Establishment and evaluation of a smoking cessation clinic in Hong Kong: a model for the future service provider.

@article{Abdullah2004EstablishmentAE,
  title={Establishment and evaluation of a smoking cessation clinic in Hong Kong: a model for the future service provider.},
  author={Abu Saleh Abdullah and Anthony J. Hedley and Sophia Siu-Chee Chan and Winnie W N Ho and Tai Hing Lam},
  journal={Journal of public health},
  year={2004},
  volume={26 3},
  pages={
          239-44
        }
}
BACKGROUND In the West, the effectiveness of smoking cessation programmes is well established. Smoking cessation programmes in the East are rare. We evaluated a pilot smoking cessation health centre (SCHC) of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH). METHODS The clinic operated 3 days a week from 6 to 9 pm. Smokers were recruited mainly by low cost publicity. Trained counsellors provided individual counselling and a 1 week free supply of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). The… 
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