香港電台網站 : 第三台|#Hashtag Hong Kong|Tiffany Leung, Registered Social Worker, Smoking Cessation Program in Workplace of The Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon
Quitting smoking is not an easy journey, smokers need continuous motivation and encouragement before the goal can be reached. Besides smoking cessation intervention by our counsellors, law and policy enacted by the Government are also crucial for the community smoke-free promotion. We welcome the Government’s decision to raise the tobacco tax by HK$0.6 per cigarette, i.e. 31.5% in the 2023-24 Budget. We believe this is a good start to the government's long absence of changes to tobacco tax. As we all know, Smoking can cause so many serious diseases, most commonly seen were Cancers, C...