Dubai: If you have been struggling with giving up a nicotine addiction, and wondering where you can turn to for help, there is good news. The UAE’s health authorities have opened smoking cessation clinics at various locations across the country the guide and support individuals wanting to quit smoking.
Here is all you need to know about the smoking cessation clinics and what you can expect when you register.
Why you should quit smoking
Abu Dhabi Public Health Center, which has licensed nine cessation clinics in the emirate, said that while it is not easy to quit smoking, there are many benefits when tobacco use is stopped, some of which include:
Dubai: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) launched its third smoke cessation clinic at the Nad Al Hammar health centre in Dubai on Monday. Totally these clinics have over 400 customers annually recorded a 14 per cent quitting rate in 2020. Globally the quitting rate is in the range of 10 to 20 per cent.
The first clinic was started by DHA in 2010 when studies pointed that professional support and approved cessation medications can more than double a tobacco user’s chance of successfully quitting the habit. Studies also found that without cessation support only four per cent of attempts to quit tobacco will succeed.
Smokers need psychological support and medications to quit
DHA launches new smoking cessation clinic
DUBAI, January 11, 2021 Dubai Health Authority (DHA) added a new Smoking Cessation Clinic in Nad Al Hamr Health Centre, totalling the number of DHA Smoking Cessation Clinics to three. The DHA smoking cessation clinics, which cater to around 400 customers annually, recorded a 14 per cent quitting rate in 2020. Globally the quitting rate is in the range of 10 to 20 per cent. DHA’s Primary Health Care Sector established the first Smoking Cessation Clinic in 2010 after studies found that professional support and approved cessation medications can more than double a tobacco user s chance of successful quitting. Studies also found that without cessation support only four per cent of attempts to quit tobacco will succeed.