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Tag: Smoking Cessation
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Nation & World
Quitting smoking may reduce risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Analysis of data from the Nurses’ Health studies shows quitting smoking may reduce the risk of the severest form of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Nation & World
Weighing the benefits
A report by Harvard researchers has concluded that the benefits of stopping smoking far exceed the risks from any associated weight gain.
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Nation & World
Checking in, saving lives
Harvard researchers have estimated the likely cost-effectiveness of post-discharge follow-up phone calls to smokers hospitalized with acute heart attacks. In a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers suggest that phone calls to these discharged smokers encouraging them to quit would yield significant health and economic gains.
