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hospitals (473 people). Successful cases of smoking cessation in tobacco-free(or healthy) hospitals are also far more common (20,537 patients) than those in the other hospitals (855 patients). (Fig. 1-5) Average expenses for successful smoking cessation in tobacco-free (or healthy) hospitals are significantly lower (7,544 NTD) than that in the other hospitals (12,326 NTD). (Fig. 1-6) It indicates that under the support of the second generation cessation payment scheme, the tobacco-free (or healthy) hospitals are able to provide effective and practical smoking cessation services for serving greater number of public in successful smoking cessation to assist the public to quit addictions on smoking and to increase the satisfaction level of the public. As a result, the development of the tobacco-free (or healthy) hospitals would allow hospitals to make use of every opportunity of getting in touch with smokers to provide effective counseling, helping them to quit smoking, and establishing tobacco-free healthcare environments and services. Fig. 1-5 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 Fig. 1-6 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Results of smoking cessation services in 2018 Tabacco-free or healthy hospital Non Tabacco-free or healthy hospita 68,438 23,379 Number of hospitalized cessation services 20,537 855 Number of cessation services Estimated number of successful cessation cases Assessment of expenses for smoking cessation services in 2018 Smoking cessation service expenses per person (NTD) Estimated expenses for each case of successful smoking cessation (NTD) 12,326 7,544 32 2,264 2,755 3,828 473 Tobacco-free hospital or healthy hospital Non Tobacco-free hospital or healthy hospitalor (People) (NT)