a piece
of art, the RED will be bright, sharp and vividly RED to you. Each and every time you see
the colour RED consciously or unconsciously, you desire and determination to succeed in
every area of your life will continue growing stronger. Each and every suggestion you
have received here today will continue to work more effectively every time you see the
colour RED, RED, RED.

Very soon you will find yourself coming out of hypnosis and you will come back feeling
refreshed, happy and thrilled about being a non-smoker now and for the rest of your life.
You are excited that you are now accessing resources to help you be healthy. New
resources to have you be happy and you want to share this fact with others you care about.

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In a moment I will count from one up to five and on the count of five your eyes will open
and you will be fully alert and feeling fine in every way, knowing deep down within
yourself that these few moments in hypnosis today have truly been very successful for
you.

1. You are now an inspiration for yourself and others.

2. You have a strong sense of certainty and wonderful feelings of looking ahead.
3. Feeling and knowing that your time here today has been one of the best investments
of your life.
4. Ready to step into your healthy, happy future with ease and fun.
5. Eyes open. Now fully alert.

Now if you were to guess in a minute, how long do you think that was?

Wait for response and they will generally underestimate.

Tell client how long it actually took. Ask them if they felt like they were
drifting in and out a little bit. Confirm that they were in a lovely, relaxed

Quickly, yes or no. Are you now a non-smoker breathing fresh air for the rest of your life?

Nod your head. Wait for yes.

Are you free from using cigarettes ever again?

Nod your head. Wait for yes.

Are you going to stop the tobacco companies and government getting rich from you?

Nod your head. Wait for yes

Are you going to say no if someone offers you a cigarette?

Nod your head. Wait for yes

Are you going to feel great when you turn it down?

Nod your head. Wait for yes

Are you going to feel great and healthy now that you are a non-smoker?

Nod your head. Wait for yes

Now you know you'll remain non-smoker for the rest of your life, don't you?

Nod your head. Wait for yes

Doesn't it feel great?

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 Nod your head. Wait for yes

Are you glad you came?

Nod your head. Wait for yes

That's great.

Give red card, client reminder checklist. Make sure client is fully alert prior to leaving.
Talk about referrals.

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 REFRAMING SCRIPT

You want to quit and that's why you have come here today. It's time to quit. You have all
your reasons for wanting to quit but there is still some part of you that wants to keep
smoking or thinks you are getting some benefit from it.

So I'd like your unconscious mind to please now turn your finger signals over to the part of
the mind that is keeping you wanting to use cigarettes. When that part has full control, and
you are ready and willing to completely release and eliminate all cravings, all desire or
want of a cigarette ... both the fingers will move to let me know that - now.

Gently touch both fingers together and wait for them to move

Thank you for communicating with me, the part that has wanted to keep using cigarettes.
The first thing I want to ask is, "Do you think that it is for your own benefit or good to
keep using cigarettes?

Wait for response

When you first started doing that did it seem like the right thing to do at the time?

Wait for response

However, now in (month & year) is there a need for that told behaviour to continue?

Wait for response

Has that part been just feeding an old, out of date, useless habit?

Wait for response

Now in (month & year) is there any need for that old habit to continue?

Wait for response

I now want the powerful creative part of the mind to help you out - the part that comes up
with new ideas and governs new behaviours until habits are formed. Is that part of the
mind willing to help out - to help you quit cigarettes and breathe fresh air form this point
forward?

Wait for response

Will the powerful, creative mind then now please come up with 2 healthy, positive ways
of responding and behaving - that will still serve the part of the mind that used to have to

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use cigarettes for reasons that it mistakenly thought were for the good - that will now have
you quit cigarettes and breathe only fresh air from this moment forward?

Wait for response

Can you now do these new healthy behaviours and become totally free of that old cigarette
habit?

Wait for response

Will you now do these new healthy behaviours and become totally free of that old
cigarette habit?

Wait for response

Will you now do them NOW and eliminate that old cigarette habit permanently?

Wait for response

Is there any part of your mind that has an objection to these healthy ways of responding so
that this person can now be a non-smoker from this moment forward?

Wait for response

Are these new ways you are responding dangerous or harmful to you in any way?

Wait for response

Good. Allow them to begin now and let the new behaviours become automatic after the
session is over so that (…name…) can be a non-smoker for life.

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 NO RESPONSE SCRIPT

Now just raise your 'yes' finger so that I know you are still focused on the sound of
my voice.

If no response, the client may have fallen asleep. Just keep prompting until you
get a response, tapping your finger on their ‘yes' finger. You may need to speak a
little louder.

Just lift your 'yes' finger when you are focused on the sound of my voice. Just raise
your 'yes' finger.

You may need to raise the volume of your voice to get a response.

I am just going to count from 1 up to five and I want you to raise your 'yes' finger
when you have drifted back to the sound of my voice.

1. Just drifting back to the sound of my voice.

2. Just raise your 'yes' finger when you have drifted back to the sound of my
voice

3. Just raise your 'yes' finger when you have drifted back to the sound of my
voice.

When the yes finger raises, say ...

Now just stay with the sound of my voice and no matter how deep you go, allow my
voice to stay with you.

Continue with session

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 Back Up Session
Questions for people who quit for a length of time and then - for some reason -
had a cigarette.

1. Turn off phone

2. So, what happened? (Just listen at this stage. Take note of the reasons and excuses.)
3. What was the positive benefit you got from smoking that first cigarette? There was
some positive feeling - some part of you received some satisfaction, some positive
feeling from smoking. What was that? What was that feeling? (If they say that there
was no positive benefit, only negative feelings, explain that there must have been
some positive benefit or they wouldn't have kept doing it.)

