The Impact of Smoking and Quitting on Health Care Use
Archives of Internal MedicinePublished 11 September 1995
Edward H. Wagner
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Successful smoking cessation appears to halt the progressive increase in the use of health services associated with continued smoking within a 4-year period.
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Successful smoking cessation appears to halt the progressive increase in the use of health services associated with continued smoking within a 4-year period.
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