Tobacco cessation clinic

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Tobacco Cessation Clinic, is an initiative by The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health, Government of India. Tobacco cessation activities formally begun with starting of 13 Tobacco Cessation Clinics in Anand, Bhopal, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi (2), Goa, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Patna in 2002. Tobacco cessation clinics were renamed as Tobacco cessation center in 2005. Five more Tobacco Cessation Centers were established in Mizoram, Guwahati, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Trivandrum which makes the total number as 18 all over India.

The services offered at the clinic includes, individual intervention in the form of Behavioral Counseling, Medication, and Nicotine replacement therapy. At large, the Centers also intend to create awareness among the general public about the ill effects of tobacco, and about tobacco cessation through awareness programs, exhibitions, preparation of information booklets/manuals aimed at specific populations (eg: consumers of tobacco/clinicians/general public), training programs on tobacco cessation for various professionals etc.

Center	Place	State	Contact
Shree Krishna hospital and PSM college	Anand	Gujarat	02692- 223010
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)	Bangalore	Karnataka	080 - 2699 5311 tccbangalore@gmail.com
Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Research Center	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	0755 – 2665720 / 2666374
PGIMER	Chandigarh	Punjab	0172- 2744503
Cancer Institute (Adyar Cancer Institute)	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
A.H. Regional Cancer Centre	Cuttack	Orissa	0671 - 2302535
Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences (IHBAS)	Dilshad Garden	Delhi	011- 22114021 / 32
Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute	University Of Delhi	Delhi	011-27667102
Vaidya Hospital	Panaji	Goa
Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital & Research Center	Jaipur	Rajasthan
King George’s Medical College	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
Tata Memorial Hospital	Mumbai	Maharashtra	022- 24154379
Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology	Patna	Bihar	'
Directorate of Hospital and Medical Education	Aiswal	Mizoram
Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooh Cancer Institute ( Regional Institute for Treatment and Research)	Guwahati	Assam
MNJ institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Center	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute	Kolkatta	West Bengal
Regional Cancer Center	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala

The Tobacco Cessation Clinic Resource Center, (TCCRC) which is functioning in the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, (NIMHANS), Bangalore, is the National Coordinating center for all the TCCs.

The center in Bangalore, runs an out patient Clinic, twice in a week (on Saturdays and Mondays, from 9 am to 1 pm) in the De-addiction OP section of the NIMHANS. Tobacco Cessation Center, provides professional support to many who are in the clutches of Tobacco to start a new life. Help is available in the form of behavioral counseling, Nicotine replacement therapy, and medicines which helps, the individual to reduce the craving for Nicotine.