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UC San Diego Researchers Review Cessation Studies and Call for Change in Policy
January 18, 2012 Smoking is a major public health issue and quitting is the single most important thing smokers can do to improve their health. In the 2012 edition of the prestigious Annual Review of Public Health, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have reviewed the landscape of smoking cessation over the past 20 years. During this time period, there have been improvements in pharmaceutical medications to aid cessation, and free telephone cessation coaching has become available in every state. However, recent trends in smoking cessation are troubling to tobacco control researchers.
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http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2012/Pages/01-17-tobacco-cessation-policies-need-review.aspx
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