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Cessation Causing Healthier Hearts for HIV Patients
Cessation in HIV positive patients has proved to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and the chance of a heart attack. Tests were conducted with non-smokers, smokers who had quit, and current smokers. These results were consistent with the results of cessation in non-HIV patients. Read more.
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- Sep 09, 2010
Personalized Cessation is On the Way – Researchers at UPenn Start Clinical Trial
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Smoking Cessation Computer Games and Mobile Apps
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Delayed Quitters
Read the full story - Aug 30, 2010
Expanding Coverage: Medicare Offers New Tobacco Cessation Counseling Benefit
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- November 12-13, 2010: Treating Tobacco Dependence in Mental Health Settings
- November 6-10, 2010: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
- October 30-4, 2010: American College of Chest Physicians: Chest 2010
- October 28-28, 2010: Multi-State Collaborative for Health Systems Change 2010 Conference
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