Redoubling Efforts to Help Americans Quit Smoking - Federal Initiatives to Tackle the Country's Longest-Running Epidemic.

N Engl J Med

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (R.R.R.); and the Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring (S.M.H.), and the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda (N.E.S.) - both in Maryland.

Published: October 2020


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