Characteristics of smokers and predictors of quitting in a smoking cessation clinic in Guangzhou, China | Zendy

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Characteristics of smokers and predictors of quitting in a smoking cessation clinic in Guangzhou, China

Author(s) -

Wenfang Zhu,

Yang Lie,

C.Q. Jiang,

Lie-zhen Deng,

TH Lam,

J. Y. Zhang,

Sophia Siu Chee Chan

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdp107

Subject(s) - smoking cessation , china , medicine , environmental health , epidemiology , public health , demography , geography , nursing , pathology , sociology , archaeology

Smoking cessation programs are well established in the West, but reports on smoking cessation clinics (SCCs) from China are lacking. On the basis of the Hong Kong experience and with strong support from Guangzhou Health Bureau, we established the first SCC in Guangzhou, China. The objective was to describe the characteristics of smokers, measure quit rates and examine predictors of successful quitting.

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