The counseling and help traces on the Ministry of Health, the General Directorate of Public Health, and the Department of Tobacco and Substance Addiction Prevention introduced that 136,961 people in Türkiye have efficiently give up smoking since 2015, marking a milestone for public well being.
Şengül Sevim, head of counseling and help traces on the Ministry of Health, spoke to the media throughout a news convention held this week as a part of the Public Health Week celebrations. “This year’s theme is ‘Living with Health,’ and an unwavering commitment to combatting smoking addiction and promoting overall well-being among the populace. In this context, the ALO 171 Smoking Cessation Hotline has been established to provide guidance, encouragement and support to those seeking to break free from the clutches of tobacco products,” Sevim defined.
Highlighting the hotline’s affect, Sevim shared that it receives a considerable every day name quantity, starting from 1,000 to 1,500 calls as of 2023. She defined that these calls function essential interventions, whereby people are educated in regards to the dangerous results of tobacco product use and a nicotine dependancy scale is used to gauge their stage of dependancy. Depending on the size’s outcomes, people with low to reasonable dependancy ranges are supplied customized smoking cessation plans.
For these grappling with greater dependancy ranges, Sevim pressured the significance of medical supervision. She famous, “Clients with high addiction levels are informed about health professionals and facilities specializing in smoking cessation, and are directed to specialized polyclinics where they can quit smoking under the watchful eye of a physician.”
This sustained help has borne fruit, with a staggering 136,961 people efficiently having give up smoking since 2015. The complete smoking cessation service is run by physicians who’ve obtained specialised coaching and is on the market via 467 cessation outpatient clinics unfold throughout the nation.
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