• 1. China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, P. R. China;
  • 2. Hong Kong Pok Oi Hospital, Hongkong 999077, P. R. China;
WANG Yingying, Email: yyw261206@126.com; YANG Jinsheng, Email: zml@ibucm.com
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Objective To explore ways so as to improve smoking cessation rates by studying relevant cases in Hong Kong.Methods Patients attending the clinical pilot project in Hong Kong from 2010 to 2022 were retrospectively surveyed and analyzed. Information such as patients' general information, reasons for smoking for the first time, situations that enable smoking, barriers to smoking cessation, and withdrawal symptoms were obtained using a pre-designed case report form and analyzed.Results A total of 10436 patients, 6936 males and 3500 females, were included. Influenced by friends (67.70%), relieving mental stress (33.12%) and curiosity (30.52%) were the main reasons for smoking for the first time; depression (57.14%), after meals (49.08%) and nervousness (41.26%) were the situations that enable smoking; the main barriers to smoking cessation were physiologic dependence (87.06%) friends or colleagues smoking (37.03%) and compulsiveness to use tobacco (32.45%), top withdrawal symptoms smoking stoppage were craving for cigarettes (50.33%), restlessness (38.33%), and difficulty concentrating (26.63%).Conclusions The proportion of patients actively choosing to quit smoking is high in Hong Kong, and smoking cessation methods should be publicized to prompt smokers to take effective measures to quit. A majority of people are influenced by friends to smoke for the first time; thus, adolescent smoking behavior should be supervised to reduce first-time smokers. Moreover, as the most difficult thing to overcome in the process of quitting smoking is psychological addiction, behavioral interventions must be promoted to improve the rate of successful quitting, Steps should be taken to enable the management of withdrawal symptoms to prevent relapse.

Citation: LIU Zhenyu, CHEN Shumin, CHANG Jin, WANG Yingying, YANG Jinsheng, CHEN Min. A study on the characteristics of smoking quitting population and smoking control strategies in Hong Kong from 2010 to 2021. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2023, 22(10): 722-726. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.202304029 Copy

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