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Smoking is usually a simple issue to deal with.

I am not suggesting that it is easy to give up, but unlike an issue such as confidence or weight loss, there is usually only a single aspect to deal with.It is usually quite straightforward to stop smoking with NLP.

Firstly, it's important to get your beliefs sorted, so:

• Do you believe you can stop smoking?
• Do you believe it will be easy to quit smoking?
• Do you believe you are an addict?

If you have any beliefs that are going to get in your way use the belief disintegrator to destroy them.

Having done that, you should create some new beliefs to support you going forward, and make it easier to stop smoking with NLP.

So, how about creating the following beliefs:

• I can give up smoking easily
• I have complete control over my habits
• I feel completely comfortable around people who smoke even though I don't smoke.

Use the belief creator to give yourself a strong base of beliefs.

Now to the basic technique that will prevent you from returning to smoking.

I want you to think of the image you make in your mind when you want a cigarette and to run through the Compulsion Blowout using that image.

This is a key exercise to stop you constantly thinking about cigarettes.

And finally:

Smoking is a very social habit, and also one that many people turn to when they are in a stressful situation.

What I want you to do is to make a list of all the times when you know you will want a cigarette.

Common events in this list may be as follows:

• first cigarette of the morning
• before a job interview
• after a meal
• socializing with my friends who smoke

Once you have this list, run through the swish pattern with each one, making sure you use a strong resourceful image of you not smoking for the second image in the exercise.

This will take some time.

Chances are, that you will not have made a complete list of these events, and any time you discover another activity where you struggle, simply run it through the swish pattern.

As you use these exercises more and more, you will begin to catch yourself and notice your own thinking processes - This is one of the side effects of trying to stop smoking with NLP.

Once you understand these exercises, you can return to them whenever you feel you need a booster.

It may take several attempts to completely destroy the need for a cigarette, but with a bit of effort, and mental self-examination, these exercises will make it much easier for you to stop smoking now.

Over the next few weeks I will be expanding further on techniques to help you stop smoking with NLP.

Good Luck!