Quiting with acupuncture

Haseltine is describing what it was like the last yime she examined to quit smoking. She's been smoking for almost 33 years.

"I adored smoking. I smoked not less than a pack a day," Betty said.

She was ready to try to quit encore. Wanting to avoid patches, gums or chemicals she went original, despite acupuncture. The art of place needles into the body, changing the pathways of energy.

"We are trying to change the energy flows of the body. With the needles, I am not actually putting putting energy in or talking energy out. I am barely changing the ritual your body uses it," Kevin Campopiano, Acupuncturist said.

The E-Cigarette, A Fake LED Cigarette That Helps You Quit Smoking

Laughing Squid Web Hosting sys admin Adam Elkins demonstrates the E-Cigarette, an artifical electronic cigarette that helps you quit smoking. It includes a red LED at the end and fake smoke to help simulate the act of smoking a real cigarette, reducing the harmful effects smoking and second-hand smoke. E-Cigarette kits are available from Smoking.

New Pills To Help Quit Smoking

Smokers struggling to quit smoking can pop a pill in near future to give up the habit. According to researchers, 28 molecules, which are produced in abnormal amounts in cells lining the airways of smokers have been identified. Medicine researchers have proposed that if the levels of these molecules could be restored to that of non-smokers it might allow chronic smokers who have been unable to quit to improve their health prospects. The study is a part of research work at the Boston University School of Medicine. The study was carried out by lead researcher Avrum Spira and his colleagues, who took took samples of cells from the airways of 10 smokers and 10 non-smokers and identified 28 microRNAs. These organelle are responsible for the expression of whole networks of related genes, that are characteristic of the smokers.

Pregnant Women Told Quit Smoking And We'll Pay You Cash

In what will be seen as a controversial move the National Health Service of the United Kingdom will pay women up to £100 if they can promise to quit smoking completely during their pregnancy.

The scheme will pay the £100 over the term of the pregnancy. They will get £20 after they quit smoking for a week followed by a further £40 if they manage to stay off the cigarettes for a month and if they continue not to smoke for a whole year they will get a further £40 making a total of £100.

They will be given the payment in the form of special Co-op vouchers which can be exchanged for anything except alcohol and cigarettes.