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Clinicians urged to research more into smoking, alcohol abuse 

Clinicians in Africa and developing countries must build a database on smoking, alcohol and substance abuse through research to enable them to inform and advise policy makers on the appropriate strategy required to curb the menace.

Dr George Amofa, Deputy Director-General of Ghana Health Service, made the point in Accra on Friday at the opening of a two-day consultation meeting on the use of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test tool dubbed: 'ASSIST' and brief intervention strategies against substance abuse in African countries. It was organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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