Acupuncture, an ancient Eastern art, is widely available. Many people go to acupuncture practitioners when, for example, they wish to (1) ... up smoking. A small pin is inserted into both earlobes (мочка уха) in (2) ... to rid the patient of the desire to smoke. Cynics may say that they are cured by a form of faith-healing, (3) ... by acupuncture itself. However, many ex-smokers swear (4) ... it works for them.