Osan City Declares 'War on Tobacco'

Osan City has declared war on tobacco.

According to the Osan City Health Center on the 2nd, the city is establishing and operating smoking cessation clinics that visit worksites directly to help office workers in the region quit smoking.

The clinic is being promoted to provide more effective smoking cessation for office workers who have resolved to quit smoking at the start of the new year.

Going forward, the health center will visit workplaces with 10 or more employees who wish to quit smoking, including the Hwaseong Osan Office of Education, Hwaseong Eastern Police Station, Daeho Middle School, and Maeol Middle School to assist them in quitting.

Participants will be provided with various programs including personalized one-on-one counseling with professional smoking cessation counselors, customized smoking cessation methods tailored to individual characteristics, acupuncture therapy, and provision of cessation aids.

A health center official stated, "To address the current smoking cessation success rate of less than 5%, we will play a supporting role through systematic smoking cessation clinics to help people quit smoking more easily than expected."

Meanwhile, the health center also operates a visiting smoking cessation clinic for those who wish to quit but are unable to visit the health center due to busy schedules.

For inquiries, please contact the Osan City Health Center's Health Promotion Team at 031-370-6073.