________________________________________________________________

4. Do you really want to quit? There are always going to be excuses - stresses. Smoking
doesn't improve anything. You have to decide to face every situation as a non-smoker.
It's a decision.

So, you want to quit, and you did quit, so there must still 'a part' of you that wants to keep
smoking. We are all made up of many parts and there is still a part of you that wants to
smoke. And remember, all parts only want to care for and protect you. And for some
reason there's a part of you that still believes smoking is the way to do that. That's the part
we will work with today. The part of you that feels there is some benefit from smoking.

5. You must decide never to smoke again. Hypnosis can break through the habit, remove
the unconscious patterns and triggers, take way the desire and eliminate the cravings . .
. but it can never take away your free choice. You can always choose to smoke. So, it
is up to you to work WITH the process and choose NOT to smoke. It's just a split-
second decision. If you are in a stressful situation and you choose to smoke, nothing
will improve. And every time you sabotage your own success, you are sending
yourself a powerful subconscious message that smoking is more important than all the
work you have done previously.

REMINDERS
Hypnosis is a state of relaxation. You don't necessarily feel 'hypnotised’ / it's not sleep /
not mind control / it's process you are guided through / it's a very pleasant, relaxed state /
YOU ARE IN CONTROL.

Follow all my instructions.

Accept suggestions as own and really immerse yourself in the process. Want this for
yourself and really commit to the process.

Believe it's going to work.

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If you think you can, you will. If you think you can't, you won’t. AFTER THE SESSION
Need to do everything to support yourself and your own success.

If you really want to be a non-smoker then there will never be any reason to light up.
Never fall for the trap of thinking that one cigarette is OK.

6. HYPNOTIC AGREEMENT

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 Quit Smoking Back Up Session
Just get nice and comfortable.

Close your eyes and take some nice deep breaths....all the way down into your stomach.
And just feel yourself starting to relax.

Let the world out there rush by ... ... knowing that right here, right now, this time ... This
place ... is just for you.

Now just be very comfortable, as if you are about to relax very deeply. Your eyes are
resting, as if you are going to focus inwardly. And as I continue speaking to you, relax as
if you were very comfortable. You don' t need to do anything right now other than just
relax, as if you can allow your unconscious, mind to simply take over completely, as if
your conscious mind were just free to drift and rest. And as you continue to breathe deeply
and comfortably... just relax ... allow every breath to soothe you. Allow the sound of my
voice guide you into deeper levels of relaxation ...

And rest. Be still. Feel the stillness within ... the deep inner calm. Focus within and
imagine your breath is like a gentle wave flowing through you ... calming, comforting and
relaxing you deeply and gently ... as you breathe slowly, comfortably and gently into every
part of your body.

And just as you have eyes that can see everything around you, you also have an inner eye
that we can call the mind's eye. And it can see images and process thoughts even as you
relax deeply. And you can think of your mind's eye as having an eyelid. And like your
physical eyes, your mind's eyelid can gradually grow more restful ... more heavy ... and
your mind's eyelid can begin to slowly and gently close ... it can begin to close out any
stray thoughts or images ... and as your mind's eye grows more restful ... it can softly close
... leaving your mind calm ... still ... focused and relaxed.

And I wonder if you can discover how your body can be so comfortable, how your
breathing can begin to slow down and how comforting it can be to simply listen quietly as
someone else describes ways that you can begin to experience yourself differently. And
the comfort of deep relaxation is a soothing part of you. And isn't it nice to rediscover
something familiar and calming that can help you.

And as you continue to breathe in deeply and exhale slowly, just allow the sound of my
voice to relax you more as you feel the relaxation flowing through every part of your body
from the top of your head ... slowly ... comfortably ... down ... around your eyes, your
facial muscles, your jaw, neck... feel the relaxation flowing through your shoulders and
down your arms ... into your hands and even your fingers. Feel the relaxation move down
through your body like a gentle ... soothing wave of comfort ... moving all the way down
through you ... through every part of your body ... slowly ... gently. Feel the deep, calming
relaxation flow all the way down through ... your spine ... calming - comforting ...

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relaxation. Down through your legs and down to your toes. And you can relax completely.
So deeply and completely that you don't even realise how relaxed you are.

And your conscious mind may wonder how deep you will go while your unconscious ...
mind will take you down ... down ... deeply relaxed to the level that's just right for you.
And you may even discover that your conscious mind may just drift and wander and that's
fine ... because your unconscious ... mind is here and will hear every word that I say. And
no matter how deep you allow yourself to go, my voice will go with you and you will
accept all of my suggestions at a deep, deep level. And your conscious mind may wonder
about certain problems ... while your unconscious ... mind simply begins to find new
solutions ... new ways ....And you will discover how to create permanent and lasting
positive changes in your life and your health. Consciously you need do nothing except
relax and let go. And the deeper you allow yourself to relax the more you will find that it
is easier for your mind and your body to start to release what it needs to release ... and
embrace what it needs to embrace ... to begin the powerful process ... of change at every
level.

And as you listen to my voice ... allow yourself to be even more comfortable ... and when
your conscious mind drifts off...and it undoubtedly will drift off ... isn't it nice to know that
you can be so comfortable.

I'll be talking about different possibilities, different potentials. You'll hear everything,
know everything and everything will be very clear to you because you know what's
important ... now ... it's so comforting to discover how soothing and familiar an experience
... trance is ... that's right ... and how relaxing it is to let the outside world drift for a while
... from your awareness ... as you grow more comfortable ... with each breath you exhale ...
you can remember to forget ... that the world outside ... is outside ... and then the world
inside ... is so much more important.

