Acupuncture and hypnotherapy have not been shown to aid smoking cessation over and above any placebo effect.

The small number of trials which have compared acupuncture to a ‘sham’ procedure have not shown any long-term benefit. Some of the short-term benefit of acupuncture may be due to the placebo effect combined with the counselling and support component. The same applies to hypnotherapy.

White AR, Rampes H, Ernst E. Acupuncture and related interventions for smoking cessation (Cochrane Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006; 1. http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab000009.html

Fiore MC, Bailey WC, Cohen SJ, et al. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. A Clinical Practice Guideline. Rockville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, 2000. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/treating_tobacco_use.pdf

Abbot NC, Stead LF, White AR, et al. Hypnotherapy for smoking cessation (Cochrane Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, 3. http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab001008.html