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At ONS Congress 2013, Bruce Grant explains how integrating a nurse-driven tobacco cessation program for newly diagnosed oncology patients, called Quit Smart, into regularly scheduled appointments boosted the long-term quit rate (abstract 136806).

At ONS Congress 2013, Bruce Grant explains how integrating a nurse-driven tobacco cessation program for newly diagnosed oncology patients, called Quit Smart, into regularly scheduled appointments boosted the long-term quit rate (abstract 136806).

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