You now know how you can relax, what kind of experience makes the most sense to you.
For no-one knows you better than you do. If you want to you can listen very carefully or
you can just drift off to some pleasant thought and let your unconscious do all the
listening. You can allow yourself the exquisite luxury of letting your mind wander. It can
do a lot or it can do nothing. It can listen or not listen. But you can certainly allow yourself
the experience of being very comfortable within yourself ... as you notice your thoughts ...
and feelings ... you can easily allow your mind to drift off ... that's right ... into a state of
comfort ... and wellbeing.

And you know enough about the complexities of the mind to know that there is an
automatic sort of pattern that allows for the rhythmic rise and fall of breathing ... the kind
of balance of each breath in ... and each breath out ... and because the mind is so complex
... it's a real comfort to know that while the conscious mind tends to notice whatever
captures its attention for the moment ... there's a deeper part that can really experience
surprising levels of relaxation and comfort. It's really not unlike having the rest of the
world drift for a while. It's there but it's not there.

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It's there but it's here. It's right here close by and it's so far off in the distance. Close,
distant, whatever sensations are most soothing. Like watching an unusual cloud against the
pale blue sky ... or like a beautiful piece of music that floats through your mind as you sit
... quietly ... and experience the sensation of a particularly soothing voice that might be
your own as you talk to yourself ... or might be mine as you listen. I don't really know.

But I do know you have a conscious mind that can be very aware of the things that seem
important ... and isn't it interesting how some things can seem so important at one time and
so unimportant at another time. And time ... how a minute can seem like an hour and a day
can be an interesting one to experience. And you may just enjoy discovering during this
time that it becomes easy to listen at a deeper level.

And I wonder whether you've noticed that your breathing has changed ... and how
absorbed all of you can be in the comfortable experience of right now ... and now becomes
later and later you have choices. And you've chosen this time for change ... And you
choose to make the changes in your life that are right for you ... right now ... you can be so
comfortable in those choices ... knowing and feeling the wonderful alignment occurring at
the deepest levels ... is so very soothing ... deeply comforting.

And one of the most interesting dimensions about experiencing deep comfort is that the
sensations seem different ... there is a disorienting effect when you get so comfortable and
with every breath you take, it's so enjoyable to experience the luxury of a very relaxed
mind and body.

And I am now going to count from 10 down to 1 and with every number just allow
yourself to move further down into a deep, deep level of comfort where all things are
possible ... all things are easy and effortless ... deep into that place where nothing can
bother you and everything is easy.

10 ... down to 9. Already feeling physically, mentally and emotionally so soothed and
settled.
Down to 8 ... just letting go ... letting go.
Down to 7 ... almost like you are drifting, drifting ...
Down to 6 ... that soft, dreamy, floating feeling where everything is still... everything is
easy.
Down to 5 ... Double the relaxation ... feel yourself descending into deeper levels of
comfort.
Down to 4 ... just allowing yourself to go deeper into that powerful place deep within.
Down to 3 . . . So relaxed you're almost losing sensation Down to 2 ... Gently floating,
floating.
Down to 1 ... and you are almost there ... that deep place of inner wisdom and power.
Down to zero ... all the way there ... all the way there.
And just raise this finger (...touch a finger...) and as it drops, allow yourself to go even
deeper.

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You see a bright shining light in the distance. As you move toward it, you notice a door
and find yourself entering a very special room ... deep within ... a room where you can see
or imagine your reflection. See yourself as you truly are ... right now.

Focus now on what you truly want. To be a non-smoker easily and permanently. And as
you do you will notice that all around you are mirrors filled with parts of your reflection;
parts from within you. See these parts of you ... or sense them ... imagine them. We are all
made up of many parts ... some harmonious ... some that seem to be in conflict ... but all
have the highest intention of protecting you ... caring for you ... only not all know the best
way to achieve this.

Notice all the different parts of you ... in whatever way is perfect for you. And you will
notice or feel a part of you now smiling back at you. This is your creative part ... there to
help you communicate with all other parts of yourself ... and others.

In the middle of the room is a fireplace burning bright.

As you now focus on your true desire ... to easily be a non-smoker ... totally and
permanently.

Notice all those other parts of you.

And you may be surprised to discover that one part of you ... deep within your sub-
conscious ... that has wanted to continue to smoke ... and 'that part' has my respect ... it can
seem so powerful ... and despite the fact that all other parts of you want to quit ... 'that part'
needs to be ready to release the habit and feel comfortable about letting go of (smoking
cigarettes, craving cigarettes) once and for all.

Now ... Please take a special moment to go deep inside your inner mind ... as you go
deeper with every breath ... I wonder how quickly you can ... right now ... experience the
part of you that we will call your 'sub-conscious smoker'.

That part that has been responsible for your (smoking cigarettes, wanting cigarettes). I
don't know exactly how you will experience that 'subconscious smoker part' of yourself ...
that part that still believes that you need to smoke ... or in what special way you will
communicate with 'that part' ... that is safe and comfortable for you ... to receive the
information and answers that are essential to achieving this important goal ... to quit
cigarettes easily and permanently ... here ... today. Only you can experience 'that part' of
yourself ... in a very private way ... so ... when you can experience and communicate with
‘that sub-conscious smoker part’….just move this finger (touch a finger).

