New government report suggests smokers need more help to quit smoking
On Thursday, a new government report released had found many American’s state they wish to stop smoking however, a small amount of smokers actually succeed at kicking the habit. The reports findings suggest people would benefit with more help to kick the habit.
Almost 69% of adult smokers who wished to quit in 2010, over half had tried in kicking the habit but only 6.2% had actually quit this according to the CDC. The report indicates that those who tried to quit did not double or triple their chances by medications or counseling, they had opted for neither. They also did not seek advice from the practitioner.
Dr. Tim McAfee, MD, MPH, director of public health agency’s Office on Smoking and Health, stated the report findings advocated that more needs to be done to help smokers quit smoking, especially in those areas of the population with low cessation rates.
Among African-American smokers almost 76% wanted to quit last year and 59% did try to quit with only 3.3% who successful stopped smoking. This was the lowest rate reported among races and ethnicities.
Those smokers with a college degree had a higher rate of success at 11.4% in comparison to those with fewer than 12 years of education at 3.2% success rate.
Dr. McAfee does comment that there is still some hopeful signs among adults aged 25 to 44 had seen a higher percentage rate of those wishing to quit over the past decade.
Dr. McAfee notes it is they believe it is vitally important and maybe the influence of large policy shifts like smoke-free laws and excise tax. He further notes that interest in stopping smoking is low in some other countries such as China.
Under the 2010 health-care overhaul State Medicaid programs are required to pay for smoking cessation services for pregnant women and now the federal government allows the states to provide coverage for counseling and medications of other Medicaid participants.
Earlier this week the government’s plan of putting graphics images on cigarette packages came to a halt due to a temporary court order.
Medications in which are designed to help people kick the habit and have been proven to work find themselves in the middle of controversy such as the latest stop smoking drug Chantix which had been found to contain greater psychiatric side effects such as aggressive compulsion more than any other smoking cessation drug on the market.
The state of Michigan has 19.6% of smokers and ranks 18th among the national ranking system.
If you wish to quit smoking and do not like the numerous side effects from the smoking cessation drugs there are some alternatives to help. Two of them include:
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is recognized by the medical community as a valuable therapy and has double the success rate of conventional treatments. It is also one of the healthiest methods to kick the habit. If you have a strong desire to stop smoking, check out a hypnotherapist in your area. A minimum of four sessions is usually required. The therapists can also help with other issues which may arise from quitting such as anxiety and weight gain.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has been successful in some cases. The treatments will focus on cravings, anxiety and other symptoms related to not smoking. In between your treatments, small pellets will be taped to various points in the ear. When that craving hits just gently press on the pellet which will activate the acupuncture points which has been said to stop the cravings.
In Detroit area:
A & L Chiropractic Clinic (hypnotherapist on staff)
24281 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills
248-477-3977
4100 Woodward Avenue
Detroit
313-831-3222
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