As we all know, "smoking is harmful to health", but the process of quitting smoking is not easy. Individual will not necessarily be able to effectively deal with addiction. If a smoker obtains the support of employers and colleagues, coupled with the assistance of a smoking cessation team, the chances of quitting smoking will be great. increase.
Lok Sin Tang, Kowloon has been funded by the Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office of the Department of Health. Since 2013, it has implemented the "Love and Smoke Free" front-line corporate employee cessation program to help companies encourage employees to quit smoking. The four phases of the program have served more than 400 companies and more than 2,900 smokers so far. Staff.
Le Shan Tang announced the effectiveness of the "Love and Smoke Free" front-line corporate employees' smoking cessation plan and held a new phase of the plan launch ceremony.
Companies participating in the "Love and Smoke-Free" front-line corporate employee smoking cessation program jointly support the implementation of smoke-free workplaces.
Make good use of social media platforms to strengthen the effect of smoking cessation counseling during the epidemic
In the past, Leshantang’s "Love. Smoke-free" front-line corporate employees’ smoking cessation program was mainly conducted in the form of outreach and promoted smoking cessation treatment through a series of lectures.
In view of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, most of the "Love•Smoke Free" outreach health seminars have been suspended.
However, smoking cessation work has not stopped because of this. Le Shan Tang has changed to online live broadcast, Zoom and YouTube to conduct smoking cessation seminars. Smoking cessation counselors will also use WhatsApp to distribute smoking cessation information, encouragement messages and provide counseling services, making it difficult to become a smoker An important partner on the road to quit smoking.
Dr. Peng Zhihong, Chairman of the Kowloon Lok Sin Church, said that under the influence of the new coronavirus disease, everyone pays more attention to health care than before. This is an opportunity to promote more benefits of quitting smoking to the public, especially the positive effects on the body, such as energy ratio. In the past, I was fuller, breathing more smoothly, and reduced the risk of some serious diseases.
Dr. Peng Zhihong (second from right), the chairman of Le Shan Tong, said that under the epidemic, everyone pays more attention to health care than before. This is an opportunity to promote more benefits of quitting smoking to the public.
He continued that there were 91 companies participating in the fourth phase of the project, and the scale was expanded to different industry levels, and the results were also encouraging.
Dr. Wang Wenbing, an associate professor in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, who is in charge of the research project, said that the research started in January 2019 and the results of the interview to March this year showed that the project has successfully assisted smokers to quit smoking and reduced the rate of smoking by 74.7%. The overall employees quit smoking. The rate is 25.5%, the rate of reducing smoking is 49.2%, and the rate of reducing smoking by at least half is 19.3%.
Corporate evaluation of the positive plan has achieved remarkable results
The support of the company is definitely a key to the success of the "Love. Tobacco Free" front-line corporate employee smoking cessation program.
Based on the characteristics of different industries and employee backgrounds, Leshantang will work with companies to formulate appropriate smoke-free policies, and cooperate with a multi-professional smoking cessation team composed of registered social workers and registered nurses to help employees quit smoking in many ways.
Wandi Co., Ltd. has participated in the "Love. Smoke-free" front-line corporate employees' smoking cessation program since 2017, trying to convey the message of smoking hazards and smoking cessation in interesting ways.
In order to increase the sense of participation and involvement of colleagues, the company designs a number of fun mini games in the annual "World No Tobacco Day" event, and then conducts them in the form of prize competitions. At the same time, through self-made photo props, it successfully attracts colleagues to "check in" support. Change the stereotype that smoke-free information is dull.
The representative of Wandi Limited (left) shares the experience of participating in the project
The plan has successfully promoted many long-term smokers to quit smoking, and most of the reasons for quitting are related to worrying about the health of their family members.
Mr. Lin, who has a smoking habit for more than 10 years, in order to prevent his son from smelling smoke and being affected by second-hand smoke and third-hand smoke, he firmly stated that he will never smoke again: "After you quit smoking, you can rest assured to hug your son and spend more time with your family. Time.” He said that Leshantang’s “Love. Smoke-free” WhatsApp cessation service allows him to send messages to smoking cessation counselors anytime, anywhere, and get professional support at the right time, which greatly reduces the idea of relapse.
Participating companies are very satisfied with the health lectures provided by Leshantang. More than 90% of the companies said they would participate in the program again in the future, and nearly 90% said they would recommend Leshantang’s smoking cessation services to other companies.
The effectiveness of the plan is obvious to all, and it is worthy of further development.
In 2021-2022, Leshantang will launch a new phase of the "Love and Smoke-free" front-line corporate employee smoking cessation plan, continue to promote a smoke-free culture, and support employees to establish healthy living habits to enhance corporate productivity and build a positive image.
"Love. Tobacco Free" front-line corporate employees' smoking cessation plan welcomes active participation of different companies.
If you have any enquiries, please contact the planning team at 2272 9890 or email to smokefree@loksintong.org.
Participant Mr. Lin shared the experience of Leshantang’s “Love and Smoke-free” project to help him quit smoking, and said that he has a closer relationship with his family after quitting smoking.
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