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Quitting Smoking Clinic At Penang General Hospital
And The Outcome Of Intervention
Gan E L 1 , Alfian Md Zin 2 , L Pereirasamy 1 , Irfhan Ali 1
1
Respiratory Department, Penang Hospita, Penang, Malaysia
2
Patient Education Department, Penang Hospital, Penang, Malaysia
Introduction
Quitting smoking is a process carried out over time, involving repeated attempts followed by relapse. The
success of quitting smoking is determined by many factors and the abstinence rate varies among smokers
trying to quit.
Objective
To describe the profiles of smokers attending the Quit Smoking clinic at Penang General Hospital, from January
2010 till December 2010 and to study the outcome of intervention throughout the process of quitting smoking.
Methodology
This retrospective study employed methods of data collection from smokers who attended Quit Smoking clinic
from January 2010 to December 2010.
Results
Among the 238 smokers who attended Quit Smoking clinic, 98.32% are male and 1.68% are female. 56% of
them started smoking between 18-25 years old, 67% had smoked for more than 20 years, 51% had smoked more
than 20 cigarettes per day and 67% had attempted to quit in the past. Among 207 smokers who continued their
follow up at 3 months, 40.57% of them had quitted smoking while 59.43% had not. Of the 84 quitters, 73.8% were
on nicotine replacement therapy while 22.6% were on varenicline.
Conclusion
Most of the smokers who attended the Quit Smoking Clinic were male and most of them had attempted to quit
in the past. Motivation and repeated effort are needed to ensure complete abstinence.
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