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Level Name Public health center Xinzhuang District Public Health Center, New Taipei City Luzhou District Public Health Center, New Taipei City Sanchong District Public Health Center, New Taipei City Banqiao District Public Health Center, New Taipei City Yonghe District Public Health Center, New Taipei City Clinic Lin Hei Chao Clinic Liu Zhaoxian Psychiatric clinic Guang Quan Family Medical Clinic Rayannhealth ENT Clinic Caring Clinic Wang Wei-Chang clinic Lai Hsin-Hung ENT Clinic Kuan Chiang Clinic Annan Gaojia Medical Clinic Yeong-An Clinic Chung Hsin Clinic Kuo Chi-Ling Clinic Lin Kuan-Yeh Pediatric Clinic Wang Shih-Hung Pediatric Clinic Level Name Clinic Truth Virtue and Beauty Clinic Hsin Lung-Shih Family Clinic Ta Cheng Clinic Huan Tien-Yi ENT Clinic Hung An Clinic Ho An ENT Clinic Hung-Lin ENT Clinic Pharmacy Feng Yuan Fu Lun Pharmacy Xiang An Pharmacy Hsin Cheng Pharmacy Bo Kang Pharmacy Beauty Everyday Pharmacy Tao Yuan Pharmacy San Te He Pharmacy Bu Chuan Pharmacy Chen Yao Pharmacy Health Pharmacy Lijian Pharmacy 60 Training for Smoking Cessation Personnel The following are recommended by the "2008 Update to the Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline on Treating Tobacco and Dependence": counseling is more effective; clinicians counseling works better than others; group counseling works better than individual; actively providing services is associated with greater patient satisfaction; and satisfaction also increases with the availability of services. In 2009, the American College of Preventive Medicine also recommended clinical staff to ask all adults about tobacco use and provide cessation interventions for smokers. Empirical studies pointed out that willpower alone without professional support from medical staff will only result in a 3-5% success rate for smoking cessation. Because the nicotine in tobacco is a powerful addictive substance. Willpower alone will only provide a slim chance of success. Support, medication, and counseling from professional medical staff are required. Hence, medical staff play key roles in cessation services. They have plenty of opportunities for getting in touch with smokers. The professional, imagery, credibility, and influence of medical staff make them the best choice for offering smoking cessation services. A single line of advice from medical doctor will increase smoking cessation success by 2-3 cases per 100 advices. A person who successfully quit smoking will save an average medical expenditure of NT$420,000 in the following 11 to 15 years. Clinicians who meet 100 smokers every day and give 100 lines of advice, motivating 2-3 smokers to successfully quit will thus help the entire society save NT$840,000 to 1,260,000. On average one smoker who quits could save about NT$10,000. The entire country will benefit from massive savings if every medical staff asks patients about tobacco use and gives strong and concerned advice to smokers. Every word of these medical doctors is literally "lined with gold". In 2018, "Training Program for Smoking Cessation Physicians", "Training Program for Smoking Cessation Pharmacists", "Training Program for Smoking Cessation Instructors" and "Training