Laser treatment to Quit Smoking Newcastle and Central Coast NSW

We offer a $50 rebate to Central Coast and Newcastle residents to cover travel costs to our Sydney clinic as we are not permanently based in Newcastle. Laser therapy is available to quit smoking.

What is Laser to quit cigarette smoking all about

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® Quit Smoking Newcastle and Central Coast Location

Laser treatment stop smoking Newcastle is by appointment only

Please note that all our treatments are by appointment only.

We currently do not have a clinic in Newcastle. The closest AcuQuit clinic is in Sydney CBD. If you can provide proof that you live on the Central Coast including Newcastle and Gosford you will be entitled to a $50 travel rebate.

We do not under any circumstances offer walk in appointments.

Quit Smoking Sydney New South Wales

Sydney Location

Suite 204, Level 2, 50 Clarence Street
Sydney NSW 2000

(Located in the Clarence Building)

Location

Our Laser to Stop smoking clinic is located on Level 2 of the Clarence building on George St in Sydney City. Our clinic is located in Suite 204 which is inside the CBD Physio clinic.

Car Parking

Car parking is very expensive in the Sydney CBD. We highly recommend catching the train as Wynyard station is less than two minutes walk to our clinic.

Our recommendation for parking your car is the Sun Parking complex with entry at 261-293 Kent Street Sydney.. This has a flat rate of $25 on a Saturday.

Click here for a detailed map.

Transport

If you are travelling from Newcastle and the Central Coast NSW the train trip to Central Station Sydney is approximately 3 hours. Town Hall station is the closest train station to our Sydney Clinic.

Quit Smoking Acupuncture Newcastle Bookings

Click here to book your Quit Smoking Laser Newcastle (Sydney) 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