Smoking cessation for hospitalised inpatients: Butt where do we begin?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

Editorial

Nevadna Singh et al. Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 4;30(2):e2379.

doi: 10.7196/AJTCCM.2024.v30i2.2379. eCollection 2024.

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

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