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U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (1989). Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1994). Preventing Tobacco Use among Young People. A Report of the Surgeon General Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health.
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (1990). The Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation. A Report of the Surgeon General Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health.
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Rockhill, B., Colditz, G.A. (2000). Smoking. In: Colditz, G.A., Hunter, D. (eds) Cancer Prevention: The Causes and Prevention of Cancer. Cancer Prevention-Cancer Causes, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47523-5_1
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