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Addiction Medicine

The association between smoking cessation outpatient visits and total medical costs: a retrospective, observational analysis of Japanese employee-based public health insurance data

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Pages 443-449 | Received 16 Oct 2017, Accepted 08 Jan 2018, Published online: 01 Feb 2018

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