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''No smoking'' public clinics offer nicotine patches to ppl in Kuwait |
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Health
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 00:09 |
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KUWAIT, March 17 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Health announced that 'no smoking' clinics have began to offer nicotine patches to those intending to quit the habit.
Head of the anti-smoking committee Dr. Hamdiyya Al-Fadhli told KUNA Wednesday that these clinics, equipped with specialised teams, have helped many people quit smoking.
The clinics include a doctor, a nurse, a social worker and a pyhsical instructor. Equipment to determine heartbeat ratio, the efficiency of the lungs and the average of sugar and oxygen in the blood are also available, she added.
The facilities have so far helped 20,000 people quit the habit. - Kuna
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