What is Smoking Cessation Service?

The Smoking Cessation Service is a people-centred, community pharmacist-led program that supports individuals in quitting tobacco and achieving a healthier lifestyle. The service focuses on making evidence-based methods—such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and behavioural counselling—accessible and effective, with personalized plans designed to meet each individual’s needs and ensure long-term success.

Service Aims

To empower smokers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed for quitting tobacco and maintaining good health.
To provide expert, accessible smoking cessation counselling, covering practical withdrawal strategies, medication use, and relapse prevention.
To support each individual’s holistic well-being—addressing physical, social, and emotional health needs—by connecting them to relevant community resources as needed.

How do community pharmacists provide smoking cessation service?

Collecting smoking history, health information, and understanding readiness to quit
Assessing dependence and developing a personalized quit plan, including NRT and behavioural support
Providing education and counselling on how to quit, what to expect, and how to prevent relapse
Offering ongoing support through follow-up, adjusting plans as needed
Referring to doctors or other professionals if specific health issues arise or deemed unsuitable for NRT

Expected Outcome

Individuals gain greater awareness of tobacco’s impact, the benefits of quitting, and their own ability to live smoke-free.
Clients acquire practical skills to manage cravings, stress, and triggers, giving them the confidence to handle future challenges, increasing their changes of long-term success

Service Target

Adult smokers aged 18 or above.

什麼是戒煙服務？

戒煙服務是一項以人為本、由社區藥劑師主導的服務，旨在幫助吸煙者戒除煙癮，重拾健康生活。社區藥劑師透過結合藥物 (如尼古丁替代療法（NRT）與行為輔導，因應個人需要制定合適的戒煙方案，提升戒煙成功率。

服務目標

提升吸煙人士戒煙和維持健康生活的知識、技巧和信心。
提供專業、方便可及的戒煙諮詢，包括實用的戒斷處理策略、藥物使用指導及預防復吸建議。
關顧個人身心健康，視乎需要轉介相關社區資源以獲得額外支持。

社區藥劑師如何提供戒煙服務？

收集吸煙史及健康資料，並評估戒煙意欲，以及是否已準備戒煙。
評估煙癮，根據情況制定個人化戒煙方案，包括尼古丁替代治療療法及行為支援。
提供有關戒煙方法及防止復吸的教育及輔導。
持續跟進戒煙者，按需要調整戒煙計劃。
如戒煙者有特殊健康狀況或不適合用尼古丁替代療法，轉介醫生或其他專業人士。

預期成效

協助戒煙者掌握處理煙癮、壓力和誘因的實用技巧，提升實現無煙生活的信心及可能性。
參加者更能認識吸煙對健康的影響、戒煙後的益處以及自己無煙生活的潛能。

服務對象

18歲或以上的成年吸煙者。