“What is the success rate of acupuncture for quitting smoking?”

I can’t give an exact rate for this success, but if you have a desire to quit smoking, the success is high!

That depends upon several variables. It's important for you to change habits that you engaged in while smoking ....for instance, if your daily habit is to get up in the morning and drink a cup of coffee with a cigarette, maybe you need to skip the coffee until after breakfast. If you are used to lighting up immediately after eating, replace that habit with something else. If you smoke for stress relief, try other things to relieve stress such as cardio exercise, yoga, tai chi, etc. There are a lot of reasons why we resort to bad habits to deal with problems but we have to look at our coping skill set if we want to change those habits.
All of that being said, acupuncture can help only insofar as you are willing to change your habitual patterns of living/coping with life's stressors. You are dealing with a physical and psychological addiction and it will take a lot of willpower and work on your part to combat this addiction. The success rates I have seen have been mixed. Some people are not willing to change habits or deal with the uncomfortableness of withdrawal and they give in. Acupuncture can help with the emotional part of addiction but you do need to deal with the physical component of detoxing from nicotine and put something else (hopefully a healthier alternative) in it's place. Those that have told me that acupuncture didn't work for smoking were not willing to deal with the difficulty of detoxing and gave in, blaming acupuncture for their inability to stay stopped. Aside from doing internal exercises such as yoga, tai chi, etc., you might want to look into counseling to help reveal why you need to smoke. Acupuncture is not to be used as a quick fix or a magic pill, you need to take some responsibility for your addiction and develop a healthier lifestyle.
I quit smoking many years ago and was dismayed to find that I put on 20 pounds in a very short time. Most of us turn to food, sweets, alcohol to replace the addiction and it is normal to gain weight after smoking. Your metabolism changes (among other things) after quitting so it is important to accept that weight gain is inevitable but you have ways to combat that. It is far better to see higher numbers on the scale than to end up in the future with lung cancer, COPD or life long breathing difficulties. Go for a run or lift weights every time you want to light up and I'm sure you will shed those pounds in no time. Good luck!!!

Good afternoon,

Depends on the practitioner, usually from 70%-95%.

David

In general, the success rate of quitting smoking is low for people. Acupuncture makes it higher, so it can help with other methods to make quitting smoking slightly easier. It will still be hard, but your treatments can give you a respite in the middle of it.

Here is a meta of several studies for you to look through. It has more specifics with numbers for you with explanations of what combination of therapies produced the highest results:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6662782/

I don't know the statistics of it, but I know it does work. I use a protocol using ear points that is very successful, adding estim (electrical stimulation). The key is that you really want to quit.
I hope that helps and best of luck to your success and a longer life!

Mary Hills, DACM, LAc

Hello! For patients who are committed to their treatment, there is a 80-90% success rate.

I have been in practice for 35 years and I have a 90% success rate getting my patients off cigarettes. It is highly effective after only 1-2 treatments.

In my experience, 70/30 for the patients who really are determined to quit.

It depends on how you manage your stress, and your environment with your people around you is more important. If you can handle that, the success rate is very high.
Wish you success.

99%.

Acupuncture is so successful at battling addiction such as smoking that some judges order acupuncture treatment to very serious drug addicts. It's worth a try for sure.

I'm not sure of exact success rates, but I will say it's not a silver bullet. You need to want to quit. Acupuncture can help with the cravings and withdrawal, but it takes repeated treatments.

There is a nicotine point by the ear that helps as well as body points. In my practice I combine hypnotherapy with acupuncture to help patients stop smoking. Most people don't actually want to quit, in which case nothing you do will work. Some people are able to quit but later if stressed they start smoking again. The secret is to really want to quit and get a practitioner who has experience helping people quit then doing what they suggest. Then you need to find some other process for dealing with stress. We recommend meditation on a regular basis to keep yourself destressed. you may also need to change friends so that you are not around smokers.

There is about an 80% success rate with acupuncture for quitting smoking.

I don’t have the exact percentage, but try it and see if it works for you.

It depends on the acupuncturist and your level of desire and dedication to quitting. We have found that after a few sessions we tend towards an 85% success rate, with a great reduction in smoking after just the first visit.

For any addiction treatment, the power of willingness to quite takes 50% of success; the acupuncture will do the rest.

It can be very successful but that all depends on how badly you want to quit. In my experience, acupuncture works best when the patient is 100% willing to quit smoking AND put in any work necessary to break the habit (meditation, lifestyle changes, etc). It can help with the cravings, the habitual actions, and any withdrawal symptoms you may experience. It can also help with the side effects of smoking such as coughing or phlegm in your lungs.

Success rates for acupuncture in smoking cessation vary from study to study but they're usually over 50% or so. For the best results, I'd suggest combining acupuncture with some other therapeutic approach - either pharmaceutical or behavioral therapy.