I tried hypnosis twice. The first time, I went to a retired doctor who began doing hypnosis to help cancer patients deal with the pain and then began doing the stop smoking sessions. He used the "suggestion hypnosis" and he told me that I would automatically light a cigarette out of habit but when I did, iti would taste so awful it would make me sick. I left his office, went out for dinner with my husband and I automatically took out a cigarette and lit it and gagged so bad, I got sick. Everytime I tried to light one, I got sick but after 4 days, it didn't work. When I called to make another appointment, I learned he was no longer doing it.
A couple years later, I went to another one. I threw away all my cigarettes as I was told to do, paid him $200, went through the session, left and on the way home I stopped at a 7/11 store, bought a pack of cigarettes. I couldn't wait.
I have found there is only way to stop and that is do it the hard way. That's what I'm trying to do now. Wish me luck as I wish you luck.