Can anyone explain how laser treatment helps you quit smoking? Does it actually work? -
Hi Berty,
It is great to note that you are in the process of deciding to quit. It is clear that you are looking at using laser treatment for quitting.
I teach Health Sciences in a Major University and read such literature often.
If you used laser treatment alone you are not likely to quit smoking because objective data does not state that this method is successful. The manufacturers of laser equipment and -treatment specialists- who use laser treatments do say it works.
When you finally decide to quit here are some suggestions.
1. Make your decision to quit yourself. Do not decide to quit because other people are telling you to do so. The decision to quit must be yours so that you can give yourself credit for the success and feel good about it.
2. If you smoke more than 10 cigs. per day you may want to see your doctor.
3. When you get the urge to smoke - you need to say to yourself, -I can do without it? or Why am I smoking?-. At this point you may want to use a distraction or a combination of several distractions. Examples of distractions include: Short walks, reading something, watch a movie, driniking water. Try not to eat a chocolate because then you are substituting one bad habit for another.
4. Nicotine Patches - are helpful for people who are addicted to smoking. The decision to quit must be yours and yours alone.
5. Try and get a friend or family member to quit at the same time. This way you have honest feedback about your success.
6. The first day or two will be the hardest. Addictive disorder signs and symptoms reach their peak after 72 hours. After that it will begin to get better.
7. Other things to keep in mind: a. Do not hang out with people who smoke or people who encourage you to smoke.
b. Do not frequent your usual smoking spots.
c. Stay focussed. Think of the benefits of quiting - no smelly clothing, lower cancer, lower hypertension, lower heart attacks, more money saved, less cough, sleep better, no cold feet, no COPD, healthier environment, time saving, less cleaning, better relationship with friends and family, not like kissing an ashtray when maing love.
Laser treatment is a minor tool to help produce endomorphins. It is very minor. Your resoultion will determine your success or failure. Not the treatment choice.
You are in the process of making a major decision. Make it and stick with it. You will succeed.
You have not failed till you stop trying.
Good Luck and Best Wishes.
Only if it disconnects your brain.
is that the same treatment that will laser your hands off? if it is, then yes.
I had laser treatment twice. It-s a device which they go all over your pressure points and it-s suppose to put endorphins back into your body.That it does and if you weren-t a heavy smoker. Say if you only smoked not even half a pkg. per day It would help you.For me it didn-t I wasted two hundred bucks.I also had acupuncture and that was useless.When I left the office and got in my car I took the little pressure stints out .I also tried the patch that was hell.SO it-s just I didn-t want to quit I guess.It-s a habit and none of theses things helps the only thing will help is willpower.Hope I answered all your thoughts on ways to quit.Good Luck I just can-t quit.
I-ve never heard of this method, but it doesn-t sound like it would work or safe. Just do it on your own...Cold Turkey. Yeah it will be hard at first, but then you will be over it and glade that you did it at all.
This method works for me and is the only money back guaranteed.
I quite smoking 2 years ago
Get the Facts
Easyway, founded by Allen Carr in 1983, has the highest independently verified 12-month success rate (75.8% for a smoker completing the program) of any quit smoking technique and a 90% satisfaction rating.
Compare Easyway to other methods and see for yourself why Easyway is called “The Cadillac of quit smoking methods.”
The Allen Carr Method
HOW THE METHOD WORKS
Using psychotherapy, the method works in the opposite way to the “willpower” method. It does not concentrate on the reasons the smoker should not smoke : the money, the slavery, the health risks and the stigma. Smokers know all that already. Instead it focuses on why smokers continue to smoke in spite of the obvious disadvantages.
It is fear that keeps smokers hooked!
Fear the smoker will have to give up their pleasure or crutch. Fear the smoker will be unable to enjoy life or handle stress. Fear the smoker will have to go through an awful trauma to get free. Fear the smoker will never get completely free from the craving.
The Method removes these fears
Smokers quit with the Allen Carr Method as happy non-smokers, not feeling deprived but with a huge sense of relief and elation that they have finally achieved what they always wanted….
TO BE FREE!
What about the terrible withdrawal pangs from nicotine?
The physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that most smokers don’t realise that they are addicts. What smokers suffer when they try and quit using other methods is the misery and depression caused by the belief that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch.
The Allen Carr Method removes this feeling of deprivation.
It removes the need and desire to smoke. Once the smoker is in the right frame of mind and they follow the simple instructions, the physical withdrawal from nicotine is hardly noticeable.
No Gimmicks!
The Method does not use any gimmicks, useless aids or substitutes. No nicotine gum, patches, lozenges, tabs, inhilators or nasal sprays! No needles! No lasers! No drugs! No herbs! No shock treatment!
The Allen Carr Method is successful because:
It removes the smokers’ conflict of will.
There are no bad withdrawal pangs.
It is instantaneous and easy.
It is equally effective for long-term heavy smokers and light smokers.
You need not gain weight.
You will not miss smoking.
Medical Endorsements
A personal view from Professor Judith Mackay MBE, JP, FRCO (Edin), FRCP (Lon), World Health Organisation Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health
“I have no hesitation in supporting Allen Carr’s work. Many clinics use some of his techniques but it would appear that few do it in quite such a successful package.”
Carole Johnson, Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Unit, Tyne Tees
“his success rate was such that, when budgets allow, we continue to use Easyway for work with specific groups and individuals.”
Dr Anil Visa BSc, MBBch., FRCA, Consultant – Royal Hospitals NHS Trust – Royal London Hospital
“I have observed the Allen Carr method at first hand and have found it to be very successful and I wholeheartedly support it as an effective way to quit smoking.”
Dr William Green, Head of Psychiatric Dept, Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong
“It is a remarkable fact that Allen Carr, on his own admission a non-professional in behaviour modification, should have succeeded where countless psychologists and psychiatrists holding postgraduate qualifications have failed, in formulating a simple and effective way to stop smoking.”
Dr Martin Jarvis, Principle Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research
Fund and Reader in Health Psychology, University College London
”...I am more than happy to testify to Allen Carr’s enduring involvement and to recognise the value of the kind of behavioural and cognitive support he provides.”
Dr PM Bray MB CH.b., MRCGP
“I was really impressed by the method. In spite of the Allen Carr organisation’s success and fame, there were no gimmicks and the professional approach was something a GP could readily respect. I would be happy to give a medical endorsement of the method to anyone.”
Celebrity Endorsements
-His method is absolutely unique, removing the dependence on cigarettes, while you are actually smoking. I’m pleased to say it has worked for many of my friends and staff.”
Sir Richard Branson
“Some friends of mine who had stopped using Allen Carr’s method suggested I tried it. I did. It was such a revelation that instantly I was freed from my addiction. Like those friends of mine, I found it not only easy but unbelievably enjoyable to stay stopped.”
Sir Anthony Hopkins
GOOD LUCK!
nope! i have never heard of that! chew the gum or use the patches they work wonders! they are bit expensive but, think of how much money you will save when you quit smoking?? if your going to quit i hope you will stick with it! good luck!!
It doesn-t work, only good oldfashioned willpower.