Use Hypnosis to Quit the Dipping Habit

For a large percentage of the world’s population, smokeless tobacco is something they have tried, if not something used regularly. Most people associate smokeless tobacco with sports stars, and incorrectly believe that it is a safe alternative to smoking. Unfortunately for them, this proves to be wrong, as smokeless tobacco has a range of harmful effects.

A diverse range of people use this highly addictive substance and no one is safe, regardless of race, social status, or gender. The reasons for using smokeless tobacco vary widely from appetite control to generalized stress reduction. This epidemic is harmful to the world. Targeting the world’s future with the primary users being only teens and in many cases preteens, it is very dangerous stuff.

The truth of the matter is that teens and smokeless tobacco are getting to be too close to each other and creating lifelong habits and health risks that are just too great to be overlooked and too dangerous to be ignored. Adolescent use of smokeless tobacco is on the constant rise, with some users starting when they are only 9 or 10 years old.

Rural Caucasian teens have the highest risk of using smokeless tobacco products, and if the teens live in a household with an adult that uses, their chances of also using smokeless tobacco rises dramatically. Approximately 9.3% of all U.S. students in grades 9-12 use smokeless tobacco products. Among the white male student body, the average is approximately 1 user out of every 5 students.

But what are the effects of smokeless tobacco and what are the pros and cons of using it? On the plus side of course is “looking cool,” and possibly fitting in with one’s peers. Also it causes an unusual sensation in users by first relaxing them, through the release of dopamine in the brain, and then exciting them with a release of adrenaline. Also the appetite is suppressed.

On the down side are consequences that make the reasons to chew look pretty weak. Use of smokeless tobacco causes a number of diseases, along with dental problems, bad breath, and of course the financial spending of the user to supply smokeless tobacco. Most tobacco users using one can per day, over three decades at current prices will spend up to fifty thousand dollars on chewing tobacco in their lifetime, assuming they survive long enough.

There are no known cures for either the gastrointestinal or the oral cancers smokeless tobacco causes, and this can also cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical treatment and ultimately funeral expenses.

Quitting smokeless tobacco is widely believed to be much harder than quitting smoking. Part of the addiction includes a great amount of nicotine absorbed by the body while chewing or dipping. This amount is twice as high as that received from smoking a cigarette.

But how can one quit using smokeless tobacco products? Various products are on the market to help wean users off of snuff and chew, such as a product that uses spearmint to mimic the tobacco without getting the nicotine. And some success has come out of using the same shot that inhibits receptors in the body for smoking. But the best way to quit and permanently remain tobacco-free without withdrawal, stress, and weight gain is through a hypnosis program.

Hypnotherapy offers a two-fold attack to the systematic chewing or dipping reflex built up by your prior habits and lifestyle choices. It first attacks the emotional reasons why you need a dipp, and then it attacks the mental habit itself.

First you’ll want to consider the emotional reasons. Dopamine is a “feel good” chemical produced by your body and released by your brain during times of happiness. In times of stress, the dopamine produces a general sensation of well being. Some common occurrences of natural release include eating a large meal, or sexual relief. In other words, putting some chew into the mouth gives a sense relaxation and pleasure. The very essence of hypnosis is relaxation, and hypnosis is excellent for promoting stress relief and relaxation.

Hypnosis also works to break the cycle of expectation that your mind creates. When you habitually chew tobacco after dinner, your mind begins to tell your body that you require a chew after every dinner. By blocking or removing this thought process, you won’t feel the need to pack your cheek after you pack your stomach.

By extinguishing these two root causes of chewing tobacco use, hypnosis can eliminate the compulsion to chew or dipp, stopping your physical need for the extra release of dopamine. Thus hypnotherapy works in releasing you from this deadly habit and allows a stress free method of quitting.