As anti-smoking guru Allen Carr begins to fight lung cancer, millions of people around the world thank him for helping them quit cigarettes. So what's behind...
Dear Don I haven't been able to find the original article in Tobacco Online, but I think your interpretation of the statistics may be misleading. "They found...
... <bt@...> wrote ... I may have misinterpreted the article, but then so might you. I guess we'd need to see the original research. In any case, as I ...
... website - and what you think of the authors conclusions. ... I think it substantiates what I've been saying. I'm no expert on inferential statistics but...
Dear Richard No. I hadn't seen that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. A good result for hypnosis although the high heterogeneity and lack of biochemical...
... Anecdotal? Surely they are referring to controlled trials using self- reports as evidence? I don't think they would include anecdotal evidence in a study...
... Still pretty rubbish, then. Especially with the comment, "... but there was significant heterogeneity and the results were not confirmed by biochemical...
... Not if you're at risk of dying from lung cancer! Paddy, you can't just dismiss those results as "rubbish", they're about ten times better than the current...
Dear Don Yes. And some did much worse. But there's no indication of whether the efficacy or lack of it was, in any study, down to the patient, the therapist,...
... Ah, the pitfalls of using language to attempt to communicate ideas! I think I meant something a bit different by the word "rubbish": That 23% isn't...
... the efficacy or lack of it was, in any study, down to the patient, the therapist, the protocol or any combination of the three. So what does it prove? It...
New dates for Hypnotherapy Training in Bristol and Manchester HypnoSynthesis are pleased to announce forthcoming dates for our Stage I, Basic Hypnotherapy...
Dear Don I've got the original article. I'll let you know when I've figured out what it says. Best wishes barry (ps ... LCCH does a course in hypno-CBT) ... ...
Dear Paddy What's a 'strictly stage-hypnosis style'? I think a lot of people treat every smoker they see with the same basic script, adjusting it to reflects...
... I think LCCH may do a course in cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapy. They can't do "Hypno-CBT" (rtm) as that's our proprietary trademark for a specially...
... That's a subjective decision! Personally, I imagine it means using the style of hypnosis as seen on TV or on stage shows, with some dramatic showy bits,...
Dear Don Here's what the study actually says. (I think you'll like it!) It's a meta-analysis of 12 studies between 1988 and 2003, involving 2384 smokers. The...
... it!) ... long haul. That's basically what I thought. I think it's just a placebo though. Any effect above control "placebos" is probably due to the ...
Don, I agree on the placebo point. So why the NRT choice? Follow the money. It people know it is possible to quit nicotine without NRT then they begin to...
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Dear Don One way or another I think it's fair to say "NRT is not a patch on hypnosis when it comes to quitting smoking!" Best wishes barry ... like ... the ......
Hello Chaps, Forgive me because I may be missing something here. NRT is about as useful as a chocolate teacup! All the statistics quoted prove nothing - prove...
... useful as a chocolate teacup! That's exactly the point I've been making from the outset. NRT is a snake oil, mare's nest, chimera, bogus, mickey mouse,...
Hello Don, ... I have held this opinion for many years. I do, however, insist there is no nicotine withdrawal symptoms. There are psychological withdrawal...
Mel, forgive me but . . . 100%? I cannot believe you can get 100% of humans to do anything. People have been shot multiple times, fallen from great heights...
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Actually Don, I believe with smoking, to get any withdrawal effects, you would have to smoke 3 - 4 packs a day. Any less than that, I doubt there would be...
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Hello Barney, ... You are absolutely right - 100% right. :-) It was a figure that is impossible to achieve and yet there are many, if not the majority, who...
Hi all I've been approached by a gentleman who wants to know if hypnotherapy can help him to stop talking in his sleep. He is 62, not in the best of health and...
Elderly man with leukemia is having considerable 'taste' problems - eveything sweet that goes into his mouth tastes of salt. This happened following a visit to...
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