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. 2018 May 14;190(19):E596.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171371.

Cytisine for smoking cessation

Taleen Karnieg  1 , Xiang Wang  2
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Cytisine for smoking cessation

Taleen Karnieg et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Taleen Karnieg and Xiang Wang have no financial or business relationships with manufacturers of pharmaceutical preparations of cytisine or pharmacies stocking these products. They did not receive any compensation for the writing of this article.

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