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Comparison of hypnotherapy with systematic relaxation in the treatment of cigarette habituation . Because of the methodological deficiencies in this area of research , it is impossible to make any valid conclusions about whether hypnosis itself is effective in the treatment of cigarette habituation . In this study , 87 volunteers who wanted to quit cigarette smoking were assigned randomly to the experimental hypnosis group , the comparison relaxation group , and the waiting list control group . Ss in the treatment groups had four weekly 50-minute , individual sessions . Four months after the completion of treatment , Ss were administered a questionnaire and a hypnotic susceptibility scale . Ss in the hypnosis group who were in the upper two-thirds of the group in terms of hypnotic susceptibility reduced their cigarette consumption substantially more than Ss in the relaxation group who were in the upper two-thirds of the group in terms of hypnotic susceptibility . Therefore , the hypnotic state appears to be therapeutic for individuals who can enter medium or deep states of hypnosis .
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Intervention_Psychological
hypnotherapy
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Intervention_Other
systematic relaxation
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Intervention_Psychological
experimental hypnosis group ,
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Intervention_Physical
the
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Intervention_Other
comparison relaxation group
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Intervention_Control
waiting list control group
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Intervention_Psychological
hypnosis
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Outcome_Other
questionnaire
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Outcome_Other
hypnotic susceptibility scale
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Outcome_Mental
cigarette consumption
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Outcome_Mental
hypnotic susceptibility
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Participant_Sample-size
87
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Participant_Condition
cigarette smoking