Gwangju Seo-gu Promotes 'Smoking Cessation Clinic' Using Subway Screen Doors

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shin Dong-ho] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Seo Dae-seok) is promoting the application for smoking cessation clinics and designation of non-smoking areas in multi-family housing by utilizing the screen doors at subway stations, which are heavily used by the public, to create a smoke-free environment that promotes residents' health and prevents harm from secondhand smoke.

According to Seo-gu on the 4th, this project involves attaching this year's project notices, currently being promoted by the public health center, to the screen doors at Nongsong and Hwajeong Stations (towards Sotaebang), making it easily visible to subway users, and will be intensively promoted until next month.

Seo-gu operates smoking cessation clinics for residents who wish to quit smoking.

When registering for the smoking cessation clinic, residents can receive one-on-one customized counseling services from smoking cessation specialists and receive support for smoking cessation aids such as nicotine replacement products and behavioral tools (hand acupressure devices, silver candies, etc.).

Currently, due to COVID-19, in addition to the in-person smoking cessation clinic at the public health center, a temporary non-face-to-face smoking cessation clinic is also being operated concurrently. Accordingly, registration via fax or email is possible, and the delivery of smoking cessation aids can also be done by mail.

As part of creating a smoke-free environment, Seo-gu designates and operates non-smoking areas in multi-family housing.

For multi-family housing designated as non-smoking areas this year, plaques and banners indicating the non-smoking area are posted, and as a designation commemoration, various health promotion services such as mobile smoking cessation clinics and blood pressure and blood sugar checks are provided to apartment residents.

A Seo-gu official said, "Through this promotion, we plan to continuously manage the target individuals by operating both face-to-face and non-face-to-face smoking cessation clinics so that smokers hesitant to quit can attempt quitting and succeed," and added, "We will strive to promote residents' health and create a smoke-free environment by expanding the designation of non-smoking areas in multi-family housing."

For more details, please contact the Health Promotion Division of Seo-gu Public Health Center.

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shin Dong-ho sdhs6751@asiae.co.kr

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