COMPONENTS AND PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

THE NSCP’S REQUIREMENTS ARE THE

FOLLOWING:

TRAINING
ADVOCACY
HEALTH EDUCATION
SMOKING CESSATION SERVICES
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
LATEST DEVELOPMENT WITH SMOKECESSATION
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO), TODAY
LAUNCHED PHONE AND MOBILE-CENTERED SUPPORT SERVICES TO HELP FILIPINO SMOKERS QUIT
TOBACCO.  HARNESSING THE POWER AND POTENTIALS OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, THE DOH NOW OFFERS
FILIPINOS WHO WANT TO KICK THEIR SMOKING HABITS REAL-TIME COUNSELING AND SUPPORT THROUGH A
QUITLINE. QUITLINE IS A HOTLINE –165364 - THAT SMOKERS CAN CALL. FOR THE MOBILE-BASED CESSATION, SIMPLY
TEXT 'STOPSMOKE' TO (29290)165364 – AND TEXT MESSAGING WILL BEGIN SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO QUIT SMOKING,
INSTEAD OF ACTUAL OPERATORS AND VOICE. SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE VIA SMART/SUN
CELLULAR AND GLOBE.
 REFERENCES:
ABS-CBN news. (2019, September 24). DOH budget for 2020 cut by P16.6-B amid measles,
polio rise: Garin. Retrieved from       https://news.abs-
cbn.com/news/09/24/19/doh-budget-for-2020-cut-by-p166-b-amid-meas les-polio-rise-garin

Department of Health. (2015). About Us: Department of Health website. Retrieved from
https://www.doh.gov.ph/about-us

Department of Health. (2015). Smoking cessation program. Retrieved from

https://www.doh.gov.ph/smoking-cessation-programHealth Policy Development and
Planning Bureau. (2019). PDF. Manila.