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Determinants of tobacco cessation among patients with chronic diseases (diabetes/hypertension) enrolled in Ministry of Health Tobacco Cessation Clinics, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2012-2017

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Nariman A. Alshakhis, Mahmoud A. Mahmoud and Ali M. Alwadey
Saudi Medical Journal April 2021, 42 (4) 433-440; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200354
Nariman A. Alshakhis
From the Ministry of Health (Alshakhis), Dammam; from the Department of Community and Family Medicine (Mahmoud), AL Immam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; and from the Anti-Tobacco Program (Alwadey), Ministry of Health, Riyadh; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mahmoud A. Mahmoud
From the Ministry of Health (Alshakhis), Dammam; from the Department of Community and Family Medicine (Mahmoud), AL Immam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; and from the Anti-Tobacco Program (Alwadey), Ministry of Health, Riyadh; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ali M. Alwadey
From the Ministry of Health (Alshakhis), Dammam; from the Department of Community and Family Medicine (Mahmoud), AL Immam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; and from the Anti-Tobacco Program (Alwadey), Ministry of Health, Riyadh; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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