Patients with Serious Mental Illness Who Want to Quit Smoking (AUDIO)

WashU Medicine

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A new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that although the majority of people with a serious mental illness smoke cigarettes, large numbers also are interested in quitting. But there's a problem because an important group of people doesn't know that those patients want to quit: their doctors. Jim Dryden has more...

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