ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT ON SMOKING CESSATION

Acupuncture is an effective method to enable you to quit smoking.
It will minimize your craving, calm your mind and strengthen your will power.
With a strong commitment,
You can quit smoking.
For you own good, and for the health of your family,
You will do it, and do it now!

CIGARETTE SMOKING

A fact many people already know, is that cigarette smoking increases the overall risk of death as much as 70% compared to non-smokers. Smokers die five to eight years earlier than non-smokers. The chance of getting cancer for the smokers is ten times higher than the non-smokers. Cigarette smoking increases the risk of heart attack as much as twice compared to non-smokers. It is estimated that each cigarette smoke life can be cut short by 7 minutes. Smoking is the single most important environmental factor contributing to premature death in the United States.
The smoke resulted from burned cigarette contains more than 4,000 chemicals and 200 of them are toxic. Non-smokers can breath in this secondhand smoke and the same unhealthy effects that happen to a smoker, such as cancer, heart disease and stroke, can happen to the non-smoker.
If a pregnant woman smoke her baby could be prematurely born, with low weight and non-full term. Nicotine from cigarette can cause the mother's blood vessels to constrict, delivering less oxygen and nourish to the unborn baby. If the pregnant woman is around cigarette smoke, she and her baby are both breathing in the secondhand smoke containing poisonous substance; prematurity of the baby could be a problem.
Children who live with smokers are sick more often than children who do not. They have more colds, bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, and ear infection. Children who live with smokers are twice as likely to become smokers themselves than children growing up with parents who do not smoke.

DISEASES OF INCREASED INCIDENCE IN SMOKERS

· Cancer of the lung
· Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
· Cancer of the oral cavity and larynx
· Cancer of the esophagus
· Chronic peptic ulcer
· Atherosclerotic arterial disease
· Stroke
· Ischemic heart disease (angina pectoris and myocardial infarction)
· Cancer of the urinary bladder
· Cancer of the cervix

THE RECOGNITION OF ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY

Acupuncture has been recognized in published international trails to be capable of helping smokers to quit their habit of smoking. The Annals of Internal Medicine had reported, "Acupuncture helped reduce the effects of smoking withdrawal and supported other smoking cessation treatment. It was reported in The American Journal of Medicine that acupuncture has demonstrated itself to be "a new and effective treatment for smoking cessation.

THE EFFECTIVE ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT TO QUIT SMOKING

Acupuncture treatment reduces nicotine dependency, extinguish the desire of oral craving, alleviate the stress and struggle associated with quitting, improve relaxation, and modify the appetite. Although the treatment plan is usually designed for several treatments in a row, many smokers could quit their habit of smoking with by one treatment. How the cessation of smoking can be successful is much related to the commitment of the smoker, the confidence of oneself, the skillful effective treatment, and the family support.

AFTER QUITTING SMOKING

· Immediate rewards
Within 12 hours after you quit smoking, the levels of carbon monoxide and nicotine in your system will decline rapidly. Within a few days, you will begin to notice your sense of smell and taste returned and your digestive system back to normal. You feel alive with clear mind, confidence, and full of energy and strength.
· Long-range benefits
You have greatly improved your chance of a longer life. You've significantly reduced your risk of death from heart attack, stroke, bronchitis, emphysema and cancer. After one year of cessation of smoking the risk of heart attack reduced to one half. After 10-12 years of cessation of smoking the chances of cancer growth are declined and are no greater than for those who never smoked.