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World No Tobacco Day 2012

May 31 each year is designated by WHO as World No Tobacco Day so as to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocate for effective policies to reduce consumption.

Let’s support the World No Tobacco Day together by the following actions:
 

(1) For health care professionals

• Ask whether the patient smokes
• Give brief quitting advice to smokers
• Offer evidenced-based cessation support
  
  If you want to learn more about quitting, go to eResources for Healthcare Professionals.

(2) For smokers

Set the quit date now! Quit smoking now and you will see the benefits! By quitting smoking, you can:

• Reduce the risk of suffering from fatal diseases caused by smoking.
• Save money from buying cigarettes
• Protect your family against hazards of secondhand smokeort
• Smell fresh and build up a healthy image

You may quit smoking in a number of ways, such as going cold turkey, joining smoking cessation services and using medications. It takes determination and perseverance as well as a healthy lifestyle for one to quit smoking successfully. At present, there are a number of smoking cessation clinics run by the Department of Health (DH), the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs), the Pok Oi Hospital, the Hospital Authority (HA) and various organisations. Some private doctors and private hospitals also provide smoking cessation services that smokers may join.

i. Department of Health

Education and Training Centre in Family Medicine

2/F, Ngau Tau Kok Jockey Club Clinic, 60 Ting On Street, Ngau Tau Kok

ii. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation

Hong Kong:
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation - Wan Chai Suboffice
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Even Centre, 17/F, Tung Sun Commercial Centre,
194-200 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai

Kowloon:
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation - Mong Kok Suboffice
Rm. 2602-2605, 26/F, Wealth Commercial Centre, 42 Kwong Wa St., Mong Kok

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation - Kwun Tong Suboffice
Room G, 20/F, Legend Tower, 7 Shing Yip Street, Kwun Tong

New Territories:
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation - Sha Tin Suboffice
3/F, Lek Yuen Health Centre, 9 Lek Yuen St., Sha Tin

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation - Tuen Mun Suboffice
4/F, Butterfly Bay Community Centre, Butterfly Estate, Tuen Mun

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation - Sheung Shui Suboffice
Room 2101, Landmark North, 39 Lung Sum Avenue, Sheung Shui

iii. Hospital Authority

Smoking Cessation and Counselling Centres

iv. Pok Oi Smoking Cessation Service using Traditional Chinese Medicine

Free smoking cessation services including counselling and acupuncture are provided by POH Chinese medicine practitioners in eighteen mobile clinics which serve over 90 locations at different districts. A Chinese Medicine Community Health Care Centre is established to support these mobile clinics.

For more information on smoking cessation, please feel free to call the Integrated Smoking Cessation Hotline of DH at 1833 183 or visit: http://www.tco.gov.hk/english/quitting/quitting.html

(3) For non-smokers

• Encourage relatives or friends who are smokers to quit now!
• Encourage relatives or friends who are smokers to call the Integrated Smoking Cessation Hotline of DH at 1833 183.

For more information on "Smoking and Health", please visit: http://www.tco.gov.hk/english/infostation/infostation_sh.html