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Most smokers light up after heart surgery

More than half the cigarette smokers who undergo heart surgery return to the habit that may have landed them in the operating room.

References:

Weiner, B.H., et al. 1998. Smoking in BARI: Factors associated with smoking status. Meeting of the American Heart Association. November. Dallas.

Sources:

Bonnie H. Weiner
University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 22, November 28, 1998, p. 346. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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