Newton Emerson is the editor of the Portadown News, T.V. personality and writer for the Daily Mirror.

Extract from the article by Newton Emerson for the ‘Irish News’

“I don’t feel that anything ‘happened’ to me, but then I don’t think that’s how you are meant to feel. What I can tell you for a fact is that in the past two weeks that have since passed I’ve really, really, really wanted a cigarette – but I haven’t had one.

Like the eyelids I could have opened but somehow didn’t, somehow I haven’t smoked.

I don’t know how much of that is down to me and how much is down to hypnotherapy.

But if the whole thing is a scam and I’ve just convinced myself it works, then it has worked, hasn’t it?”