There Is No Scientific Proof That Laser Technology Can Help People Quit Smoking

French websites are full of advertisements promising that lasers can help you stop smoking with a "success rate of 85% ", but authorities and doctors are voicing worries about the accuracy of this technique.

Reports a local Arabic media, "Laser Smoking Control Centers" claims to offer guaranteed results for a year because the technique used by the clinics does not cause weight gain.

Based on "auricular therapy" developed from acupuncture, the developers of this technology affirm that the light laser stimulates specific areas of the outer ear, reducing smokers' desire for nicotine.

The French Society of Smoking's spokesman Daniel Tomat, ex-head of cardiology at the French hospital Pettier Salpetriere, said that smokers face great difficulty when they make attempts to quit several times.

Despite the fact that the cost of this method varies between 150 and 250 Euros (between 161 and 269) on average per session, several medical terms are used in the promises to quit smoking, including "clinics", "therapists" and "treatments".

According to the French Ministry of Health, "the effectiveness of this technique has not been proven." The Smoking Information section of the "TAPA Info Service" website emphasizes that "laser is not one of the approved and proven methods for getting rid of tobacco."

CCSS has warned about this technology since 2007, as well as supported it with campaigns promising to stop smoking, drinking, and using drugs.

After the laser session, some smokers may lose the desire to smoke precisely as a result of the placebo drug having an impact on them.

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