TMS for Smoking: evidence & results

Addiction to nicotine is the single issue that prevents millions from stopping smoking. As you may have experienced when trying to quit smoking yourself, the addictive cravings are very tricky to combat. With 75% of smokers relapsing due to the cravings, you’re not alone if you have tried to give up but been unsuccessful.

There is no doubt that smoking is extremely harmful, yet once the habit has formed, it is very difficult to break.

Smart TMS has been proven to be effective for smoking cessation, with results shown a little lower down the page. If you wish to find out more about the treatment, please click here.

The Royal College of Physicians’ 2000 report on nicotine addiction states that:

"It is reasonable to conclude that nicotine delivered through tobacco smoke should be regarded as an addictive drug, and tobacco use as the means of self-administration...
Cigarettes are highly efficient nicotine delivery devices and are as addictive as drugs such as heroin or cocaine.”

Smoking tobacco (i.e. cigarettes, cigars, pipes) is the fastest way of delivering nicotine to the bloodstream and this makes it all the more potentially addictive. Furthermore, tobacco smoke includes a range of other chemicals which enhance the addictive nature of nicotine.

The health benefits of stopping smoking are immense.

At Smart TMS, our results are very similar to those demonstrated within the various trials, with a high percentage of our patients reporting reduction in their smoking cravings after TMS treatment, which allowed them to stop smoking entirely.

If you’re serious about stopping smoking, your clinician can talk to you about additional talking therapies that may help alongside TMS treatment to maximise the result.

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