Yangsan City Supports Smokers in 'Keeping Distance from Cigarettes'

Operation of Non-Face-to-Face TokTok Smoking Cessation Clinic for High-Risk Vulnerable Smokers of COVID-19

Notice for Non-Face-to-Face Smoking Cessation Clinic at Yangsan City Public Health Center, Gyeongnam. (Photo by Yangsan City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Yangsan City, Gyeongnam Province, will continue to extend and expand its non-face-to-face online and offline smoking cessation support services, which began in August last year.

The city announced on the 29th that it is operating a non-face-to-face smoking cessation clinic to help smokers quit amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The hybrid online and offline smoking cessation counseling program provides customized non-face-to-face counseling via phone or KakaoTalk, with smoking cessation counselors assisting from the decision to quit to success.

Applications can be made on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. by calling the Health Promotion Division of Yangsan City Public Health Center or through the 'Yangsan City Public Health Center Smoking Cessation Clinic' KakaoTalk channel for non-face-to-face registration.

Registered clinic participants receive up to 8 weeks' worth of smoking cessation aids and behavioral reinforcement items by mail or walk-through service.

Those who have been registered for smoking cessation for 3 or 6 months and pass the cotinine test as successful quitters will be provided with commemorative gifts via delivery service.

Jung Gye-young, head of the Health Promotion Division, said, "Considering the harmful effects of COVID-19 on smokers, quitting smoking is more important than ever," adding, "We will do our best to make it easy for smokers to challenge and succeed through the non-face-to-face smoking cessation clinic service during times when visiting the public health center is difficult."

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