RT Journal
A1 Paola F
T1 ACupuncture and nicotine withdrawal
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1999
FD June 14
VO 159
IS 11
SP 1254
OP 1254
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
First, why did the treatment consist of the electroacupuncture of a single ear point ("lung") for 20 minutes? Is this a common treatment protocol for smoking cessation in the United Kingdom? It was not made clear in the article. It is my understanding that the most widely used treatment protocol for substance abuse in the United States involves needling 5 points (shen men, "sympathetic," "kidney," "liver," and "lung") on each ear for 30 minutes to 1 hour.2 Furthermore, many American acupuncturists, myself included, do not restrict themselves to ear points when trying to help with smoking cessation, but use certain body points as well.