Chinanews.com, August 3, according to the website of the National Health Commission, the National Health Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued notification requirements a few days ago to give full play to the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine and use traditional Chinese medicine techniques to promote smoking cessation intervention services and Diagnosis and treatment of tobacco dependence diseases.
Tobacco control public welfare posters and no smoking signs were posted in a prominent place in a shopping mall in Shanghai. Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Hengwei
The National Health Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine recently issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Construction of Smoke-Free Medical and Health Institutions." The notice requires that medical and health institutions in various regions should follow the guidelines for the construction of smoke-free medical and health institutions, improve their working mechanisms, clarify the division of responsibilities, ensure funding, and incorporate the construction of smoke-free medical and health institutions into the annual work plan and daily work, and promote the regularization of tobacco control work , Institutionalization. Encourage the inclusion of smoke-free environment construction in the relevant performance assessment of the unit, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm and initiative of the majority of cadres and employees to build a smoke-free environment. It is necessary to carry out targeted business training on dissuasion skills and smoking cessation services.
Medical and health institutions at all levels should establish and improve the system of inquiring about smoking history in the first consultation. Primary medical and health institutions should provide smoking cessation consulting services. Second-level and above hospitals should provide brief smoking cessation intervention services to encourage the integration of smoking cessation services into chronic disease management. It is necessary to give full play to the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, use traditional Chinese medicine technology and methods to promote smoking cessation intervention services and the diagnosis and treatment of tobacco dependence diseases. At the same time, it is necessary to fully integrate the construction of healthy towns, civilized cities and healthy towns, and continue to promote the construction of smoke-free medical and health institutions.
The notice requires that localities can combine World No Tobacco Day and various health and health days and other nodes, and make full use of traditional media such as TV, radio, newspapers, Weibo, WeChat through conference training, lectures, touring exhibitions, publicity boards, electronic screens, etc. , Short video platforms and other new media, widely publicize the policy requirements for the construction of smoke-free medical and health institutions, popular science knowledge about tobacco hazards, and information on smoking cessation services, to create a good atmosphere in which all people participate in tobacco control and everyone enjoys health. It is necessary to summarize and report on the good experience and good practices of various medical and health institutions, excavate demonstration models, and conduct experience promotion and exchanges.