I quit smoking almost a year ago and My DH Actually said he wants to quit. I am so happy to hear those words come out of his mouth. He wants to get Laser treatment to stop. Has anyone done that and has it worked. All I know is that it cost 300.00 dollars. DH say he knows someone who it worked for. So if you know anything about it I am interested in knowing more. Thanks!

I have quit for 11 Months, 1 Week, 6 Days, 20 hours, 38 minutes and 42 seconds (347 days). I have saved $1,456.65 by not smoking 8,696 cigarettes. I have saved 1 Month, 4 hours and 40 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 4/11/2005 11:55 PM

I haven't had the procedure myself, but out of the 6 people I know of at work who have had the procedure to quit, 5 of them are still not smoking and 2 are almost at the 1 year mark. Seems like a pretty good success rate to me (for an experimental procedure, that is).

Thank you for your reply I hope I get more like it. The precedure is a little pricey for us right now but so are the cigs.
If it works it will worth it for all kinds of reasons.

I can't quote stats or anything, but my MIL and FIL had it done. It worked for a while and they even went back for repeat treatments. I'd say it lasted a few months for them, but they're back to smoking now.

I think it's like any treatment, you need to find the one that works for you. This was probably just not the right one for them.

Sorry to be such a downer , but that's my experience with it.

LadyArya,
Thank you! you are not a downer I know that you really have to want to quit and as of yet they havent come up with any miracle cures. There are so many things Where YMMV. I will have to see how the success/failure rates vary. I just want DH to quit so bad. I do not hardly ever say a word because I know He has to want it.

I did it and it worked. It was the easiest painfree way to quit.

Since it's been a while, I thought I'd give an update on the long term success of those I know who have had the procedure. Of the 6 that I know, all but one have returned to smoking.
Short-term, it seems to work. Long-term, not much better success rates than other methods.

Wow, now THAT is interesting stuff!! It appears that there is something about the motivation required to quit and add to that the 'inner strength' required to stop in the first place in order to "stay quit".

I do believe in acupunture, and laser is basically acupuncture [right?] , and so it makes it easier to quit but it is kind of tricking the brain. It works, but only to help us make that initial leap.

I've read a discussion about the Laser treatment once so I found the link
http://www.thestopsmokingclub.com/w...ssation-20.html
they actually say that this is expensive form of acupunture

I have a cheaper idea!

I read the book called "The only way to stop smoking permanently" by Allen Carr. It cured me. I really wanted to stop and had tried like a zillion times but it wasn't until I read that book, that I stopped for good.

I stopped from one day to the next with no withdrawal symptoms, no cravings, just REJOICED TO BE FREE OF THIS NASTY DRUG!!!

I had smoked for 22 years (apart from during 2 pregnancies and breast feeding and a while after that) from the age of 16 to 38. I'm now 44 and
have never looked back for a minute. It has given me so much strength to know that I could do this!

Check on Amazon if this book is still around. It may not be the best-written book in the world, but if it gets rid of your nicotine addiction, then nobody is going to worry about a few misplaced commas or untidy sentences!!!

I really can recommend this book. I'm sure it costs a lot less than $300,000.

amanda

I read Allen Carr's book "The Easyway to quit drinking" last year. It uses the same exact methods as the Easyway to quit smoking book. I bought the smoking one and never even had to read it after reading the drinking one. I thought I drank too much so I decided to quit and I quit smoking after 22 years (ages 16-38) Aug 29 will be one year for both. It is the only thing in the world that worked for me. If Mr. Carr were still alive I would kiss him. You need absolutely no willpower at all. I mean it, NONE. I only wished I would have read it earlier.


Lisa

god thats like $3.35 a packet of 20 thats like £1.60 compared to our £5 packet. jesus. imagine if in america they suddenly started charging $10 a pack!

they are 10 bucks in downtown Chicago.