Uiwang City Operates Mobile Smoking Cessation Clinic Through October

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Chung-young] Uiwang City announced on the 1st that it will operate a 'Mobile Smoking Cessation Clinic' through October to help busy office workers quit smoking.

The mobile smoking cessation clinic, which has been running since March, is a program where smoking cessation counselors directly visit workplaces to provide smoking cessation counseling services to those who wish to participate. Expanding from 1 location last year, the program now operates at 4 workplaces this year.

Smoking cessation counseling is conducted at least 9 times in total, including in-person and phone counseling, and participants can receive sustained counseling and management for 6 months.

The smoking cessation clinic checks health status through carbon monoxide and blood pressure measurements of those wishing to quit smoking, then provides customized smoking cessation counseling. It also provides smoking cessation aids, vitamins, gum, and various behavioral therapy products free of charge. Additionally, commemorative gifts for smoking cessation success are given to those who achieve 3-month and 6-month milestones.

Meanwhile, the mobile smoking cessation clinic can be applied for by workplaces with at least 10 people wishing to quit smoking. For more details, contact the Uiwang City Health Center Smoking Cessation Clinic at 031-345-3547.

Im In-dong, director of the Uiwang City Health Center, said, "We hope that through the mobile smoking cessation clinic, a healthy smoking cessation culture will spread throughout workplaces," and added, "We will continue to actively promote smoking cessation projects to help many citizens, including office workers, succeed in quitting smoking."