Gwangju Buk-gu Operates 'Non-Face-to-Face Smoking Cessation Clinic'

Providing Free Delivery Service for Remote Telephone Smoking Cessation Counseling and Smoking Cessation Aids

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] On the 20th, Buk-gu, Gwangju City announced that it will operate a non-face-to-face smoking cessation clinic targeting office workers who find it difficult to visit in person, women who are reluctant to have face-to-face consultations, and adolescents.

Buk-gu provides one-on-one customized counseling through phone calls, SNS, and other means for users of the smoking cessation clinic.

Smoking cessation aids and items to reinforce smoking cessation behavior (silver tablets, acupressure devices, grip strengtheners, etc.), as well as smoking cessation success souvenirs (smart scales, massagers, etc.) are delivered by courier.

To help office workers who find it difficult to visit health centers due to time or distance constraints and elderly people with mobility difficulties to practice smoking cessation, a ‘visiting mobile smoking cessation clinic’ is also operated.

A health center official said, “We will continue to strengthen support for smokers to quit smoking and strive to create a smoke-free environment to prevent smoking and secondhand smoke damage to non-smokers.”

Meanwhile, Buk-gu is promoting resident-tailored smoking cessation projects such as puppet show education and providing smoking cessation videos.

Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong ks7664@asiae.co.kr

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