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The role of emergency physicians in tobacco cessation and British Columbia’s Smoking Cessation Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Kai Wai Cheung*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, and Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, 855 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9; [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Editorial • Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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