Tobacco cessation clinics in India
# Tobacco cessation clinics in India

Tobacco Cessation Clinic is an initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health of India. Tobacco cessation activities formally began with the opening of 13 tobacco cessation clinics in Anand, Bhopal, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi (2), Goa, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Patna in 2002. Tobacco cessation clinics were renamed to tobacco cessation centers in 2005. Five more tobacco cessation centers were established in Mizoram, Guwahati, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Trivandrum, which makes a total of 18 centers.

The services offered at the clinic include individual intervention in the form of behavioral counseling, medication, and nicotine replacement therapy. The centers also intend to create awareness among the general public about the negative effects of tobacco and about tobacco cessation through awareness programs, exhibitions training programs on tobacco cessation for various professionals, and information booklets and manuals aimed at specific groups of the population.

The Tobacco Cessation Clinic Resource Center (TCCRC), which is functioning in the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, (NIMHANS), Bangalore, is the national coordinating center for all the TCCs. The center in Bangalore runs an out patient clinic twice a week (Saturdays and Mondays) in the de-addiction OP section of the NIMHANS.

## Locations

| Center | Place | State |
| - | - | - |
| Shree Krishna hospital and PSM college | Anand | Gujarat |
| National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Research Centre | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
| PGIMER | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Cancer Institute (Adyar Cancer Institute) | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| A.H. Regional Cancer Centre | Cuttack | Orissa |
| Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences (IHBAS) | Dilshad Garden | Delhi |
| Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute | University Of Delhi | Delhi |
| Vaidya Hospital | Panaji | Goa |
| Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital & Research Center | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| King George’s Medical College | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Tata Memorial Hospital | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology | Patna | Bihar |
| Directorate of Hospital and Medical Education | Aiswal | Mizoram |
| Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooh Cancer Institute ( Regional Institute for Treatment and Research) | Guwahati | Assam |
| MNJ institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Center | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala |
