Acupuncture is in the news again as St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter is trying it, to kick the chewing tobacco habit. According to St. Louis Today, Carpenter has been using chewing tobacco since high school, which looks like it was over 20 years ago. Since the patches and gum haven't worked, he's seeing if acupuncture can mitigate his cravings enough to finally kick the habit. Acupuncture can't make you want to quit, but it can help to mitigate the symptoms of physical withdrawal from the nicotine, which takes two weeks to leave the system. After these initial weeks, it's up to the client to maintain the willpower necessary to stay clean. Acupuncture can continue to help with stress reduction during this time though, which is often necessary to consolidate the new behavior of not using. Good luck, Chris!