And as you listen to my voice ... concentrate intensely now on that internal communication
... so that it flows freely and becomes so clear now ... as you recognise 'that part' that still
believes there is some benefit or value ... some sort of 'pay off' to smoking. In a minute ...
now I’d like you to ask that 'smoker part' to let you know the 'pay offs' or benefits of
(smoking, creating cravings for cigarettes) as you seek the answers to the important

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questions you need to know... to achieve your goal here today. To easily and naturally be a
non-smoker.

That 'subconscious smoker part' has wanted to continue smoking because it thought there
was some benefit. It thought it was gaining something ... it actually thought it was caring
for you in some way.

Perhaps 'that part' thought it was helping you get something that it mistakenly thought it
needed to obtain through smoking ... like attention or a feeling of belonging ... or relaxing
... or something else.

Perhaps 'that part' mistakenly thought it was helping you avoid something that you would
find uncomfortable or painful ... or embarrassing ... or feeling left out ... or something else.
Perhaps 'that part' thought it was protecting you in some way.

Again ... I am asking you to continue with the assumption that that 'subconscious smoker
part' has continued (smoking cigarettes, creating cravings for cigarettes) up until now
because it thought it was helping or benefiting you in some way ... remember ... all parts of
you want to care for and protect you ... even if they don't all know the best way to go about
it.

'That part' thought it was helping ... gaining something ... but it was mistake ... wrong ... it
didn't understand. It's time now, for 'that part' to become aware of the importance of
working with you ... to join with those other parts of you ... to allow the positive changes
that you want ... now ... to happen on all levels. For you to easily be a non-smoker and
breathe only fresh air.

Allow your deep inner wisdom to understand 'that part' ... and to know that although in the
past it may not have understood how ... 'that part' ... like all other parts ... wanted to care
for and protect you.

So please become aware that it is now comfortable and safe for you to let 'that part'
communicate to you what it thought it was achieving ... or gaining ... or even avoiding ...
So ... Just relax deeply ... go deep inside your mind and ask your creative part to allow
'that subconscious smoker part' to communicate to you what it mistakenly thought were
the pay offs and benefits of (smoking cigarettes, creating cravings for cigarettes). What it
was misguidedly trying to achieve... It may make sense, or it may not ... and it doesn't
matter.

Now just take a moment to understand the messages from "that part". The important
messages that you need to know so that you can become a non-smoker permanently and
easily.

PAUSE ...... ·

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Now ... keeping what "that part" thought were any pay-offs or benefits in mind ... I want
you to become aware that there are new and different ways of responding and behaving ...
new choices you can make ... that can provide you with all of those pay-off s or benefits
that 'that part' perceived smoking has provided in the past ... only in new ways that are so
much better ... healthier ... and easier to work with ... easier to live with ... ways that are
totally congruent with being a non-smoker easily and permanently.

And you now know ... deep down within ... that accepting new solutions and responses
will allow you to banish that disgusting old habit of cigarettes from your life forever right
now ... that's right.

It is safe now for that 'sub-conscious smoker part' ... to accept the new solutions and send
that old habit ... the old ways that are no longer serving any worthwhile purpose ... over to
the fireplace and let them go! Just let them go ... and choose instead to create the outcomes
that all parts truly desire for you ... the wonderful outcomes that can now be harmoniously
integrated. For you to totally reject cigarettes and breathe only fresh air from this point
forward ... permanently ... easily.

And for every part of you to know that by achieving this outcome ... all parts are
protecting and caring for you ... on all levels.

And you are now a non-smoker easily ... permanently ... a person who breaths only fresh
air.

And you feel any limitations being cleared as all parts of you can now come together ...
achieving together ... harmoniously ... and you feel the warmth of an inner glow move
gently through you ... and you can relax ... knowing that your unconscious mind will
continue to bring all parts together ... to create the changes necessary for you to attain.

You can feel it happening. Notice the inner warmth and balance ... as you see and feel the
reflections of all parts ... now smiling ... together ... you know that this is an affirmation of
the recognition that all has changed ... ensuring success ... now and in the future. For you
to It feels so good ... so right ... to sense that now.

(Pause)

Now go deep within your inner mind and check that all parts are in agreement and
prepared to work together with the new solutions ... and to let me know ... and you know
... that they are congruently working together with new ... better solutions ... for you to
easily and permanently be a non- smoker ... a person who breathes fresh air ... just raise
this finger. (... touch the same finger as before ... )

See the light ... increasing and feel the warmth and inner calm as you relax even more.
Thank your unconscious mind and feel the congruency spreading through your mind,
your body and even your energy field. Know that you are now achieving your desired
outcome and notice how deeply calm you feel.

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Now (name) imagine an image of you in the future. It's you in ... one years' time ... a
healthy, happy non-smoker. Notice the obvious differences ... and the subtle changes ... the
way you look ... the sparkle in your eyes ... the healthy glow ... all those subtle little
differences. Really notice how you look (energetic, vital, healthy, breathing clearly,
looking wonderful in every way) what has changed. You in the future as a healthy, happy
non-smoker.

Now ... see that image and make the image reflect ... brighter ... even shimmering ...
visually or through your thoughts and feelings ... more intense & clearer in whatever way
is perfect for you.

Now step into that image. Morph into it. Really experience what it is like. Feel it. See what
you'll see. Feel what you'll feel. Hear what you'll hear. Really experience the comfort of
the future 'non-smoker' you.

Notice how great it feels; you in the future using new solutions ... every part of you
working harmoniously ... congruently ... every part of you now working together. Feel the
joy ... the success ... feel the warm golden glow of success.

