Acupuncture to stop smoking could reduce health costs
Acupuncture to stop smoking is a viable solution for rising healthcare costs. The enormous health and financial impact on our society is completely avoidable.
How dangerous is smoking?
There is literally no safe level of exposure to cigarette smoke. It is estimated that there are more than 7,000 chemicals an individual inhales either directly or from second hand smoke.
How important is Acupuncture for smoking cessation?
Did you know that approximately 443,000 deaths occur each year as a result of cigarette use. And, if you count the number of deaths from associated diseases the economic burden is approximately 193 billion a year.
Why isn’t acupuncture utilized more for quitting smoking?
The numbers I refer to above are a result of the failed medical attempts to medicate people to stop smoking. The political approach is failing also. The politicians continue to enact new non smoking laws, raise taxes on the products and subsidize traditional treatment programs. Twenty years of failure and the only suggestion is to spend more money on the same approaches.
Acupuncture for stop smoking, is it powerful enough?
It has been well substantiated that nicotine is addicting. An addiction occurs as a result of a physiologic and psychologic change that causes the individual to experience a feeling of well being. This is where acupuncture is so effective. One of the benefits acupuncture provides an individual is a feeling of well being. This alone can be enough to help an individual quit.
