Ben Affleck went to a hypnotist to help him quit smoking.
The 'Pearl Harbor' actor says becoming a father to two-year-old Violet, his
daughter with wife Jennifer Garner, was the catalyst he needed to overcome
his habit.

Once he had made up his mind to quit, Ben decided to take a leaf out of pal
Matt Damon's book by visiting a hypnotist.
He told US chat show host Oprah Winfrey: "I finally decided to quit smoking
when I found out I was going to have a child. That was the thing that sort
of put it over the top for me. I decided to go to a hypnotist. You sit in a
chair and the hypnotist sips water and just talks to you for an hour, and
explains how nicotine is poison.
"All of a sudden, I thought, 'This is asinine that I've been doing this to
myself for all these years.' My last cigarette was on November 10th, 2005,
and I feel a huge difference in my health now that I don't smoke. I feel
like I'm in better shape than I was five years ago."

By Fabien Montique posted time [ 8:25 PM]