Uiwang City Operates Mobile Smoking Cessation Clinic Through October

[Suwon Ilbo=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 began in March, is a program in which smoking cessation counselors visit workplaces directly to provide smoking cessation counseling services to those interested. Expanding from 1 location last year, the program now operates at 4 business establishments this year.

Smoking cessation counseling is conducted 9 or more times in total, including in-person and phone consultations, and participants can receive continuous counseling and management for 6 months.

The smoking cessation clinic checks health status through carbon monoxide and blood pressure measurements for those wishing to quit smoking, then provides customized smoking cessation counseling and free distribution of smoking cessation aids, vitamins, gum, and other behavioral therapy products. Additionally, those who successfully quit smoking for 3 and 6 months receive commemorative prizes for smoking cessation success.

Meanwhile, the mobile smoking cessation clinic is available for business establishments with 10 or more people wishing to quit smoking. For more details, inquiries can be made to the Uiwang City Health Center Smoking Cessation Clinic (031-345-3547).

Lim In-dong, director of Uiwang City Health Center, stated, “We hope that a healthy smoking cessation culture will spread within workplaces through the mobile smoking cessation clinic,” and added, “We will continue to actively promote smoking cessation programs to help many citizens, including office workers, succeed in quitting smoking.”