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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 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 AMP,Head of Health Promotion Unit & Senior
Health Education Officer Hospital Ipoh and presently Principal Assistant Director 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 2007(September) - 880 patients attended and received treatment and specific counselling and behaviour modifications. Since
1998, 4413 patients had benefited from this clinic.Quit rate sucess is 45% with defaulters of 5 %. (Males 4%, Females
1%) The quality indicators of this clinic are 3 months cessation of smoking ,nicotine urine test negative
, Lung Function test normal and non-dependent on NRTs (Nicotine Replacement Therapy) & Tab Zyban (Buprpprion) 150mg. This
clinic operates every Tuesday and Thursday of the week free of charge with supply of NRTs (Patch or Nicorette gums & Tab
Zyban 150mg)for 3 months.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 had been added in this website to make you feel relax
while browsing this page.Please feel free to make your comments in our 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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