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. 2022 Dec;117(12):3170-3175.
doi: 10.1111/add.16007. Epub 2022 Jul 26.

The 1964 US Surgeon General's report on smoking and health

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The 1964 US Surgeon General's report on smoking and health

Wayne Hall. Addiction. 2022 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Causal inference; US Surgeon General; epidemiology tobacco control policy; health effects; tobacco.

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