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Smoking Cessation

 

Why quit smoking?

• Smoking kills around 114,000 people in the UK each year.
• Your life expectancy is about 8-12 years less than a non-smoker
• Cigarette smoke contains 60 substances that are known to cause cancer.
• More than 17,000 children under five are admitted to hospital every year due to the effects of passive smoking.
• The skin of a 40 year old smoker is as damaged as that of a 60 year old non-smoker.
• At today's prices, a 20-a-day smoker will spend more than £37,000 over the next 20 years

 

Can you afford not to quit?

 

Cold Laser Treatment for smoking cessation

Cold laser therapy uses the same principle of acupuncture. But instead of needles, the laser is applied to specific body points to block addiction receptors and stimulate the release of endorphins into the body.

By blocking addiction receptors in the brain, the endorphin release allows clients to stop smoking without the withdrawal symptoms. The procedure is quick, easy, painless, and takes about 30 minutes to complete.
We work on three different areas with the treatment. First, we stimulate the lymphatic system to boost the body’s cleansing process, second, we treat reflexology points to detox the body and clear out the toxins left by nicotine. Thirdly we treat the acupuncture points for the addiction to nicotine, to help block your body's need for that drug and to help avoid the withdrawal symptoms that you would normally experience if you tried to quit on your own, such as irritability, getting short tempered, etc.

The programme includes three treatments one week apart. If necessary a free treatment or booster is available within six months, because we understand that unexpected troubles happen in life.

 

Why is nicotine addictive?
Your "feel good" chemicals, called endorphins, follow the rise and fall of nicotine levels. As a result, you feel great after a smoke and feel increasingly uneasy as the nicotine levels in your body drop. This is the vicious cycle of nicotine addiction.

How does cold laser make the cravings disappear?
The laser process causes certain chemicals to be released in the body (called endorphins). These chemicals help alleviate withdrawal symptoms and help you stop smoking. The energy from the laser is absorbed by the body. This energy takes 4-6 weeks to dissipate, giving you a long-term effect. For 4-6 weeks elevated levels of endorphins (your own body’s “feel good” chemicals) satisfy cravings and withdrawals in your brain that you would normally have if you quit smoking cold turkey. This gives your body plenty of time to completely rid itself of nicotine, the drug in cigarettes that is so addictive, allowing you freedom from the addiction.

What do I do after the procedure?
You will be asked to throw all of your cigarettes away. In addition, you will be asked to consume more water to help your body flush out the toxins that are in your body from the cigarettes.

 

Does it work for everyone?
The endorphin levels will increase due to the laser acupuncture procedure. However, you have to really want to quit smoking. Dealing with the habit is much easier when your body is no longer screaming for nicotine. We cannot make any guarantees because we cannot MAKE you stop smoking. You have to really want to quit. However the increased endorphin levels help satisfy withdrawals to allow you an easier transition from smoker to non-smoker.