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Dealing with tobacco use and dependence within primary health care: time for action
 
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Department of Social Medicine, Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
 
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Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Global Tobacco Control, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
 
 
Submission date: 2013-02-11
 
 
Acceptance date: 2013-02-20
 
 
Publication date: 2013-02-26
 
 
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Constantine Ilias Vardavas   

Department of Social Medicine, Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
 
 
Tobacco Induced Diseases 2013;11(February):6
 
 
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