APQN has been hosting to have aims with as followed

• Offering an opportunity to those countries that have considered launching their own Quitline to participate in the workshop and and gain insights
• To current Quitlines and opportunity in knowledge and skills transfer through sharing of experiences on Quitline operations in launching, promotion, development of programs, offering services, evaluations and research findings from different countries and resource settings.
• Raising awareness of Asian Pacific countries to the potential impact of Quitline on tobacco cessation and tobacco control, in line with WHO FCTC art 14
• Analysis of country reports presented by each Quitline service to highlight the current status of the service in each member country
• Gathering further information and material on improving the standard guidelines and minimal dataset for Asian Pacific Quitlines
• Discussing about role, form and future activities of ‘Asian Pacific Quitline Network’