Eccles Health Centre now offering Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Officials of the ministry and the Eccles Health Centre at the handing over (Ministry of Health photo)

The Ministry of Health’s (MOH’s) Chronic Diseases Unit yesterday handed over to the Eccles Health Centre a quantity of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) supplies to support smoking cessation efforts.

A release from the Ministry of Health said the initiative was in observance of World No Tobacco Day which will be on May 31st, and aims to raise awareness about the dangers of smoking and harmful use of tobacco products.

The Eccles Health Centre on the East Bank is the first facility to receive these supplies as part of the MOH treatment programme.