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- Title
Short-term impact of new smoke-free legislation on the utilization of a quitline in Hong Kong.
- Authors
Chan, Sophia S. C.; Wong, David C. N.; Fong, Daniel Y. T.; Leung, Angela Y. M.; Yim-Wah Mak; Lam, Debbie O. B.; Tai-Hing Lam
- Abstract
Introduction:: New smoke-free legislation implemented in Hong Kong on 1 January 2007, prohibited smoking in the vast majority of indoor workplaces and public places. Experiences of western countries indicated that the need for smoking cessation services would increase after enactment of the smoke-free legislation, but no systematic study of this issue has been undertaken in Southeast Asia. The present study aimed to examine the impact of smoke-free legislation in promoting smoking cessation through a local quitline.
- Subjects
HONG Kong (China); CHINA; SMOKING laws; SMOKING cessation; PUBLIC health laws
- Publication
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2009, Vol 11, Issue 4, p356
- ISSN
1462-2203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ntr/ntp025