Smoking

Cigarette smoking has been identified as the most important source of preventable morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. Every medical and health agency agrees. Each year, more Americans die from smoking-related diseases than from AIDS, drug abuse, car accidents and murder-combined.

Cigarette smoke contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer. Smoking is directly responsible for 90 percent of lung cancer deaths and approximately 80-90 percent of COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis) deaths.

Smoking causes 19.5% (or 1 in 5) of all deaths in the United States each year

Cigarette smoking is the major preventable cause of:

-	emphysema
-	lung cancer
-	chronic bronchitis
-	heart disease and stroke

In the U.S., about 1.3 million people quit smoking each year, but about 47 million continue to smoke

Smoking costs the United States over $150 billion each year in health-care costs including $81.9 billion in mortality-related productivity loses and $75.5 billion in excess medical expenditures. Increased taxes on cigarettes means you need to pay more than ever.

Q1	Average price of a pack of cigarettes	$
Q2	Number of cigarettes smoked per day
Q3	Date you started smoking?
	Cost per day:	$
	Cost per week:	$
	Cost per month:	$
	Cost per year:	$
	Cost if you continue smoking for years	$
A.	Total cost to date:	$

Smoking harms your heart. Smoking harms your baby. Smoking causes cancer. About 90% of America's 51 million smokers want to quit, but only 20 to 30% manage to do so permanently. It is really difficult to make a decision to quit smoking, and it not very easy to find a qualified professional to help you.

If you have tried to quit smoking, you know how hard it can be. That is because nicotine is a very addictive drug. For some people, it can be as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Within seconds of taking a puff of smoke, nicotine travels to the brain. It tells the brain to release chemicals that make you want to smoke more. Quitting is hard. Usually people make 2 to 3 tries, or more, before finally being able to quit. Studies have shown that each time you try to quit, you will be stronger and will have learned more about what helps and what hurts.

Nevertheless, anyone can quit smoking. It does not matter about age, health, or lifestyle. The decision to quit and your success is greatly influenced by how much you want to stop smoking.

Acupuncture is probably the most widely accepted complementary treatment for stopping smoking. It ELIMINATES your CRAVINGS for tobacco. The quit smoking with acupuncture treatments utilize special ear points for addiction elimination.

Patient Testimonials and Reports

	How Do I Quit Smoking ...I haven't smoked in 10+ years now, and I must say that acupuncture really made quitting much easier. If you live in or near a city with an acupuncture school, they often have clinics where you can get low-cost or free treatment. Check it out!...
	Acupuncture Does Help Smokers Quit ...This study confirms that adequate acupuncture treatment may help motivated smokers to reduce their smoking or even quit smoking completely, and the effect may last for at least 5 years...
	Acupuncture Assistance for Withdrawal from Tabcco Smoking ...The effectiveness of acupuncture for drug withdrawal, including smoking cessation, has been proclaimed by acupuncturists in the U.S. since the early 1980’s. Much of the work in this area was stimulated by the reports of Michael Smith, who developed an acupuncture protocol for “drug detox” in the late 1970’s. ...
	Acupuncture and Addiction: Another Road to Recovery? ...A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine may prove that there is another treatment option that may be available to those suffering from cocaine addiction ...

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