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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smokers who want to kick the habit may be successful with the help of acupuncture, according to researchers in Norway.
In their study, a group of smokers who smoked 1 pack per day underwent acupuncture at specific points on the body associated with quitting smoking, while controls had needles inserted at points not associated with quitting smoking.
During the study period, cigarette consumption fell on average by 14 cigarettes per day for the acupuncture treatment group and 7 cigarettes per day in the control group. After the treatment ended, the smokers in both groups increased their cigarette consumption an average of 5 to 7 cigarettes per day.
Just after the last treatment, 32% of the smokers in the acupuncture group had quit smoking. At 8-month and 5-year follow-ups, 23% and 18% of smokers, respectively, were still not smoking, the authors report. None of the smokers in the control group had quit smoking at either follow-up period.
"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," lead author Dr. Dong He of the University of Oslo, Norway, and colleagues report in a recent issue of the journal Preventive Medicine.
All the smokers received 2 treatments per week for 3 weeks and were instructed to give themselves ear acupressure, using their fingers, 4 times per day during the same time period.
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