Smoking Rate 25% Annual Reduction Attainable - Surgeon General
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Combination treatments using nicotine replacement therapies and healthcare provider intervention could "produce cessation rates" of up to 25% per year, U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, MD/PhD, concludes in a report released Aug. 9.
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