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Jump to full article: Earth Times, 2008-01-23
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Intro: Nurses can be effective in helping smokers to quit, a U.S. review of 31 clinical studies involving 12,000 adult smokers.
The review, published in The Cochrane Library, found smokers offered advice by nurses have an increased likelihood of quitting compared to smokers without such intervention.
Study leader Virginia Hill Rice of Wayne State University College of Nursing said nurses have heavy workloads but recognize helping smokers stop is an important responsibility.
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