Project Status: Completed

Last Updated: 14 September 2022

About this Project:

Substance-use disorders are among the major public health problems worldwide and are among major contributors to increased morbidity and mortality. Collectively, smoking, alcohol, and illicit drug use kill 11.8 million people each year (Source: Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser). This is more than the number of deaths from all cancers. 

Yoga helps to connect mind, body, and breath to enhance self-awareness and focus attention inward. Meditation and Relaxation reduce negative emotions and provide the capability to cope with potential triggers and daily life stressors.  Overall health and wellness will also be improved. 

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation was established on 1 January 2009 with the subvention of the Department of Health.  The existing service point and mobile clinic.  It provides community-based smoking cessation treatment focused on both pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy with a multi-disciplinary team consisting of medical Doctors, Nurses, Counselors & Social Workers.  Their objective is to assist tobacco users in quitting and healthy lifestyle establishments and to educate the public on the hazards of tobacco use (including the hazards of second-hand smoke and third-hand smoke).

Andiappan Yoga Community is now partnering with Tung Was Group of Hospitals – Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation to bring the benefits of yoga to the people who are smoking cessation. 

Who are the students in this project?

This is a medical rehabilitation class open to beneficiaries of the Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation at the Breakthrough Youth Village.

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瑜伽治療課 – 東華三院戒煙綜合服務中心

吸煙, 吸毒及濫用藥物是全球關注的健康問題之一，也是導致發病率和死亡率增加的主要原因。根據 Our World In Data，由 Hannah Ritchie 和 Max Roser 共同撰寫的文章中指出，吸煙，酗酒，吸毒及非法使用藥物已導致每年1,180萬人死亡，遠高於所有癌症病患的死亡率。

透過練習各種瑜伽動作和呼吸法能有效緩解精神緊張。Harvard Health 的健康報告指出，科學已證明練習瑜伽能調節及增強身心的抗壓能力。當人感到壓力時，心率，血壓，呼吸和體溫都會上升。練習瑜伽可調節和平衡一些壓力激素 (如皮質醇和腎上腺素)。

東華三院戒煙綜合服務中心由衛生署資助，於2009年1月成立至今，現有服務及流動戒煙診所，由跨專業團隊包括醫生、護士、輔導員及社工為市民提供醫藥與輔導並行的戒煙治療。服務協助吸煙人士戒除煙癮及建立健康生活和協助公眾人士警覺使用煙草產品的禍害(包括吸煙、二手煙及三手煙的禍害)

Andiappan Yoga Community 正與東華三院戒煙綜合服務中心合作，將瑜伽的好處帶給正接受治癒的人。

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