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Objectives of Quit Clinic
 Quit Clinic is one of the program of
Health Promotion Division (Health Education) of Ministry of Health Malaysia and jointly with Patient Education Unit
of Hospital Ipoh ( Raja Permaisuri Bainun) which aims to curb smoking among all groups of people and age.This clinic
is the first behavioural clinic in Malaysia initiated on 7th May 1998 by Mr Chandran Kanniah AMN, AMP, Senior
Principal Assistant Director& Senior Health Education Officer of Perak State Health Education Division .This
is a community based non profit organisation which is dedicated to the general public who needs help and guidance to quit
their smoking habit. For year 2009 - 212 patients attended and received treatment and specific counselling and behaviour modifications. Since
1998, 4823 patients had benefited from this clinic.Quit rate sucess is 70% with defaulters of 2 %. (Males 2%, Females
0%) The quality indicators of this clinic are 3 months cessation of smoking ,nicotine urine test negative
, Lung Function test normal and non-dependent on antidepresents Tab Champix (Varenicline) 1mg b.d (twice
daily . This clinic operates every Tuesday and Thursday of the week free of charge with supply of Tab Champix(varenicline 1mgfor
3 months.
We had a special project VIP in year 2009 (Varenicline
Intervention Project) sponsered by Pfizer (M) Bhd for 35 patients from August 2009 tilll December 2009 and 70% patients did
quit with this VIP project
We also can provide such service to
private organizations, schools and other agencies upon request. Please be free to request this free service and also
sponser such activities for a common goal.Musics
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guestbook.So,what you are waiting
for ,enjoy , relax and this is a non smoking webpage.Thanks for your interest and commitment to quit. Its never too late to
start your first step on commitment with strong willpower to quit. Have a nice day. Remember Smoking = Asking for problem(disease)
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If you're thinking about quitting smoking
you have certainly come to the right place.Quit Clinic operates every Tuesday and Thursday every week from 9 am
till 12.30 noon at the ground floor of the Ambulatory Care Center(ACC) Block Hospital Ipoh. It operates by either
self referral ( walk in) or referrals from other specialist diciplines including General practitioners. Treatment and
admission is free.
Quitclinic Webmaster (Sivaraj Chandran)
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