HEALTH PROMOTION – QUIT SMOKING CLINIC
Respiratory Department is committed to reducing the prevalence of smoking in the community. Our long term goal is primary prevention of smoking. To this end, we work in tandem with the public health to increase the awareness of smoking hazards in the community. Dr Jamalul Azizi went to Brisbane, Australia on April 2001 for one month under the auspices of WHO to study the Australian anti-smoking program.

The quit smoking clinic is held every Thursday afternoon to help motivated smokers quit the habit. Our quit clinic is run by trained paramedics who provide counseling and nicotine replacement therapy.

Data of our quit smoking clinic was presented for the first time by Dr Joseph Lee Han Kyun in Penang at the 9th annual Malaysian Thoracic Society Congress 14-16 July 2006. Please click here to read the poster.

Dr Jamalul Azizi presented the poster again at the Asia Regional Alliance for Smoking Cessation Meeting held in Seoul, South Korea 27-29 April 2007.

Dr Jamalul Azizi with the poster

Dr Jamalul Azizi explaining a point to an international expert during poster presentation in Seoul

Dr Jamalul Azizi with Dr Fagerstrom