Most Ex-Smokers Quit Successfully Without Help
February 9th, 2010 admin
Researchers reviewing hundreds of recent studies found that most ex-smokers ceased smoking successfully without help and found it less difficult than expected: they urge health authorities to do more to highlight this message and so that smoker’s perceptions are not dominated by messages put out by tobacco control advocates and pharmaceutical companies who are overpro…
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