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Smoking rate hits 30-year low
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The daily cigarette smoking prevalence among the Hong Kong population has dropped to 11.1 per cent in 2010, hitting a low in the past 30 years.

The Head of the Tobacco Control Office of the Department of Health (DH), Dr Raymond Ho, said at a press conference today (August 24) that the 2010 daily cigarette smoking rate in Hong Kong represented a drop by more than half from the high point of 23.3 per cent since 1982.

He was quoting figures from the Thematic Household Survey 2010 conducted by the Census and Statistics Department.

Over the years, the Government and the community have made a committed effort in the areas of taxation, legislation and law enforcement, health promotion and provision of smoking cessation services, resulting in the gradual reduction in smoking prevalence.

The survey, conducted from October to December 2010, also showed that nearly half of the daily cigarette smokers (44.3 per cent) had tried or wanted to give up smoking.

“We will further enhance smoking cessation services and health promotion activities through collaboration with the Hospital Authority and community partners including the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Pok Oi Hospital, United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service, the University of Hong Kong, Po Leung Kok and Life Education Activity Programme,” Dr Ho said.

The DH also launched a free smartphone application for smoking cessation earlier this month. This new quit smoking tool is characterised by a number of interactive features such as information sharing with friends through email and “Facebook”, proactive tailor-made quitting tips and encouraging messages from 44 local celebrities. Smokers are encouraged to call DH’s integrated smoking cessation hotline 1833 183 and download the new application to kick the smoking habit.

“The DH will continue to work with various non-governmental organisations on school-based smoking prevention programmes for young people with a view to achieving a smoke-free Hong Kong.”

As of August 23 this year, DH’s integrated smoking cessation hotline received 14,787 calls which has exceeded the yearly number of calls received in 2010 (13,880).

Ends/Wednesday, August 24, 2011

吸煙比率過去三十年最低
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香港人口的每日吸煙比率在二○一○零年下跌至11.1%,是過去三十年最低。

衞生署控煙辦公室主管何理明醫生今日(八月二十四日)在記者會上引述政府統計處二○一○年《主題性住戶統計調查》的數據,指出二○一○年香港的每日吸煙比率由一九八二年的高位23.3%下降超過一半。

多年以來,政府和社會在稅收、立法和執法、健康推廣和提供戒煙服務方面的工作努力不懈,令吸煙比率逐步下降。

有關統計調查由二○一○年十月至十二月進行,結果亦顯示近一半的煙民(44.3%)曾嘗試或曾想放棄吸煙。

何醫生說:「我們會透過與醫院管理局、香港吸煙與健康委員會、香港醫學專科學院、東華三院、博愛醫院、基督教聯合那打素社康服務、香港大學、保良局和生活教育活動計劃等社區夥伴的協作,進一步加強戒煙服務和健康推廣的活動。」

衞生署亦於八月初推出戒煙的智能手機應用程式,這項新的戒煙工具有多種互動功能,例如透過電郵和「Facebook」與朋友分享戒煙資訊、向煙民提供積極而貼身的戒煙貼士,以及四十四名本地知名人士的勉勵說話。衞生署鼓勵煙民致電署方的綜合戒煙熱線1833 183及下載新的應用程式,戒除吸煙習慣。

「衞生署會繼續與多個非政府組織攜手合作為青少年舉辦校本預防吸煙計劃,以達致無煙香港的目標。」

截至今年八月二十三日,衞生署綜合戒煙熱線共接獲14,787個查詢,超越二○一○年全年的總查詢數字(13,880)。

2011年8月24日(星期三)

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