And notice that you are now integrating everything you need to know ... everything you
need to understand ... everything you need to feel ... and do ... at an unconscious level ...
knowing that as you honour the intention of all the parts within yourself . . . they can now
all integrate the new solutions at all levels ... for you to always remain a non-smoker ...
calmly ... completely … and with newfound joy and harmony. As you come back to this
time, you’re bringing back with you all that determination, strength, courage, certainty,
happiness, freedom and success to now.

And what we are doing here today is not important to the conscious mind. It already has
enough to deal with on a daily basis. You've finally completely released that habit that was
no longer serving any worthwhile purpose in your life at a deep unconscious level ... and
your conscious mind need not concern itself later with anything that has been happening in
your unconscious mind. If you agree then you will make that feeling decision now and it
will happen automatically ... NOW.

I wonder if you can tune in to how powerful you are. And realise how powerful you can
be. So much stronger ... More powerful than any little cigarette ... any little ridiculous ...
controlling ... dangerous ... ruthlessly cruel... cigarette. Just imagine a cigarette standing on
the ground beside you. Notice you are so much bigger and more powerful physically ...
and also mentally and emotionally. It's absolutely absurd to allow something so
insignificant, so unimportant and so mercilessly controlling to have any control at all over
you ... your feelings or your life. You have so much power and you are taking back
control. You have taken back control. Now ...

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In your imagination ... Imagine that cigarette shrinking ... shrinking ... smaller and smaller
... so tiny it is the size of a grain of sand. NOW ... squish it in the ground. Squish this puny
little insignificant ... yet vicious cigarette ... squish it into the ground ... out of your
thoughts .... out of your life ... permanently. You have now come into your own power and
banished cigarettes from your life forever.

And you can relax completely. Every breath taking you deeper into comfort
... soothing you ... calming you ... deeply calm ... deeply relaxed.
We are now going to create the emotional benefit of feeling .....................

Use the feeling word elicited during pre-talk

... by linking that to deep breathing.

So, go ahead and take several deep, comfortable breaths and notice how you feel.
Notice how your body and your unconscious mind are now using deep breathing as a
resource for feeling ..............................

Every time you take deep breaths you will feel more and more .............

Notice that there are new connections being made between the conscious and unconscious
parts of your mind that automatically link deep breathing with the feeling of
..............................
Notice, as you breathe deeply and comfortably, there are connections being made between
your mind and your body that link deep breathing with the feeling of..............................

Notice you are now confident and relaxed ... now ... every time you take deep breaths you
will feel that feeling of .............................. more and more.

Notice how your body and your unconscious mind are now using deep breathing as a
resource for feeling ..............................

You are doing so well ... now ... just relax as you breathe slowly, comfortably and gently
into every part of your body ... that's right.

And perhaps you can become aware of how totally soothed and comforted you feel as you
experience total confidence in your success ... here ... now ... as you continue to listen to
the sound of my voice and those things that are so important to you.

And it has been such a freeing experience to discover that you have been aware all along
of the reasons for 'that part' to want to (smoke cigarettes, crave cigarettes) ... and to know
that those reasons no longer exist ... they're gone ... and have become overpowered by your
commitment, determination and persistence to be a non-smoker and breathe fresh clean air
into your lungs ... your body.

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So ... now ... shine a torch into the darkest corners of your mind and find any triggers ...
any remaining connections ... to cigarettes ... now ... cast off and destroy ... eliminate ...
delete ... those triggers and connections ... banish that old, outdated, unwanted habit from
your life forever ... allowing it to become nothing more than a distant shadow in your mind
... relegated to the past where it belongs.

In the past, you've smoked cigarettes because it was an unconscious behaviour ... a habit ...
over which you had little or no conscious control. But now you have experienced deep,
unconscious changes that have freed you from the habit ... from this point forward ... any
thought or action regarding smoking cigarettes will now be totally within your conscious
awareness and control. You will be intensely aware of all your good reasons for breathing
only fresh air and remaining a non-smoker.

If you ever reach for a cigarette ... you will become intensely, consciously and
unconsciously aware of all the negative and painful consequences of smoking and of all
your reasons for choosing to breathe only fresh air push.

And when you are around other people who are smoking ... you will become intensely
consciously and unconsciously aware of how easy it is to remain a non-smoker. They can
smoke and it doesn't bother you at all. The smell has no effect on you providing the smoke
is going into their body ... not yours.

You cannot ... stand the thought of the cigarette smoke entering your lungs ... your body.
And it feels so good to know ... you have released all that you need to release ... you've let
go of that old outdated, unwanted habit ... it feels so comfortable ... so right ... to sense that
now.

Focus now on your breathing. Every breath soothing you. I wonder how much attention
you have paid to the many different thoughts floating through your mind. Your mind is so
active even as it relaxes. You may become aware of how difficult it is to remember exactly
what was said 7 minutes ago and you can try to remember what I was saying 9 minutes
ago or what you were thinking 4 minutes ago but doesn't it seem like too much work to try
and remember all of that. So, relax. You can choose to consciously remember to forget
what I said or to forget to remember what I said. The choice is yours. But whatever you
choose to remember consciously, your unconscious mind will process every word I have
said and as each day passes, the suggestions become more and more powerful for you.

Each and every day, these suggestions become more and more a part of your being. Each
day you become more and more relaxed, comfortable and confident. The person you
choose to be.

Determined And it feels so good.

Very soon you will find yourself coming out of hypnosis and you will come back feeling
refreshed, happy, relieved and ecstatic about being a non- smoker ... a person who only
and always breathes fresh air ... for the rest of your life. You are happy that you are now

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accessing resources to help you be healthy. And isn't it nice to know that your unconscious
mind is helping you in so many ways.

