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KMID : 0363320190400061202
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2019 Volume.40 No. 6 p.1202 ~ p.1209
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Observation of the Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Smoking Cessation in Male High School Students from 2015 to 2017
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Lee Gi-Hyang
Jeon Sang-Woo
Kang Sei-Young
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to confirm the effects of an auricular acupressure (AA) program for smoking cessation in high school students from 2015 to 2017.
Methods: The study investigated 12 high school students who had been smokers. Subjects were treated for three years. Each program was composed of five AA treatments. Average daily smoking and adverse reactions were checked for one week before each procedure. The AA was administered weekly at the endocrine point, lung point, throat point, nasal fossae point, bronchial tube point, and mouth point.
Results: The mean number of cigarettes smoked per day after each year of treatment significantly decreased from 5.33±3.58 to 3.54±2.08 in 2015 (p=0.046). However, it increased from 5.75±2.30 to 6.00±3.61 in 2017 (p=0.80). The number of cigarettes smoked before treatment was found to be higher than the number of cigarettes after treatment in the previous year. No significant results were obtained from analysis of the change in the amount of smoking within each year.
Conclusion: Social influence, such as the subject's academic stress and peer relationships, may have been a major factor in the change in the amount of smoking. Although the AA did not show a strong effect in smoking cessation, it appears to have value as a supplementary means of stopping smoking.
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KEYWORD
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auricular acupressure, ear acupuncture, smoking cessation, youth smoking
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