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The Singapore Family Physician
;
: 10-11, 2012.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-633863
ABSTRACT
Smoking cessation is a most cost-effective medical intervention and helping our patients stop smoking is a highly worthwhile endeavor. A doctor providing smoking cessation counseling will do well to first realise why many smokers are unwilling (or unable) to quit. This article focuses on why a doctor should emphasise smoking cessation in the prevention and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.