In a moment I'm going to count from one up to five and on the count of five you will be
fully alert and feeling fine in every way, knowing these few moments here today
in hypnosis have truly been very effective for you.
1 …. Just feeling the energy returning to your body.
2 …. You are feeling calm, positive and extremely confident.
3 …. Loving the feeling of knowing that you now only breathe fresh air.
4 …. Getting ready to open your eyes and move into the next amazing phase of your life.
5 …. Eyes open. Feeling fresh and alert.

Deep breath. Welcome back.

NOW. Quickly yes or no!

Are you now a non-smoker and will you remain a person who breathes only fresh air for
the rest of your life?

Are you totally and completely free from using cigarettes ever again?

Are you going to do everything to support yourself to remain a non-smoker now and in the
future?

Are you going to feel great and healthy now that you breathe only fresh air? Doesn't it feel
great?

Are you glad you came back?

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 Anchoring Positive Feelings to being a non-smoker

This positive anchoring process can be added into any script to anchor good feelings to
being a non-smoker.

And now, just continue to relax as you allow yourself to go deeper and deeper. Just resting
comfortably, feeling so calm and peaceful.

And I'd like you to recall a time in your life when you felt amazing. Just one specific time
or event when you felt happy and in control. It may be when you were young or perhaps
when you were an adult. It might be a special event like a party or a celebration. Just
remember this time that you feel great about and that makes you want to smile - and as
you remember this time, just nod your head 'yes' letting me know.

Wait for response

Now I want you to really think about what was happening that made you feel so amazing
and I want you to really get in touch with those feelings. Really feel _those wonderful
feelings.

And as I touch your knuckle, I want you to feel that amazing feeling. Focus on what was
happening that felt so good.

Be in state emotionally. Create anchor on knuckle of index finger as you say

the word 'feel' and hold it for a few seconds, then release prior to the
emotional peak. Make sure you anchor the feeling as it is intensifying.

And as I touch your knuckle again, feel the feelings get so much stronger. And as the
feelings get stronger and stronger, nod your head 'yes'.

Fire anchor again as you say the word 'feel' and hold it for a few seconds,
then release prior to the emotional peak. Make sure you anchor the feeling as it is
intensifying.

Every time I touch your knuckle you feel the feelings getting stronger and stronger ... like
the joy is bubbling up over the top.

Speak with emotion. Fire anchor as you say the word 'feel' and hold it for a
Few seconds, then release prior to the emotional peak. Make sure you anchor the
feeling as it is intensifying.

Now just notice the feeling of the chair under your legs and behind your shoulders.

This break state is important as you do not want to anchor any good feelings with
thoughts of cigarettes. Wait for a few seconds.

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Now just imagine thinking about having a cigarette. I want you to say NO to that thought

Fire anchor as you say the word ‘feel’.

And feel how great that feels. Those amazing feelings are back again because it really
feels so great to be a non-smoker breathing only fresh air.

Now notice the feeling of the clothes on your body and the chair behind your head.

This break state is important as you do not want to anchor any good feelings with
thoughts of cigarettes. Wait for a few seconds

Now imagine that someone is offering you a cigarette and again you simply say.. ,

Fire anchor when you say ‘No’, as the feeling intensifies, then release.

"NO thank you." Notice how great you feel and really enjoy the amazing feeling of being
a non-smoker for a few seconds. Just enjoy it.

Pause for about five seconds.

Now notice that I don't even have to touch your knuckle and you will experience those
amazing feelings. Notice how just being a non-smoker makes you feel so wonderful ... and
as you breathe comfortably, feel these wonderful feelings permeate every fibre of your
being.

And just bring your focus back on the quietness and the sounds in the room.

Now, imagine you are by yourself and the thought of a cigarette comes fleeting across
your mind.

You say NO to that thought and notice how amazing you feel. The thought of the cigarette
disappears as quickly as it came, and you still feel amazing.

Any desire, need or want that you once had for cigarettes has now been remarkably
changed into a permanent desire and want for health, vitality, freedom and the wonderful
feeling of being in control. A tremendous desire for a long, healthy life.

A calm, peaceful mind. That's what you want now. So much so that there's no desire for a
cigarette whatsoever.

Now I'm going to ask your unconscious mind a few questions and again, if the answer is
yes, move this finger here ...

Gently touch the same ‘yes’ finger as before

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And if it's no, move this finger here ...

Gently touch the same ‘no’ finger as before

My first question is, have you now completely accepted and locked in all the suggestions
you have received here today?

Wait for ‘yes’

Fantastic. Are you now and will you be for the rest of your life long healthy life ... a non-
smoker who breathes fresh air.

Wait for ‘yes’

Wonderful. Already you can feel great about this decision to always be smoke free - and
these amazing feelings will continue to become stronger and stronger with each and every
day. As the weeks and months go by, your feelings about being a non-smoker become
better and better – your desire to remain a non-smoker grows more and more. You never
need or want a cigarette again because you are in control of your thoughts, your feelings,
your choices and your life.

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 QUIT CIGARETTES – AVERSION SCRIPT
Induction and deepener and initial suggestions.........

And now I would like you to realise a critical fact. That we are both here for one reason
and one reason only ... for every part of you to make the decision to quit smoking forever.

