https://marco.org/2007/07/09/hypnosis-can-only-help-you-do-what-you-want-to-do
Hypnosis can only help you do what you want to do. If you want a cigarette more than you want to quit, hypnosis is useless. So is every other method. And if you want to quit more than you want to smoke, almost any method, including hypnosis, can make that quitting feel easier.