Laser Smoking Cessation: Does It Work

Many smokers claim they have successfully quit smoking through laser therapy. National Health Service funded studies have shown laser smoking cessation as one of the most effective ways available for smokers who want to beat nicotine addiction. In Europe and Canada, smokers have been using this treatment for over 30 years to give up tobacco dependence. A few years ago, Dr Jim Radford of the New Beginnings Laser Institute conducted clinical trials in Grand Rapids, Michigan to test its effectiveness to break smokers' cravings for nicotine.

However, the FDA has not approved this procedure until today and it is not a cure for nicotine addiction. Yet many laser therapy centers are still making laser treatment smoking cessation available to cigarette smokers to break their habits.

This treatment using laser concepts and laser technology may be the answer for you to free yourself from nicotine addiction. 

How Does Laser Smoking Cessation Work?

It works like an acupuncture but without needles. It removes the nicotine from your body quickly and leaves you with no withdrawal symptoms.

It stimulates acupuncture points in the ears (auricular points), forearm (meridian points), nose, wrists, and hands. By treating specific auricular or pressure points, it helps the digestive and lymphatic systems to purge toxic wastes from the body. This releases endorphin to stop your urges for nicotine, cause you to relax, and reduce the withdrawal symptoms. Endorphin, a brain chemical, helps you to relieve from pain and stress.

The whole process take about 20-30 minutes to become smoke free. Throughout the treatment, you feel relaxed and pleasant. Most of the times, you fall asleep. At the end of the session, you should immediately have no desire for nicotine. With only three to five treatment sessions, you can kick your nicotine addiction.

 

Safety Guidelines When Using Laser Treatment To Stop Smoking

This low powered, non-invasive laser technology present no health danger to the smokers provided they wear protective eyewear. Just like any medical procedure, this treatment should follow normal precautions. 

The FDA only classifies low-level laser therapy devices as non-significant risk medical devices for pain therapy. To be safe, make sure the clinics use FDA approved therapeutic or cold lasers.

Although the treatment does not pose any downsides to smoker's life, make sure that a trained technician is operating the equipment.

Forget about your past failures in attempting to quit smoking. Research shows that smokers who use more than two smoking cessation strategies enjoy greater chances of success by more than double. Low-level laser therapy may be the medicine of the future to combat nicotine dependency.  It is completely safe with no side effects, painless, and drug-free. Best of all, you may experience either no or little withdrawal symptoms when you zap the smoking habit.