Now I can’t force you to make that decision, now, so instead just think of it as 2 old
friends accomplishing a goal together. Because of that, I would like you to make the
mental decision to eliminate any thoughts of smoking and that you will give 100% of
yourself both your mind and body to have this happen. I want you to allow yourself to
completely and totally accept the suggestions I am going to share with you ... now. That's
right. Decide right now to let your mind and body accept the powerful suggestions and
make the changes now. To allow the suggestions to have you quit smoking once and for
all ... permanently. And when you've made the mental decision, just nod your head yes and
allow yourself to go even deeper. Wonderful. So now we're moving right along and we're
going to be totally successful.

Now you will find from this point forward, even if you were to try and smoke, you will no
longer like cigarettes. You know that cigarettes will taste absolutely disgusting to you and
you will experience this feeling if you even think about having a cigarette. They will taste
so horrible they will taste like you know what. And even though it feels totally O.K to be
around other smokers ... and other people smoking around you has no effect on you at all
... you cannot stand the thought of smoking for yourself. Your mouth will become so dry
and parched if you smoke. You will cough and choke if you try to smoke again. You
cannot stand the thought of smoke going into your lungs ... your body. You throw away
the cigarettes with disgust. You cannot stand cigarette smoke. You hate it. You will do
anything you can to escape putting it in your body. It is such a repulsive thought to you
and the notion of putting a cigarette to your lips now disgusts you.

And I'd like you now to think about something that is absolutely disgusting to you;
something that you would never put to your lips ... something that is revolting ... smelly ...
totally and absolutely disgusting. And when you can think of this, just raise your yes
finger letting me know.

Gently touch 'yes' finger and wait for response

Now imagine putting this to your lips ... your mouth. And feel the disgust .... the revulsion
...
Anchor the knuckle at the joint of the little finger for a few seconds and release
And as I touch your knuckle, the revulsion gets twenty times worse. The feeling gets 20
times worse. The disgust gets 20 times worse. The smell gets 20 times worse.
Now you can imagine things really well so as I tell you the following things, I want you to
imagine them as though they are really happening.

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Just imagine you are going back in time. Back to that very first cigarette you ever smoked.
It is just as though you are smoking that first cigarette and imagine it tastes truly terrible.
Imagine it makes you cough and splutter. The thought that you ever did this ridiculous
thing disgusts you; this ridiculous thing that has cost you so much over the years. Really
feel that feeling of revulsion. That's right. Feel how stupid and revolting this habit has
become.

Fire anchor

And you can taste it on your mouth right now. It’s between your lips and it seems to burn
your tongue and mouth and you head is spinning. The smoke is going up into your nostrils
as you wonder why you ever started smoking. But just like millions of people around the
world, you created the habit.

And one of the deadliest poisons that kills more people than anything else in the world is
the nicotine and tar in those cigarettes. And that's a true fact.

Now I want you to imagine a cigarette factory with every cigarette you've ever smoked in
your entire life going by in front of you on a conveyor belt. Literally thousands and
thousands of cigarettes going and going. You are puffing and puffing on every single one
of them. Every cigarette poisoning your body slowly and surely killing you moving down
that conveyor belt. And you feel repulsed at the thought. You can see them. You can hear
the conveyor belt. You can feel that sick feeling in your stomach at the thought of all those
cigarettes, thousands and thousands of cigarettes poisoning your body, slowly, surely. So
disgusting.

And now I want you to imagine this. I want you to imagine me sitting in a laboratory
holding a pack of cigarettes and I am squeezing the cigarettes so tight like there is a vice
wrapped around. And as I squeeze the cigarettes so hard the nicotine and tar literally form
a tiny black droplet off the corner. Just pure deadly nicotine and tar. It drops into the plate
and I squeeze tighter, squeezing all the tar, nicotine and poisons onto the plate.

You can feel the tightness of my squeeze. You can smell the tar and nicotine. You can see
the tiny droplet of black poison fall onto the plate. You can hear the sound of the poison
being squeezed out.

I get 5 tiny drops of the most horrendous and deadly poison known to man from just one
pack of cigarettes. And that is a true fact. And it is also a true fact that if just one drop of
this poison were injected directly into your veins it would kill you almost instantly. This
horrible poison slowly that permeates your body through the smoke ... causes lung disease,
heart disease and other horrible diseases. You wouldn't open a bag of this poison and eat it
but that is what you have been doing when you smoke these deadly cigarettes is slowly
poisoning yourself ... allowing the toxins to ever so slowly but surely permeate your body.
Slowly and surely destroying your health.

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You have sadly allowed yourself to become a slave to disgusting cigarettes ... welcoming
them into your life ... giving them control. But you know that these cigarettes only want to
cause you harm.

They are vicious and cruel.

They care nothing for you as they slowly set out to entrap and enslave you. As they poison
you, slowly make you sick ... diseased ... drain you of your life and vitality, your health
and energy. As they rob you of your money ... your self-respect ... your dignity. As they
gain control in the worst possible way.

And NOW ... now it is time for you to quit this horrible habit forever. That's right. NOW.
And back in that cigarette factory ... you smell a stench that's coming up from the floor.
The most horrible stench that you have ever smelt in your life and you look down you find
yourself looking into a filthy ses-pool. Now swirling around and around and around in a
black, sticky mess on the floor and the 5 drops of poison and nicotine causes all this. Also
in there is all the tar and nicotine you have ever smoked in your entire life. You see, feel
and hear the poison swirling, swirling, swirling. And coming out of that ses-pool is a smell
so rank that you can barely tolerate it. The smell itself is almost enough to kill. And the
fumes ...

Fire anchor

... the fumes. They get into your nostrils, into your mouth, over your gums, between your
teeth leaving the most awful taste you'll ever taste. You can actually taste it. You can see
it. You can hear it. You can feel it.

Fire anchor

And it is truly a terrible and foul, nasty taste.

