I tested hypnotherapy to kick my vaping habit - did it work?

IT was while I was huddled outside work in the howling wind and rain having yet another cheeky vape that I realised I had a serious problem.
What had started as a breezy alternative to an occasional cigarette had quickly become an all-consuming habit.
I’m a 47-year-old mother-of-two, for goodness’ sake, and here I was behaving like a teenager sneaking a crafty fag in the school bogs.
And I’m not the only one - headteachers all over the country are having to fit anti-vape alarms in their toilets as kids as young as seven are getting addicted.
Just last month, Rishi Sunak announced new plans to ban disposable vapes after alarming research showed they can be seriously damaging to children’s health.
Five million of the e-cigs are thrown away each week in the UK, leading to an environmental disaster.
I realised something needed to change - and fast.
Years ago, I visited hypnotherapist Max Kirsten to give up a pretty hardcore cigarette addiction.
I’d smoked on and off since I was about 15 and, although I’d gone long periods without it, at that point it was pretty bad.
I’d just had my second daughter and I knew that I couldn’t carry on like I was.
To my astonishment, it worked.
There I was, thinking I was a cynical old hack, and instead it turns out I’m perfect Derren Brown fodder.
I didn’t even think of touching a fag again for years.
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