If you smoke and you live with others or with pets, thirdhand smoke is a great reason to quit. A study on mice published in the journal PLOS ONE has shown that thirdhand smoke (which settles on furniture and other common surfaces) can lead to Type 2
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According to the Health and Social Care Information Centre, 19% of adults in Great Britain smoked in 2014 with the average daily consumption per adult being 11 cigarettes. During the same year it was also estimated that up to 78,000 deaths could be attributed to smoking-related complications. The
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If you needed one more reason to quit smoking, there could be no better one than pneumonia: a series of lung infections that takes the lives of 10% to 30% of people aged over 65 who develop it. Seniors, by virtue of their age, have a greater
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Are you a cannabis smoker? Have you noticed yourself becoming more forgetful and struggling to remember certain things during your day-to-day life? As it turns out you are not alone, and there could be a direct link between your cannabis consumption and your memory troubles. Various studies
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For Stoptober 2016, Asda Good Living sent a blogger to our clinic to put our Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy treatment to an independent test. We are thrilled to announce that the lady in question successfully quit smoking in just a single session of Advanced Hypnosis You can read the week-by-week
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It is common knowledge that smoking cigarettes can greatly increase your risk of developing multiple types of cancer and other diseases. New research has revealed how the chemicals inside the cigarettes you smoke are damaging your organs, even in parts of your body that do not come
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In an effort to reduce costs and balance the books, hospitals may be introducing limits on certain non-essential surgeries, as demand for services puts them under pressure. One group of people who may be denied routine surgery is those who smoke. ‘Why?’ you might ask. Well, there
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As of today, Friday 20th May, an EU directive has come into force banning the sale of ten packs of cigarettes. Not only that, but standardised bland packaging is being rolled out throughout the industry with 60% of the packaging showcasing the detrimental health effects caused by
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It was great to see a previous client of our clinic, West End Star and 2010 X-factor winner Matt Cardle, talking on ITV1’s ‘Lorraine’ show about his success at stopping smoking after receiving hypnotherapy. Matt gives a excellent explanation of his experience of becoming a healthy non-smoker by using the power of the mind and how any thought about
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This year the British Heart Foundation’s No Smoking Day campaign takes place on Wednesday March 11th. The first No Smoking Day took place in 1983, and although the number of smokers has halved since then, there are still 10 million people who smoke in the UK. The campaign
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