Now imagine this. Imagine a chain and a collar around your neck just like a captive wild
animal. That’s right. You’re enslaved just like animal. And every time someone or
something yanks your chain, you'd light up a terrible, nasty cigarette.

See that chain around your neck. Feel it choking. Hear it clanking.

Now. Decide right now, you're ready once and for all to eliminate smoking from your
life...a hundred percent. Stop using reasons and excuses and get rid of cigarettes and
smoking forever.

And when you do ... when you make that decision right now ... simply nod your head yes.
Just nod yes. That's right.

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Now imagine reaching up and tearing off that collar and leash from around your neck and
throw them down into that filthy ses-pool and turn your back on this horrible habit once
and for all.

Cigarettes are and forever shall be completely and totally disgusting for you. Nicotine and
tar are the worst things you could imagine putting into your body. They're toxic ... poison.

And yet you will find that other people smoking, does not bother you in the least.
Whenever you see someone else smoke you will feel better and better about being a non-
smoker. You will notice how great it feels to have fresh air entering your lungs. How great
it feels to be free ... totally free of that disgusting habit.

As the fresh air is going into your lungs you will get rid of all the remaining poisons and
toxins you once had in your system from those horrible cigarettes. With every passing day
the fresh air that you breathe will give you more and more energy as it cleans out your
system, cleaner and cleaner and this will make you feel better and better each and every
day.

And as each day passes you will be more relaxed, calmer. You'll find that you now choose
a healthy, happy life. Healthy food tastes great and you are completely satisfied with
healthy portions of your healthy diet. You drink more water to rehydrate your body. You
feel energetic. You have more confidence with your ability to do everything you want.
You have more vitality and feel more youthful. You gain new healthy habits to replace the
old habit of smoking that is now totally and completely gone. Gone, gone, gone.

And every time someone is smoking a cigarette around you, you're going to feel so great
knowing that you are now a non-smoker and you have eliminated this habit - you truly
will.

And you are going to do this easily and effortlessly and if you ever face stressful times,
because sometimes they do happen, you will know that if you ever choose to take a single
puff, drag or draw from a cigarette, you will immediately feel ten times worse.

Fire anchor

Your mind will remember this. And you will know this before you even touch a cigarette.
Ten times worse. And smoking will only make the current situation ten times worse as
well. And you will think this and you will feel this and you will know this.

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That’s the horrible feeling you will have. And for that reason alone, it is enough to keep
you from ever using those disgusting cigarettes again.

And now ... now that you have finally turned your back on this disgusting habit ... now
that you have taken back control ... now that you have finally QUIT ... and quit for good ...
now that you are free ...free from cigarettes forever ... a fresh air breathing person now and
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always ... you're feeling really, really good. With every part of your body and mind
making a binding contract to have all of yourself work with you to be a non-smoker.

May I now have your word of honour ... for you. You are giving your absolute word of
honour to YOURSELF, because it is for yourself that you are doing this ... that you will
never again allow cigarettes to control your life.

Promise you care enough about yourself ... promise you are the one in control of your life
which means you have quit cigarettes forever. You are a fresh air breathing person. And
when you have given yourself your word of honour simply nod your head.

Great. Now feel the deep inner calm ... the wonderful sense of freedom ... of knowing that
you will never ever take a single puff, drag or draw from a cigarette again.

Because your lungs are now being filled with healthy fresh air you will quickly begin to
experience a healthier ... calmer ... happier you. As you breathe deeply each morning you
will unconsciously connect deep breathing with feeling calm, positive and confident.

You will feel better and better every day. The toxins and poisons from the cigarettes are no
longer entering your lungs and you feel great. You experience more and more energy as
your body becomes more and more vital. As you wake up each morning breathing fresh air
... feeling great, rested ... as you experience that feeling of success ... achievement.

You will have more energy to do everything you want every day. As you feel vital and full
of life you will be happier and easier to get along with. As you become healthier and
healthier you will become more confident and more comfortable with being a person who
only and always breathes fresh air.

And you're relaxing completely as you go down, down, down, deeper and deeper ... letting
all of these suggestions sink into your unconscious mind. Your- unconscious mind has
totally and completely eliminated that old habit of cigarettes as you drift down further and
further, as you are becoming completely relaxed.

And it is time now to totally and completely destroy all the conscious and unconscious
triggers and mechanisms that ever caused you to think of a cigarette. NOW ... In your
imagination, just imagine you are breaking up all of the triggers and mechanisms that once
caused you to think of a cigarette ... right now ... that's right. Shine a torch into the darkest
corners of your mind and find any triggers that have been hiding away. It's time to find all
the triggers and destroy them. Those triggers and mechanisms are being destroyed ...
broken ... deleted ... now gone ... completely destroyed ... disappeared. All the triggers and
mechanisms that once caused you to think of a cigarette are totally and completely gone ...
NOW.

And from the suggestions that you are totally and completely accepting ... now ... is the
suggestion of disconnecting any and all connections you ever had with cigarettes. Because

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from this moment forward, you no longer have any connections between the activities in
your life and cigarettes ... you no longer have any connections between the feelings in your
life and cigarettes. Imagine all that complex, microscopic wiring of the mind and imagine
that you are tearing out any of the wiring with any connections to cigarettes. You have
destroyed all the triggers ... all the mechanisms ... and you now destroy ... delete ... remove
all the connections between any aspect of your life and cigarettes. Delete any unconscious
programs associated with any aspect of smoking at all. Delete smoking from your mind ...
your body ... your life ... now removed … eliminated … gone. Reorientation……

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