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Conference Paper: "Quit to Win": a smoking cessation promotion and scientific research project with community participation
| Title | "Quit to Win": a smoking cessation promotion and scientific research project with community participation |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2015 |
| Publisher | WCTOH 2015. The Abstract Book's web site is located at http://www.wctoh.org/abstract-book |
| Citation | The 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH 2015), Abu Dhabi, UAE., 17-21 March 2015. In Abstract Book, 2015, p. 307, abstract no. PD-1146-21 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND: In Hong Kong, the daily smoking prevalence dropped to 10.7% in 2012. However, over 60% of the daily smokers had never tried and 53% had no intention to quit. Urgent actions and novel approaches are needed to promote smoking cessation. To actively offer smokers assistance to quit, the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) partnered with Schools of Nursing and School of Public Health of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) to launch a smoking cessation contest – “Quit to Win” Contest in 2009, to raise public awareness on the harms of smoking and the benefits of quitting, and motivating smokers to quit. The contest was re-organized in 2010 and evolved to become “Quit to Win” Smoke-free … |
| Description | Conference Theme: Tobacco and Non-Communicable Diseases Poster Discussion 47. Benefits of Community Collaboration and Outreach: no. PD-1146-21 |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210214 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Kwong, A | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Lai, V | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Lau, L | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Li, WHC | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-28T06:28:41Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-28T06:28:41Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH 2015), Abu Dhabi, UAE., 17-21 March 2015. In Abstract Book, 2015, p. 307, abstract no. PD-1146-21 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210214 | - |
| dc.description | Conference Theme: Tobacco and Non-Communicable Diseases | - |
| dc.description | Poster Discussion 47. Benefits of Community Collaboration and Outreach: no. PD-1146-21 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: In Hong Kong, the daily smoking prevalence dropped to 10.7% in 2012. However, over 60% of the daily smokers had never tried and 53% had no intention to quit. Urgent actions and novel approaches are needed to promote smoking cessation. To actively offer smokers assistance to quit, the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) partnered with Schools of Nursing and School of Public Health of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) to launch a smoking cessation contest – “Quit to Win” Contest in 2009, to raise public awareness on the harms of smoking and the benefits of quitting, and motivating smokers to quit. The contest was re-organized in 2010 and evolved to become “Quit to Win” Smoke-free … | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | WCTOH 2015. The Abstract Book's web site is located at http://www.wctoh.org/abstract-book | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | World Conference on Tobacco or Health, WCTOH 2015 | - |
| dc.title | "Quit to Win": a smoking cessation promotion and scientific research project with community participation | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Li, WHC: william3@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Lam, TH: hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Li, WHC=rp00528 | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Lam, TH=rp00326 | - |
| dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 243420 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 307, abstract no. PD-1146-21 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 307, abstract no. PD-1146-21 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | United Arab Emirates | - |