Smoking cessation: a European perspective

Smoking cessation: a European perspective

The medical community has only recently begun to accept tobacco dependence as a disease rather than a vice. The rate of clinical acceptance is slow, given that the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized tobacco dependence as a condition in its own right in 1992 in its International Classificatio...

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Main Authors: Eva Králíková (Guest Editor)Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Tobacco Dependence Treatment Centre of the 3rd Medical Department, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, the General University Hospital of Prague
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2008-07-01
Series:Vascular Health and Risk Management
Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/smoking-cessation-a-european-perspective-eva-kralikova-peer-reviewed-article-VHRM
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Summary:The medical community has only recently begun to accept tobacco dependence as a disease rather than a vice. The rate of clinical acceptance is slow, given that the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized tobacco dependence as a condition in its own right in 1992 in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) (WHO 1992).
ISSN:1178-2048

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