Ben Affleck tells Oprah how he quit smoking

Movie hunk Ben Affleck has revealed how pal Matt Damon, his baby daughter and a hypnotist helped him quit smoking.

The Pearl Harbour star admitted he was hooked on cigarettes for almost 20 years before Matt advised him to try hypnosis.

He decided to give it a go for the sake of his daughter Violet, now aged two, when wife Jennifer Garner fell pregnant.

And the treatment worked as Ben gave up puffing his way through at least a pack a day.

He told US talkshow queen Oprah Winfrey he has not had a cigarette for more than two years.

Ben said: "I thought I would give up at 25 and then 30, but that came and went.

"I finally decided to quit smoking when I was going to have a child.

"I actually went to hypnosis. Matt Damon turned me on to this guy.

"Matt quit the year before me. This guy just sat there and told me nicotine is poison."