{"id":1466,"date":"2016-06-16T18:59:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T18:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stopsmokinghypnosisbayarea.com\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2021-10-16T07:33:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T07:33:30","slug":"how-to-get-someone-to-quit-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josephgiove.com\/qso\/how-to-get-someone-to-quit-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Someone to Quit Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smoking cigarettes is extremely addictive and hazardous to the health of not only the smoker, but to the people around them as well. The addictiveness of cigarettes can be compared to being addicted to heroin, so getting someone to quit is not going to be an easy task.<\/p>\n

There are several ways to try to get someone to quit smoking<\/a>, all will take patience and understanding and most will likely take more than one try to be successful. This article will discuss several methods of trying to convince someone to quit smoking<\/a>, including behavioral therapy, intervention, the response to the intervention, a quit plan and social factors such as public smoking restrictions.<\/p>\n

Cognitive Behavior Therapy<\/h2>\n

Cognitive Behavior Therapy, or CBT, is a psychotherapy technique that focuses on negative thoughts and emotions towards smoking and developing new ways to think about them. For example; when someone says \u201cI need a cigarette,\u201d the habit can be altered to \u201cI need some gum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the more negative thoughts that people have when trying to quit are related to the anxiety of relapse. CBT teaches the smoker to think of a relapse as a good first try on the way to the next attempt. This strategy basically takes the negative feelings about failing (relapse) and turns them into a positive.
\nThere are other techniques that use CBT in order to help change the ways that smoking is perceived in the mind.
\nSome of these are:<\/p>\n