TCM practitioners back ancient remedy to cure a deadly addiction

A hospital is using acupuncture and counseling to help people quit smoking. Li Bingcun reports from Hong Kong.

After several attempts to quit smoking by sheer willpower, many addicts have turned to ancient remedies in a last-ditch effort to kick the weed.

It's almost a year since Lo Chikeung threw away his last cigarette butt. He discovered a new world, fresh and clean, after decades under the persuasive lure of nicotine. There was another plus - people stopped telling him he reeked of tobacco.