Open AccessChallenges for dedicated smoking cessation services in developing countries
Author(s) -
Gamuchirai Tadzimirwa,
Cascia Day,
Aliasgar Esmail,
C Cooper,
Monika Kamkuemah,
Keertan Dheda,
Richard van Zyl-Smit
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2019.v109i6.13631
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , smoking cessation , depression (economics) , nicotine dependence , nicotine , demography , pathology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
South Africa, ranked as the world's second most stressful country to live in, has an estimated 7 million smokers. A dedicated smoking cessation clinic established at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, provides the only clinical service and training centre in the country.