By Paul Hata
 Smoking is one hard habit to break. If nicotine patches and gum doesn't work, perhaps you should try something else like an alternative form of healthcare like acupuncture. Acupuncture is an ancient practice involving the use of needles. This instrument is inserted into the skin to allow you energy or Qi to start flowing freely around your body and thus help you quit smoking.
When you go visit an acupuncturist for the first time and tell him or her that you want to quit smoking, after answering some questions, the specialist will carry out an examination of your ears and search for areas where the energy is low.
Once these spots are identified, these sharp needles are then inserted. Usually 5 needles are placed in various acupoints.
The treatment is finished after an hour and when the needles are removed, you are advised to wear ear magnets so your session continues even when you leave the clinic. While acupuncture itself is a painless procedure, some smokers have claimed that they felt a prick or get sleepy.
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By Mira Williams
 Most young people smoke regularly, without ever considering the consequences. Lately, smoking has also become more socially unacceptable. In large parts of the western world, smoking in public places is prohibited. You also cannot just light a cigarette in somebodys house anymore. Governments and health organizations are working hard to make especially young people aware of the dangers of smoking.
In principle, every smoker should be made fully aware of the dangers of smoking and also should be given help, information and support on how to stop smoking.
Among smokers there is always the great conundrum: I dont like smoking, but I dont know how to give up Every year hundreds of thousands of smokers make a New Years resolution, unfortunately only a small percentage manages to get through the first 2 days. Very few actually end up being non-smokers as a result of their new years quest to become a non-smoker.
There are a number of ways to stop smoking. At the end of the last millennium, the Pharmaceutical Industry became aware of a market for medication to assist |
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