Tobacco cessation centre opened at Sedarapet primary health centre
The Hindu
Primary State Health Mission, National Tobacco Control Programme, Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, and Confederation of Indian Industry open tobacco cessation centre at Sedarapet primary health centre. Centre provides treatment through counselling and medication, with trained specialists and nicotine gums/patches. Inaugurated by Deputy Director (Public Health) Murali and Dean of Government Dental College Kennedy Babu, Chairman of CII, Puducherry, Joseph Rozario.
The Primary State Health Mission, National Tobacco Control Programme (Government Chest Clinic), Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, and Confederation of Indian Industry have come together to open a tobacco cessation centre at the primary health centre in Sedarapet.
The centre was inaugurated jointly by the Deputy Director (Public Health) Murali and Dean of Government Dental College Kennedy Babu and Chairman of CII, Puducherry, Joseph Rozario at a function held at the facility on Monday.
The centre will provide treatment for tobacco users through counselling and medication from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on weekdays. Trained cessation specialists will be available at the centre, which will provide nicotine gums and patches for patients, an official release said.
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