Taiwan Report on Quitline Activities.
Aiming at reducing the smoking population, the Taiwan government adopted a successful smoking cessation quitline model from California Smokers' Helpline, commissioned a private non-profit organization-Teacher Chang Foundation, which was well-known for its quality telephone counseling service-to set up Asia's first quitline, Taiwan Smokers' Helpline (TSH) in 2003. The establishment of the quitline constituted significant progress for tobacco control in Taiwan, as it built up a cooperative model with smoking cessation clinics to increase the quit rate through assisting smokers to overcome their psychological obstacles encountered while attempting to quit smoking.
Taiwan Smokers' Helpline, No. 16, Sec. 4, Chung Shan N. Rd, Taipei City, Taiwan E-mail : peiting@tsh.org.tw.
Pei-Ting
PT
Hsu
Chia-Wen
CW
Chang
Te-Chung
TC
Chang
D002140:California; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D013624:Taiwan; D013689:Telephone; D014026:Nicotiana