The smoking cessation clinic, run by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), is set to go operational at Al Khor Hospital. An official source with HMC told local Arabic daily Arrayah that the clinic will function one day every week.
“The smoking clinics in Al Wakra and Hazm Mebaireek hospitals have resumed work. The clinic at Al Wakra works on Mondays while the one at Hazm Mebaireek works on Thursdays every week.
"Hamad Tobacco Control Centre with Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City works five days a week,” the source said, adding that the expansion of smoking cessation services has resulted in ending waiting lists while helping residents obtain early appointment and access to the service.
The expansion of smoking cessation services and the opening of new clinics comes within the framework of the continued increase in demand for the service and the institution's focus on providing it throughout the country. The source explained that the clinic provides advanced and modern treatments to help those wishing to quit smoking. These include the laser treatment technique to target certain points in the body. This contributes to the secretion of a certain substance in the body that reduces the smoker's desire to smoke.
“The methods and means used in the clinics vary and they include behavioural therapy that depends on awareness and highlighting the negative effects and risks of smoking. These are in addition to clarifying the benefits of quitting smoking and providing drug treatment also to get rid of smoking. Also, nicotine substitutes are given in the form of patches or chewing gum that in turn provides the nicotine that the smoker gets from cigarettes, but in a healthy and safe way,” the source said.
The HMC official urged the public, in the wake of Ramadan, to try to reduce smoking from now on so that stopping smoking during fasting hours doesn’t cause health complications, especially during the first days of the holy month. He urged the public to visit a smoking cessation clinic whether at Hamad Tobacco Control Centre or other centres in order to get medical advice to stop smoking completely or at least start reducing the amount of tobacco smoked.
"Hamad Tobacco Control Centre with Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City works five days a week,” the source said, adding that the expansion of smoking cessation services has resulted in ending waiting lists while helping residents obtain early appointment and access to the service.
The expansion of smoking cessation services and the opening of new clinics comes within the framework of the continued increase in demand for the service and the institution's focus on providing it throughout the country. The source explained that the clinic provides advanced and modern treatments to help those wishing to quit smoking. These include the laser treatment technique to target certain points in the body. This contributes to the secretion of a certain substance in the body that reduces the smoker's desire to smoke.
“The methods and means used in the clinics vary and they include behavioural therapy that depends on awareness and highlighting the negative effects and risks of smoking. These are in addition to clarifying the benefits of quitting smoking and providing drug treatment also to get rid of smoking. Also, nicotine substitutes are given in the form of patches or chewing gum that in turn provides the nicotine that the smoker gets from cigarettes, but in a healthy and safe way,” the source said.
The HMC official urged the public, in the wake of Ramadan, to try to reduce smoking from now on so that stopping smoking during fasting hours doesn’t cause health complications, especially during the first days of the holy month. He urged the public to visit a smoking cessation clinic whether at Hamad Tobacco Control Centre or other centres in order to get medical advice to stop smoking completely or at least start reducing the amount of tobacco smoked.
