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Comment
. 1998 Dec 5;317(7172):1588.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7172.1588.

Doctors are ethically obliged to advise patients to quit smoking

J L Liu, J L Tang
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Doctors are ethically obliged to advise patients to quit smoking

J L Liu et al. BMJ. .
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