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Short talk with nurse trained in smoking cessation doubles quit rates

Self-reported smoking cessation rates among hospital patients more than doubled when nurses who had undergone one hour’s training coached patients on how to quit, latest findings show. 
Posted 17 October 2016 - 16:17
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