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Interventions during hospital stays can help motivate smokers to quit

07-17-2007 · EurekAlert!

Hospitalized patients make a great captive audience for smoking cessation efforts, according to a new systematic review. When smokers become inpatients, regardless of the reason for admission, they are receptive to efforts to help them to quit smoking after discharge and more likely succeed in the long run.

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