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Comment
. 2020 Aug 24;22(9):1669-1670.
doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa077.

Beyond Smoking Cessation: Investigating Medicinal Nicotine to Prevent and Treat COVID-19

Hilary A Tindle  1   2 , Paul A Newhouse  1   2   3 , Matthew S Freiberg  1   2
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Beyond Smoking Cessation: Investigating Medicinal Nicotine to Prevent and Treat COVID-19

Hilary A Tindle et al. Nicotine Tob Res. .
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