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Restoring and extending secondary prevention
Secondary prevention must include treating tobacco dependence
BMJ 2023; 380 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p500 (Published 06 March 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;380:p500
- Nicholas S Hopkinson, professor of respiratory medicine
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital Campus, London, UK
- n.hopkinson{at}ic.ac.uk
The call to ensure a comprehensive approach to secondary prevention—defined by Whitty and colleagues as “evidence based, preventive measures to help stop or delay disease, taken during an interaction between an individual patient and a clinician”—is welcome. …
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