United Kingdom, Feb. 21 -- Jerry O'Connell got hypnotised to quit smoking.

The 52-year-old actor has not touched a cigarette for "14 years" after he spent "$800" on seeing a hypnotist in 2012.

Appearing on a recent episode of the Work in Progress podcast, Jerry told 43-year-old host Sophia Bush: "I struggled with nicotine for decades, had to get hypnotised. I haven't had a Ciggy in like 14 years."

The Stand by Me star was also motivated to stop after his 53-year-old wife, actress Rebecca Romijn, threatened not to touch him for months.

Jerry - who married Rebecca in July 2007 at their ranch in Calabasas, California, three years after they met at a Maxim Hot 100 party in Las Vegas, Nevada - continued: "Also, my wife said she would not t...