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Show Quit Smoking, Lose Weight Have you tried numerous times to quit smoking, but you just couldn't stick with it? Are you constantly dieting, only to gain it back after an emotional upset? If you are ready to stop" procrastinating to make some positive changes in your life, the Utah Lung Association can help. Group hypnosis clinics for smoking cessation and weight control will be conducted con-ducted by the Christmas Seal organization in Park City, on October 29 at the Prospector Hotel and Conference Center. The stop smoking clinic will begin at 6:30 p.m. The weight control will begin at 8:30 p.m. The registration fee for each clinic is $35. In the single-session program, pro-gram, participants will be taught about hypnosis. They wili then relax and go through three hypnotic inductions in-ductions to receive positive suggestions about lifestyle changes in their subconscious subcon-scious mind. Helpful literature litera-ture and a cassette tape will be provided in order to reinforce the hypnotic suggestions sug-gestions at home. John Greer, noted clinical hypnotherapist and president presi-dent of Breakaway Techniques, Tech-niques, Inc. Ortonville, Michigan, will conduct the clinics for the Utah Lung Association. Says Greer, "For most smokers there is a constant conflict between intelligence and emotions. A smoker's intelligent self wants to quit smoking, but his emotional self still needs the gratification grati-fication smoking gives him. Hypnosis helps a person gain the rewards of a non-smok-;ng lifestyle rather than giving up something he still wants to do." "As for overweight people, dieters usually get on a yo-yo pattern, taking off weight and then putting it back on. Hypnosis helps people re-program re-program their subconscious thought so that they enjoy proper eating habits. The key to losing weight is making a life change, not a ' temporary eating habit change," says Greer. I For more information, call 649-9072 or 336-2503. Registration will be accepted at the door on a space available basis. For guaranteed guaran-teed seating, mail a check payable to the Utah Lung Association, 1616 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, Utah S4105. |
