Stop Smoking in Perth with the AcuQuit Laser treatment

We are offering the AcuQuit Laser treatment at our clinic in Rivervale, Perth

Tobacco use was responsible for an estimated 1,673 deaths of Western Australians in 2013, and 19,196 hospitalisations in 2015. Perth has an approximate 16% smoking rate according to the Healthy Communities report on Tobacco smoking rates across Australia from 2011–12. Perth North Metro, Perth Central and Perth East Metro all reported a 16% rate of smoking while Perth South Coastal reported an 18% cigarette smoking rate.

Some 31 per cent of single parents unable or unwilling to kick the habit compared with 12.7 per cent of the general population. Latest figures show that five per cent of WA secondary school students aged 12-17 years reported that they were regular smokers and 10 per cent of women reported smoking during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, with nine per cent reported smoking after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

We offer laser therapy to stop smoking treatments.

Stop your smoking urge with Laser Acupuncture at our Perth clinic

The AcuQuit® treatment is Laser Acupuncture therapy (without needles). It is our intention to reduce your cravings for cigarettes and stop the addiction.

AcuQuit® is performed by AcuQuit® therapists who are health practitioners registered with the Australian Government. They are qualified and experienced to perform this treatment.

For information on how AcuQuit® works click here.

The treatment objective is to reduce the physical symptoms of nicotine addiction and withdrawal (such as cravings) to enable people to quit smoking. The overall treatment time is approximately 45-60 minutes.

Our treatment is drug free and we do not use any quit smoking hypnosis or quit smoking hypnotherapy techniques.

Does Laser to Stop Smoking really work?

There are many research articles available examining Acupuncture’s role in addiction and the potential for treatment to reduce and eliminate dependency.

Laser Acupuncture had an 84% success rate in recent research (Lim 2018) with many participants reporting they no longer had the urge to smoke. [1]

Laser acupoint stimulation does indeed modify the physical symptoms of withdrawal and makes it possible for motivated persons to succeed in overcoming habitual smoking of tobacco, concluded a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized study. [2]

The most recent Cochrane Systematic Review (White 2014) states that the 2008 Kerr study on laser stimulation is strongly positive at both short and long-term outcomes. [3]

Earlier research had shown that Laser Acupuncture had a 71% success rate in heavy smoking patients. [4]

This external research suggests that Laser Acupuncture treatments and protocols may provide beneficial outcomes however other papers did not have the same findings so the evidence is regarded as mixed. The AcuQuit treatment is unique and so treatment methods and results will vary from available research. We encourage patients to make an informed decision knowing that success cannot be guaranteed with our treatment.

AcuQuit® Perth Location

By appointment only

Please note that all our treatments are by appointment only.

We do not under any circumstances offer walk in appointments.

Perth Location

4/49 Great Eastern Hwy
Rivervale WA 6103

Location

Our Stop Smoking Perth clinic is located at 49 Great Eastern Highway in Rivervale. Our clinic is inside Shop 4 which is the Eastgate Chiropractic clinic. The complex is on the corner of the Great Eastern Highway and Kooyong Road. Please ensure you choose the Great Eastern Highway in Rivervale if using GPS navigation.

Parking

There is parking directly outside our clinic.

Driving Directions

Located on the corner of Great Eastern Highway and Kooyong Road in Rivervale. Within the Eastgate Commercial Centre.

Click here for a detailed map.

Distance

Our Perth Laser to Stop smoking clinic is 30 minutes from Joondalup and Fremantle, 1 hour from Mandurah, 2 hours from Bunbury, 2.5 hours from Busselton, 4.5 hours from Albany and Geraldton, 6.5 hours from Kalgoorlie, 7.5 hours from Esperance and 18 hours from Port Hedland.

Laser to Quit Smoking Bookings

Click here to book your Quit Smoking Laser Perth appointment online.

Alternatively phone us on 1800228784 to make a booking or for more information.

References

[1] Painless Laser Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation. Rodney Choon Huat Lim. Med Acupunct. 2018 Jun 1; 30(3): 159–162. Link

[2] Low level laser for the stimulation of acupoints for smoking cessation: a double blind, placebo controlled randomised trial and semi structured interviews. Catherine M. Kerr, Paul B. Lowe & Neil I. Spielholz. Link

[3] White AR, Rampes H, Liu JP, Stead LF, Campbell J. Acupuncture and related interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014(1):Cd000009. Link

[4] Laser-acupuncture reduces cigarette smoking: a preliminary report. Zalesskiy VN, Belousova IA, Frolov GV. Acupunct Electrother Res. 1983;8(3-4):297-302. Link