Hypnosis for Smoking Britney

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SPEARS TURNS TO HYPNOTIST TO CONQUER SMOKING HABIT

Pop singer Britney Spears has turned to celebrity hypnotist Paul McKenna to help her conquer her smoking addiction.

The pop hitmaker, 22, is currently in Britain during her Onyx Hotel Tour and visited McKenna last Wednesday.

Radio DJ-turned-hypnotist McKenna has previously helped fellow celebrities the Who rocker Roger Daltry, Robbie Williams, Sarah Ferguson, Sophie Dahl, David Bowie and others.

Spears told TV show host Diane Sawyer last year she was trying to cut back the amount of cigarettes she was smoking.

She said, "I am cutting back. I have a tour to do and I'm cutting back on smoking because there's no way in hell I can be on stage and perform the way I want to."

Spears has even been told to quit nicotine by her idol and friend Madonna.

Madonna's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg says, "Madonna was telling her she shouldn't smoke. It was a really funny exchange, but Britney said she liked the way cigarettes made her voice sound."

Well good that she is trying to quit smoking. Wierd that she likes it because it makes her voice husky. It makes me think of a friends episode where Lisa got a cold and she was singing in the cafe and everyone loved her deep husky voice but then her cold went away and every one hated her again.

I have noticed that Britney has been singing a bit deeper than she did at first, but I assumed that is was a natural development of her voice she had been working on or something.

I don't know, this whole deeper voice thing makes me think she just wants to sound more like Christina and I think Britney should stop being a copy-cat and find her own image and her own voice.