Jump to full article: Hong Kong Standard (hk), 2010-01-20
Author: Kaylene Hong
Intro: Women have more trouble quitting cigarettes because - more than men - they tend to take up smoking to relieve emotional problems, according to a leading medic.
The claim comes after a survey of women smokers by the University of Hong Kong's school of public health.
Since 2006, the school has offered gender- specific counseling under a "Smoking Cessation Service for Female Smokers."
A survey of 332 women smokers, with an average age of 35, over six months until October 31 last year found that 26.5 percent quit after going through the program. The figure was slightly higher than previous studies, in which 21.9 percent of females said they had quit smoking after non-gender-specific counseling.
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