Smoking Helpline service - an importantprogramme in thefight aga-
inst tobbaco addition
LANGROVÁ K.i.2, KRÁLÍKOVÁ E.L 3,VOJTA M.2
1 Ústav hygieny a epidemiologie 1. LF UK a VFN Praha Přednosta: prof. MUDr. Vladimír Bencko, DrSc. 2Česká koalice proti tabáku, Praha Ředitelka: MUDr. Kateřina Langrová. 3Centrum léčby závislosti na tabáku III. interní kliniky 1. LF UK a VFN Praha Přednosta: prof. MUDr. Štěpán Svačina, DrSc, MBA. |
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Summary:
A "Quitline" is an important part of the spectrum of services provided to help treat tobacco dependence. The
Czech Quitline was set up on January the lst, 2005, and is operated daily between 12pm and 8pm. It is run
by specially trained medical students from all three Prague medical schools. Between January lst, 2005, and
June, 30th, 2007 the Quitline answered nearly 4500 calls and about 1000 email queries concerning smoking.
Of the callers, 66 % were smokers, 97 % of whom were nicotine dependent (lighting up the first cigarette of the day within one hour of waking).
Key words:
tobacco dependence, smoking cessation, quitline.
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