How To Stop Smoking

Are you finally ready to quit smoking for the Great American Smoke Out on November 15th this year? The Great American Smoke Out is takes place on the 3rd Thursday of November. Smokers across the nation will attempt to quit smoking or smoke less on that day.

For many smokers, this is the day that they will finally kick the habit for good. The event is highly publicized that day and many volunteers from various agencies will be available to help and support the tobacco users with their desire to quit.

The Great American Smoke Out also draws attention to the many illnesses, diseases and deaths attributed to tobacco usage. It also

According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 45 million US adults smoke cigarettes. Over 8 million people have an illness attributed to smoking. The use of tobacco can cause lung and other cancers, heart disease, and lung disease such as emphysema and copd. 1 out of 3 cancer deaths are attributed to smoking.

Over the years, people have tried various methods to try and break the nicotine habit. Many people have had success with patches, pills, gums and hypnosis. Recently, low level laser therapy (lllt) was introduced to aid people in quitting smoking.

Low level laser therapy is the use of a cold, low level laser to stimulate acupuncture points on the body that decrease the urge for nicotine. The therapy stimulates the body and assists in production of endorphins which are your body’s natural healers. The endorphin production helps to eliminate the cravings that are generated by nicotine. Most people report a feeling of calm and well being after undergoing the laser therapy for smoking cessation.

The great thing about the low level laser therapy that sets itself apart from most of the other therapies is that there are no reported side effects with the treatment. There are very few contraindications for the therapy so most people can be treated. Because the therapy is currently undergoing FDA clinical trials, people with active cancers or pregnant women can not be treated. People who are sensitive to light, currently taking antibiotics or steroids are also ineligible for the treatment.

I was a smoker of 20 years who quit with this therapy. My father, a smoker of 44 years also quit with low level laser therapy. I can also cite countless people who were long term smokers who successfully quit with low level laser therapy and experienced no side effects aside from a feeling of relaxation.

Did you know what positive changes happen to the body at the very moment that you decide to quit smoking? Check out these facts:

20 minutes after quitting smoking: your blood pressure drops to a level close to that before your last cigarette. The temperature of your hands and feet increases, returning to normal.

8 hours after quitting smoking: the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal, your body is now getting more oxygen.

24 hours after quitting smoking: you have better circulation and your lung function increases up to 30%

1 to 9 months after quitting smoking: coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease. Your lungs start to function better, lowering your risk of lung infections.

1 year after quitting smoking: you reduce your risk of heart disease by 50%.

5-15 years after quitting smoking: your risk of having a stroke is the same as someone who has never smoked.

10 years after quitting smoking: your risk of dying from lung cancer is about half of a continuing smoker’s. Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat esophagus, kidney and pancreas also decrease.

15 years after quitting smoking: your risk of heart disease is now the same as someone who has never smoked.

After being smoke free for 2 years, I feel great! I now play tennis, golf and ride my bike for hours. I was never able to do these things when I smoked because I became too winded. Whatever method you chose to quit smoking during the Great American Smoke Out, I wish you the best of luck. You can do it!

For more information regarding laser therapy for smoking cessation, visit http://www. healinglaserclinics. com

Originally posted 2009-11-30 17:13:59.

