MMDA opens quit-smoke clinic

THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority opened a smoking cessation clinic to help those who have difficulty quitting the habit.

MMDA general manager Corazon Jimenez said the clinic located at the agency’s main office in Orense, Makati, is offering medical and psychological support to those who want to stop smoking.

Jimenez clarified they don’t force anyone who enters the clinic to quit smoking saying the decision still lies on the person.

“We just give advice or counseling on how to quit smoking,” she said.

The MMDA is in high spirit because despite an injunction issued last year by a Mandaluyong court stopping the agency from apprehending smokers in areas not covered by the Tobacco Regulations Act, the local government units moved to push the anti-smoking campaign in their respective localities.