Danish man flies to Thailand to quit the smoking habit - with foot massage!

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

A Danish man has come to Thailand with his Thai wife to help him quit a two pack a day smoking habit. 

 

The couple are visiting a reflexology clinic set up at a special services hospital in Don Sai sub-district of Ratchaburi. 

 

Tom B., 45, said he heard about the clinic from his wife after many people recommended it online as a great way to kick the smoking habit. 

 

He was skeptical at first but is getting more and more convinced with each day of treatment.

 

He said through an interpreter that he started smoking at 16 and soon developed a two pack a day habit and despite trying everything from nicotine patches to sprays in Denmark he had only cut down to 20 - 25 cigarettes a day. 

 

So far he has had five days of treatment and he is very impressed and thinks he can finally quit. 

 

He said he was surprised that it worked but he didn't want to smoke anymore. 

 

If it ultimately proves successful he said he would tell all his smoking buddies back in Denmark to come to Thailand to kick the habit. 

 

Thaivisa notes that quitting smoking through reflexology is a recognized technique that aims to reduce stress and therefore dependency on smoking. 

 

The "Stop Smoking" clinic in Don Sai offers its services for free, reported Siam Rath. It is part of wider services available at the hospital in Ratchaburi, south west of Bangkok. 

 

Source: Siam Rath

 

 

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Got to be a very difficult habit to quit.

Hopes it works for him and others.

The Bangkok PM 2.5 air is equivalent to how many pacs/day?

Relaxing foot massage whilst on the phone ? 

A crude troll post has been removed.

stubbing a toe would be easier than stubbing out that ciggie  

 

 

I wonder if he has as yet tried those fish nibblers?

If this treatment is successful, it could mean a new HUB for Thailand. 
I mean another HUB. 

A friend of mine got rid of his gambling addiction after visiting a massage parlour in Pattaya.

Edited January 29, 20206 yr by spiekerjozef

9 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

A friend of mine got rid of his gambling addiction after visiting a massage parlour in Pattaya.

 I got rid of my Gambling problem, by actually going to the pokies... 

 

what I did was to just go straight to the Coffee machine... because it always Pays Out 

Then he comes back to Denmark with the corona-virus.

Now he needs to get his face looked , it will soon be gone.

3 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

The Bangkok PM 2.5 air is equivalent to how many pacs/day?

I wish I was a smoker so I can get free drags 24/7

1 hour ago, spiekerjozef said:

A friend of mine got rid of his gambling addiction after visiting a massage parlour in Pattaya.

A friend of mine has a bad case of  sex addiction, don't think massage in Pattaya is the right treatment for him.

2 hours ago, neeray said:

If this treatment is successful, it could mean a new HUB for Thailand. 
I mean another HUB. 

yep, great potential. I can even foresee marketing using this to improve tourist numbers ????

4 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

A friend of mine has a bad case of  sex addiction, don't think massage in Pattaya is the right treatment for him.

are we still talking about FOOT massage ???

1 minute ago, Tulak said:

are we still talking about FOOT massage ???

Wouldn't work on him either.

4 minutes ago, Tulak said:

8 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

A friend of mine has a bad case of  sex addiction, don't think massage in Pattaya is the right treatment for him.

are we still talking about FOOT massage ???

or Fetishes? 

10 minutes ago, tifino said:

or Fetishes? 

The really sick ones travels to Pattaya only to massage the massageladies feet. And pay for it. 

Could have spent the Airfare money on a course of " Champix "

And it will work, if some effort is put in by the smoker.

The reason why it's working is because he's changing his habit, which is the simplest approach to quitting anything.

Why? Because smoking, drinking, over-eating etc is a habit. Change the circumstances, change the lifestyle, change the country, etc. and find a new habit, which in his case would be regular foot massages. Once it's in his head that the old habit is now a foot massage habit.