I am glad to tell you that I quit smoking with low level laser therapy successfully. I was a smoker in the past but I decided to stop smoking when I grew tired of the persistent cough, morning hacking and weakness of breath when climbing the stairs. I tried to quit smoking cold turkey and I lasted for 1 day. The cravings for nicotine were overwhelming and I could not stop myself and started smoking again the very next day. I told to my friend that I wanted to stop smoking but could not succeed. He said I would stop smoking with stop smoking laser. I acted upon his advice and I was able to quit smoking with low level laser therapy. The process of the stop smoking laser is very simple. The laser stimulates the nerves which starts producing more endorphins in your body. The production of endorphins during the stop smoking laser treatment removes the desire of smoking from the human body. Therefore, a person stops smoking by the stop smoking laser immediately after treatment. The process of stop smoking by stop smoking laser is totally pain free. A person does not feel any pain during the stop smoking laser treatment. They also suffer from no adverse side effects as they typically do from other stop smoking treatments such as pills, patches, gums and shots. I was afraid of pain which I thought I will have to tolerate during the quit smoking laser therapy but many people told me that they had not felt any pain at all during quit smoking laser. At last, I made an appointment to get the stop smoking laser treatment and now I can say that I am a non-smoker thanks to the quit smoking low level laser therapy. I had doubt in my mind and was not sure I will quit smoking with low level laser therapy but when I was treated with the quit smoking laser, I no desire to smoke a cigarette. The quit smoking laser is not expensive and for me, the cost of the quit smoking laser was much less than what I would pay for cigarettes within a month. I quit smoking with low level laser therapy and I shall suggest to you that if you are a smoker, you may get rid of your smoking habit by the laser treatment for quitting smoking. If you get treatment with the laser therapy, you will lose the physical cravings for nicotine. If you have decided to stop smoking with the low level laser therapy, you should consult your doctor first before having the laser therapy treatment. If your doctor allows you to have the laser therapy after having check up of your whole body, you may have low level laser therapy. Patients suffering from diseases like cancer, pace maker, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and a few more must not have laser therapy. Pregnant women must avoid laser therapy for quitting smoking. You must stop smoking as it is not harmful only for you but also for other people too who are present in your surroundings. Smoking is responsible for many harmful diseases which can disable or kill you. If you want to save your life, you must stop smoking by laser therapy for quitting smoking.

Originally posted 2009-11-25 23:23:33.

Channel 5 news shows how low level laser therapy (LLLT) in Scottish hospitals is helping smokers kick their habit with relative ease. Over half the people shown on the programme quit smoking in this way. The equipment shown is produced by THOR and is used by most laser smoking cessation centres across the world. LLLT can also be used instead of needles for acupuncture and is ten times more effective than patches, gum or hypnotherapy according the results from two NHS trials in Scotland. www …

Originally posted 2009-11-24 23:38:04.

Quit smoking laser therapy has been touted as a simple pain free and successful way to stop smoking. However there is some controversy over laser therapy to stop smoking.
But first, what is quit smoking laser therapy?
Laser therapy to stop smoking has been around for quite a number of years. It is, according to those who practice it, the application of low level laser to the acupuncture points in the body to stimulate the nerve endings which in turn produce endorphins.
And this, it is claimed, is a way to help smokers to kick those cigarettes and stop smoking. The release of endorphins help relieve the stressful effects of nicotine withdrawal and make it easier to kick the tobacco habit. The physical cravings are reduced and the stress of the addiction withdrawal are reduced.
This low level laser treatment is combined with counselling in most cases, and it is the overall treatment which results in tobacco addiction sufferers being able to quit smoking according to those who offer low level laser treatments for stopping smoking.
It is claimed by some practitioners that one half hour laser therapy session can be enough to be successful for getting a large number of people stopping smoking. Others claim no more than a few sessions should be sufficient.
It is, of course, quite expensive to undertake this quit smoking laser therapy, given that the actual amount of face to face time is quite limited.
I don’t intend to tell you here whether quit smoking laser therapy works or not. That’s for a number of reasons, particularly that I don’t have sufficient evidence to tell you either way. However I do intend to alert you to the fact that there is quite some doubt over the technique, and there are those who maintain that it does nothing at all to assist people to quit smoking.
Unfortunately it seems that there is little published and publicly available scientific evidence on the efficacy of using low level laser therapy for stopping smoking. Although the laser clinics claim scientific evidence it is difficult to find any, and they do not offer links on their websites to the papers published by the scientists who have studied this laser therapy. The author has been unable to find any authoritative published studies, and there are plenty of others who claim this lack of any supporting evidence means that, currently at least, laser therapy to stop smoking has to be viewed as unproven.
For example, in 2006, the US consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen petitioned the FDA to stop 5 US quit smoking laser treatment companies from claiming that low level laser therapy is successful in helping people stop smoking. It is not approved by the FDA as an anti smoking treatment, although it is as a pain relief treatment.
And I document on my website a range of other sources all of which suggest that stop smoking laser therapy is a fraud or close to.
Even the companies which market laser therapy will admit to it being “experimental”.
For those in the grip of a serious nicotine and cigarette addiction it isn’t easy to find a way forward to combat that addiction and to stop smoking successfully. However anyone who opts for laser therapy as a means to stop smoking should understand that it isn’t currently scientifically proven to work.

Originally posted 2009-11-24 00:17:15.