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The New Way to Quit Smoking

I have a new way to quit. I have a different stop-smoking program you never tried before. I have a completely new perspective on HOW to quit. I know the secret to why you've had trouble quitting and staying off cigarettes in the past. As a mater of fact, I probably have the answer to any question you might have asked yourself about why you couldn't quit and stay off.

Hello. I'm Paul S. Palmer, director of the Palmer Smoking Clinic. If you think you're ready to quit, you need to know about a different approach to quitting that has been a secret for over thirty years.

What's different about this program?

Everything! Beginning with my belief that you are NOT the nicotine junky you thought you were. Yes, you heard me right.

But, I'm addicted to nicotine!

That's what you have been told. In fact, every stop smoking program you have tried has promised to help you overcome your dependence on nicotine. Right? But, what if you were a behavior junky? What if a whopping big habit pattern was the problem? What if the difficulty in quitting was overcoming your years of practice? Would that make a difference in HOW you quit? It sure would!

The thinking man's program. (women too!)

I've believed for over thirty years that the key to quitting smoking was going after the habit (your smoking haunts and your many trips to the mouth) and not just the nicotine. I also believed hypnosis was the best solution to solve your oversize habit problem. Both turned out to be true. I know it, but you'll need to be convinced and that's what these pages are all about. I want you to be smarter about how you quit, I want you to question everything you ever heard about nicotine addiction. I want you to realize the habit plays the major role in your difficulty quitting. Not because I said so but because I pointed out what you already knew about your own habit. Sorry, my program isn't for dummies. I'm going to help you re-think everything you though you knew about your own smoking addiction. If you don't want your mind changed, this isn't the program for you. But, don't be scared, realizing what you already knew, won't hurt a bit. I promise.

Here is a sample of why I don't think you are a nicotine addict.

For over forty years the smoker has been offered every conceivable method of getting the nicotine monkey off their back. You could get your nicotine fix from pills, patches, inhalers, candy and gum. You could taper down, cold turkey, endure vitamin injections in your face, receive laser beams, pop anti-depressants and opiate blockers or chew on toothpicks.

You may have tried all of the above and still found yourself nervous, crabby and eating like you had a tape worm. With all this help to overcome your nicotine addiction why wasn't it easier to quit?

Answer: It's not the nicotine. Nicotine is a minor league chemical that can't possibly account for all the difficulty you encounter when you try to quit.

For many more examples of why smoking is a behavioral problem you need to read The Full Story.

Hypnosis! Why Hypnosis?

As far back as you can remember, you have heard of hypnosis being used for cigarette smoking. There is a good reason for that. In every study that compared smoking cessation programs, be it the latest anti-nicotine drug, laser beams or whatever, hypnosis always came out number one. It's been around for years and still the best way to quit. But not all hypnosis programs are created equal as you'll discover by going to my Why Hypnosis page.

OK. How's it work?

Hypnosis can work on the most important part of smoking, the habit, if you use it that way. For over thirty years at the Palmer Smoking Clinic I have used hypnosis to work on the hundreds of trips to the mouth each day and the thousands of smoking haunts the smoker develops during their smoking career. When you focus on the habit as your primary goal in quitting, smokers quit more easily and more comfortably than anything else they have tried, without weight gain or becoming a grouch. Important? To my clients it is.

But I tried hypnosis.

My hypnosis program is completely different from other hypnosis programs. It was developed specifically to work on the habitual part of smoking. My session is an hour and a half and I take you through the hypnosis twice in that same session. My music program and subliminal messaging process is found nowhere else. If you are apprehensive or think you can't be hypnotized, you'll quickly find there is nothing scary or difficult about the hypnosis process. Plus, for your protection and mine, all hypnosis sessions are video taped. Nobody else offers all that.

I want my clients to be informed.

Many of my clients didn't know anything about hypnosis and certainly never thought there was any controversy about smoking being more than a nicotine problem. That is why I offer so much information. Please take a few minutes to scan my pages. I know you'll be surprised, informed and convinced. The smarter you are about quitting, the easier it is to work with you.

Do you need an incentive to Quit?

How about the the average cost of $4015.00 a year for cigarettes. Wow! If you quit smoking today you can afford to put gas in your car tomorrow. How's that for an incentive?

How successful is the program?

For decades my success rate has been over 90%, requiring between 1 and 3 sessions, with most clients needing only the first session to quit. A session at the clinic is affordable and you can quit with a friend if it makes you more comfortable. (see Prices for details)

What you won't find at the Palmer Smoking Clinic.

What you won't be subjected to are ugly lung stories or lectures on the demon weed, that's not my style. I'm an expert in hypnosis (see Palmer's Bio) that also happens to work with smokers, I'm not on a mission from God to preach the evils of tobacco. I've been in the stop-smoking business too long to offend my clientele that way. I've always believed smoking is a matter of choice and so is quitting, when you're ready, come see me.

Call me with your questions.

In the following pages I have tried to anticipate any questions you might have before you make an appointment. I also work in many other areas of hypnosis (see Other Hypnosis Programs). I also make custom CD's for folks who don't live in the Chicago Il. area. If you have questions, would you please call me. Don't be shy, I'm the boss and I'll speak to you directly. That's Paul S. Palmer at 708-233-1111. If you are really shy, you can e-mail me too. But, I'm a little slow on that e-mail thing.

e-mail mailto:paulpalmer@palmersmokingclinic.com

If you agree, come see me.

If you already agree that smoking is a major habit problem and not a chemical problem, make an appointment. If you are almost convinced, stop by my Short Story page. If you are not convinced yet, pull up a chair, light one up and start with the "The Full Story". You'll be rewarded for your curiosity.

If you want to know why I don't use laser beams, go to Laser Therapy.

Palmer Smoking Clinic
9748 S. Roberts Road
Palos Hills, IL. 60445

For an appointment: call today! 708-233-1111