Reduced smoking - an acceptable goal for the hopeless heavy smoker?
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Reduced smoking--an acceptable goal for the hopeless heavy smoker?
Smoking represents today by far the largest preventable cause of death. Data suggest annual premature deaths of 420,000 smokers [1] and of 53,000 passive smokers [2, 3] in the USA alone. A necessary step in the reduction of the smoking epidemic is the use of educational prevention programmes for those at risk of starting smoking, and initiatives to promote smoking cessation for smokers. Althoug...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0000-0000,0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11020263