Acupuncture has been long used to help additive cessation. In the early 1970’s, there was a Hong Kong doctor who first started using articular acupuncture in helping smoke cessation. Since then, Body and auricular acupuncture have been popularly used in USA for smoke cessation.
According to a research published on ncbi.nlm.nih.gov in 2015, an observational study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture for smoking cessation, and determine predictors for successful quitters. Smokers received at least 6 sessions of body acupuncture provided by Chinese medicine practitioners and initiated self-administered auricular acupuncture. A total of 1002 smokers were recruited; 26-week and 52-week quit rates were 16.8% and 15.8%, respectively. Male sex, older age, lower nicotine dependence level, and number of body acupuncture and counseling sessions received were associated with successful quitting. Result is that body and auricular acupuncture is effective in smoking cessation and should be considered as an alternative to help smokers in quitting, especially for those whose past attempts using conventional methods were in vain.
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