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Health authority ups smoking-cessation efforts  

Jump to full article: canadaeast.com, 2009-10-19
Author: ADAM BOWIE

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A special designation will help the Horizon Health Network approach more smokers about giving up their habit and support them in their effort to butt out for good.

The regional health authority has been named a Centre of Excellence in Clinical Smoking Cessation - one of only three designated centres in Canada.

The other two sites are located at the Vancouver Coastal Hospital and, where the program was initially developed, at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

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