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Hypnotherapist Patrick Fox will reach a milestone in Galway on December 20 this year when he treats his 50,000th client for smoking and weight loss, in his 21-year career.

Labour Councillor for Galway City Council Niall McNelis believes that the scale of the illegal cigarette trade in Galway city is out of control and Customs and Excise must take action to eradicate the worsening problem both in the city and county.

What does kindness have to do with weight loss? For most people, absolutely nothing. Instead, discipline and motivation are seen as important for following a rigid diet and getting into shape. When we slip again we blame and criticise ourselves for our lack of discipline, and turn to our favourite food for consolation. We torture ourselves over a number on a scale or a size on a dress when we’d be better off putting our energy into understanding our real selves. Our struggles with food cause tremendous stress, guilt, shame, and self-loathing. We’ve internalised a feeling of powerlessness and each time we try and fail, we subject ourselves to more of the same miserable feelings.

If you kick the smoking habit you can actually save quite a lot of money on our life assurance, mortgage protection insurance, and serious illness cover. Most people are not aware of this, and even if you have stopped smoking, you may now qualify for much lower non-smoker rates.

It is not too late to give up smoking for Lent and with www.giveupsmoking.ie you can create your own quit plan and start saving for that special treat.

A Waterford court has awarded costs against a county Kilkenny premises following a breach of the smoking ban in a case taken by the HSE.

Acupuncture treatment is a very powerful tool for removing smoking addiction. It is a very effective and reliable method for quitting smoking, which has no side effects at all.

Are you sick and tired of coughing and sputtering, paying a cigarette mortgage each month, or do you simply want to grow old gracefully without the premature wrinkles and stained teeth? If you have finally made a decision to be free from smoking and you want to kick the habit the easy way, then Irish Hypnosis could be your solution.

It’s that time of year again and all our promises to kick old hard habits and take control have reared their heads for us to face up to them and take action.

At an event in the Croke Park Conference Centre this week, Minister Aine Brady, newly appointed Minister of State for Older People and Health Promotion, awarded a first place prize to winning students Emma Horan, Sinead Mangan, and Roisin McEvoy and second place prize to student Khansa Akhtar, all from St Angela’s National School, Castlebar, at the inaugural Irish Cancer Society competition.