You may be considering a hypnosis course after earlier attempts to stop smoking. Those attempts are not wasted, and needing support does not mean you failed to become the right kind of non-smoker.

10 Steps to Become a Non-Smoker is an audio course from Uncommon Knowledge, sold through Hypnosis Downloads. Its ten main sections use themes about smoking-related beliefs, routines and the experience of becoming smoke-free; the descriptions below outline those themes without promising their effects.

A course kept separate from established stop-smoking treatment

A 2019 Cochrane review found insufficient evidence to determine whether hypnotherapy is more effective for stopping smoking than other behavioural support or quitting without assistance. That review does not establish that this particular commercial course will help you stop. A stop-smoking professional can discuss established behavioural support and suitable medicines or nicotine replacement therapy.

Points to consider

If you are considering the course, check its current contents, access and terms with the seller. The seller’s approach includes continuing to smoke during its sequence; that is not a medical requirement or a reason to delay a quit attempt. Discuss an appropriate plan with a stop-smoking adviser rather than waiting for every desire to smoke to disappear. Do not stop a prescribed treatment or nicotine replacement product because the course criticises other approaches.

The course cannot guarantee cessation, remove all cravings, prevent relapse or control weight. A lapse does not erase the value of time without smoking or mean that further support is pointless. The seller’s testimonials, old offers, listening schedules and bonus promises are not evidence of what will happen for you.

Further information: Cochrane: 2019 review of hypnotherapy for smoking cessation.

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Ten course themes

Step 1: beliefs and smoking-related routines

The opening theme considers how smoking fits into everyday thoughts and habits.

Step 2: perceived costs and benefits

This section uses a metaphor to consider what smoking appears to offer and what it costs.

Step 3: perspective on a familiar pattern

The theme concerns taking a different view of the relationship with cigarettes, rather than a promise of an immediate change.

Step 4: reasons for considering a change

This section reflects on personal reasons for wanting to stop, without requiring a particular feeling.

Step 5: beliefs about needing cigarettes

The theme considers expectations around smoking. It does not replace support for nicotine withdrawal.

Step 6: choice and smoking routines

This section uses the seller’s imagery around control. It does not establish that quitting depends on force of will.

Step 7: uncertainty about becoming smoke-free

The theme concerns anticipation of change, without promising excitement or an absence of cravings.

Step 8: everyday life without cigarettes

This section concerns familiar routines after stopping. An individual support plan remains separate.

Step 9: concerns about weight

The course includes a weight-related theme, but cannot guarantee weight control. Health and nutrition questions need appropriate advice.

Step 10: reviewing the course themes

The final section brings the themes together without guaranteeing that a listener will quit or remain smoke-free.