Virtual reality helps to get rid of smoking

In the West, they came up with a new way to quit smoking - with the help of virtual reality. The researchers decided to combine traditional therapy with a virtual one, writes Game Life blog.

Ten patients meet with doctors every week and discuss ways to get rid of this addiction (for example, how to behave when they offer to smoke), and then, wearing a VR-helmet, do the same in practice ( video ).

A research participant named Clara Williams (Clara Williams) boasted that she almost completely abandoned cigarettes. According to her, she can be in the same room with four or five smokers and not smoke at the same time herself.