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Comment
. 2018 Mar 26;190(12):E345-E346.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180125.

Tackling smoking cessation systematically among inpatients with heart disease

Robert D Reid  1 , Kerri-Anne Mullen  2 , Andrew L Pipe  2
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Tackling smoking cessation systematically among inpatients with heart disease

Robert D Reid et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Robert Reid has received speaking fees and a research grant from Pfizer, the maker of varenicline, and has received speaking fees from Johnson & Johnson, which manufactures smoking-cessation therapies. Kerri-Anne Mullen has received speaking fees from Pfizer. Andrew Pipe has received funding, and served as a consultant to, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. All of the authors are inventors of the Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation, a registered trademark of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

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