Help for smokers

Sorry for the long absence. It is not as easy to update a blog as I thought. My hats off to those who can find the time and drive to do thiss regularly. I didn't realise that I would get a lot of visitors to my blog. Thanks for taking the time to read my entries and leaving your comments.

I think somebody asked me about the location of the smoking cessation clinic or Klinik Berhenti Merokok. And I read about a comment on smoking and religion in another blogger's comment page. People in Brunei know about what the smoking cessation clinic in Brunei. These leaflets are in malay, will find out if they have such leaflets in English.

There are actually four smoking cessation clinics being run by the Ministry of Health. They are located at

1. Berakas A Health Centre in Anggerek Desa
2. Jubli Perak Health Centre in Sengkurong
3. Pekan Seria Health Centre in Seria (Obviously)
4. Pekan Tutong Health Centre in Tutong (Surprise, surprise)

The clinics are open to the public without appointment. It provides a well-structured program to assist smokers to quit smoking. This includes counselling, tips, nicotine replacement and follow-up.

This is good news for those who wants some extra help to stop smoking. It is easy to tell somebody to stop smoking but there are a lot of factors that hinder someone to stop this habit. Some of the factors include addiction to nicotine, habitual and pressure from "friends" who continue to smoke. i have written "friends" because if they really care about your health, these so-called friends should actually support you in your efforts to get rid of this habit.

Hopefully with the help of these clinics, more smokers will stop smoking and lead a healthier life. This will indirectly improve the health of others. So please if you are a smoker or know of someone who smokes, pass on the info, who knows you may have done your good deed for today.