TY - JOUR AU - Leung, Lawrence AU - Neufeld, Troy AU - Marin, Scott PY - 2012 DA - 2012/02/28 TI - Effect of self-administered auricular acupressure on smoking cessation --a pilot study JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 11 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Tobacco smoking is still a worldwide health risk. Current pharmacotherapies have at best, a success rate of no more than 50%. Auricular (ear) acupressure has been purported to be beneficial in achieving smoking cessation in some studies, while in others has been deemed insignificant. We hereby describe the protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial to examine the possible benefits of self-administered acupressure for smoking cessation. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-12-11 DO - 10.1186/1472-6882-12-11 ID - Leung2012 ER -