Health Promotion Board Quit Smoking
Whether you are in school national service or at the workplace find out how our programmes can help you and those around you.
Health promotion board quit smoking. I quit i quit adopts a community based but personalised approach to build a network of support to help smokers of all ages make their first or next attempt to quit smoking. Ogilvy singapore created this campaign for health promotion board to celebrate smokers who have decided to quit and to inspire others to do likewise. Smoking related illnesses are the biggest cause of illness and death in britain accounting for over 100 000 deaths every year in the form of cancers blocked arteries and heart disease amongst others.
The who report on the global tobacco epidemic 2019. Hpb offers several smoking cessation programmes for the workplace. Department of health and human services.
Studies have shown that pharmacotherapy medication and nicotine replacement therapy together with counselling can double your chances of quitting for good. These aim to raise awareness about the detrimental health effects of smoking and encourages individuals to quit smoking. The health benefits of smoking cessation.
Through 150 touchpoints hpb provides convenient and accessible programmes that a smoker can tap into wherever he is. About i quit issued by health promotion board annex 1. The inpatient smoking cessation programme was first started in september 2006 as a partnership between singhealth and the health promotion board hpb of singapore with the aim of integrating tobacco cessation intervention into the existing clinical management of patients.
Offer help to quit tobacco use tracks the status of the tobacco epidemic and interventions to combat it. Health promotion board launches series of anti smoking campaign videos video by lee li ying 14 oct 2018 11 19pm updated. For a healthier smoke free life for everyone we ve developed various programmes to help smokers quit and to raise awareness about the damaging effects of smoking.
Department of health and human services public health service centers for disease control center for chronic disease prevention and health promotion office on smoking and health. And raises awareness about the detrimental health effects of smoking. If quitting on your own is not your preferred option you can also speak to your doctor pharmacist or call the quitline at 1800 438 2000 for more help.