about Buckeye Laser Therapy Center

Owner's Testimonial:

After 23 years of smoking 40 cigarettes a day, I quit smoking in one session lasting one hour. I accomplished, what until that day had been the hardest thing I had ever tried to do. I did it! I quit! Let me tell you my story.

I heard an ad for the Laser Therapy Center. They claimed that I could quit in just one week. My wife had been on me for years to quit. I thought to myself..." here is my opportunity...I can go to the laser people...get treated and then go home and tell the wife it didn't work." Having tried every other way, she would then leave me alone about smoking forever!

Strange thing happen on the way to the fair....it worked...no kidding! I left the office and never smoked again. I had to drive 2.5 hours home after the treatment. As I pulled into Columbus it dawned on me, I have not smoked the entire trip to Columbus. I had never done that before. Surely the next morning I would need a cigarette with my coffee....you know the routine. Again, I had no real interest in smoking.

After two weeks I finally decided to tell the family I quit. Not one of them believed me. Eventually they realized I was SMOKE FREE!! I didn't tell anyone because I figured I would just fail again and go back to smoking....I have found this to be the most common reason people don't try to quit. They are tired of failing. It effects your self esteem. Time and time again we fail at quitting. Eventually we just quit trying.

The worst thing about my smoking habit was that by example I taught my oldest son that it was ok to be a smoker. He too became a smoker. Fortunately he has also quit!!! That's when we contacted Anne Penman and convinced her to let us start this laser therapy center in Columbus Ohio.

Laser therapy is different. I am the proof. I had tried it all, hypnosis....Zyban...Patches...gum all to no avail. Laser therapy made it easy for me and it can do the same for you. Call me and let me help you tailor a plan built around your lifestyle, a plan that maximizes your opportunity for success. August 10, 2006 is my quit date. I have almost two years of smoke free life. I go to the gym, I play with my nine year old, I am living life again. If I can do it....ANYONE CAN!!

The Story behind the Anne Penman Laser Therapy Smoking Cessation Program

Anne and Ron

Anne Penman and her husband Ron were both heavy smokers for over twenty years and didn't seriously try to quit until Ron’s health became a major issue in 1987 when he had his first heart attack at the age of 37. He was advised by his heart specialist to stop smoking immediately. They both made a few half-hearted attempts to quit without success. Ron’s health continued to deteriorate and in 1991 he suffered a major heart attack which left him hospitalized for 12 weeks and resulted in a triple bypass.

Ron has been a non-smoker ever since.

This was the final wake up call for Anne and after trying all the methods available at that time, she discovered Laser Therapy. Anne quit her 60-cigarettes-a-day habit on the 19th of April 1991. She quickly developed a passion to help other smokers who felt as hopeless as she had and in 1991 trained as a Laser Therapist and began to develop her own program.

The Media Catches On

In 1992 Anne came to Glasgow for a month to help a group of ten smokers who wanted to quit. This resulted in a news article written by a journalist who used the program successfully to give up his 40-a-day habit. This article attracted hundreds of smokers who wanted help and their success brought thousands more! The first Anne Penman Laser Therapy center was established shortly thereafter.

Today in the United States, television, radio and newspapers have taken a keen interest and given valuable exposure to the program in all markets where an Anne Penman Laser Therapy center has opened.

The Program Grows

The original plan was only to help smokers who attended the center, but this quickly changed to wanting to help smokers from all walks of life. The program is now also available through hospitals/medical centers and the corporate sector.

Anne has been practicing as a therapist for thirteen years now and the more she sees the therapy working, the greater her desire is to get therapy available to all smokers who want help.