SMOKING CESSATION

Cigarette smoking increases the overall risk of death by as much as 70%
compared to nonsmokers and smokers die five to eight years earlier than
nonsmokers. Smoking is the single most important environmental factor
contributing to premature death in the United States. Smoking low-tar and
low-nicotine cigarettes decreases this risk by only a small amount. Pipe and
cigar smoking are less dangerous, probably because less inhalation
occurs, although still deadly.

DISEASE OF INCREASED INCIDENCE IN SMOKERS

Cancer of the lung
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Atherosclerotic arterial disease
Ischemic heart disease (angina
pectoris and myocardial infarction)
Chronic peptic ulcer
Cancer of the oral cavity and tongue
Cancer of the urinary bladder
cancer of the throat
Cancer of the esophagus

THE RECOGNITION OF ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY

Acupuncture has been recognized in internationally published clinical trials
to be capable of assisting the strongly motivated smokers to quit their
smoking habits. it was reported in the American Journal of Medicine that
acupuncture has demonstrated itself to be "a new and effective treatment for
smoking cessation, "which" induced aversion for tobacco smoke and a sharply
diminished desire
to smoke. "It was also reported in the annals of Internal medicine that
"acupuncture helped reduce the effects
of smoking withdrawal and supported
other smoking cessation treatments."

INDIVIDUALIZED ACUPUNCTURE TREAMTENT

Acupuncture is an extremely complex therapeutic system and every smoker is
habituated in somewhat different ways. As a result, repeating the exact same
acupuncture treatment for each smoker does not always produce the best effect.

The goal is to maximize the effectiveness of acupuncture by developing a
process which utilizes the natural laws, flexibly tailoring treatment plans
to meet the precise needs of each individual patient in the process of
quitting.

The acupuncture treatment plan for smoking cessation is designed to alleviate
the stress and struggle associated with quitting, reduce nicotine dependency,
diminish oral craving, modify the appetite, improve relaxation, enhance the
ability to concentrate and so forth. As of each individual condition, ear
acupuncture or herbal therapy may be included as part of the treatment plan
to further benefit the cessation process.

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO QUIT SMOKING!

Keep in mind that the desire to smoke only goes away completely after you
have quit. Former smokers begin reducing risks of major diseases of which
smoking is a causative factor as soon as the quit! After a number of years of
non-smoking, risks of deadly diseases are no greater then for those who never
smoked.