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Nurses are on the front line treating the symptoms of self inflicted illnesses of the millions of smokers. It would make sense that they would be the ones who could have an impact to help smokers stop smoking. Their impact is weak due to so many of them being smokers themselves. Of all the health care professionals, they have the most direct contact with patients and they have the highest percentage of smokers (18% of nurses are smokers) of the health care professionals. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provided a 1.8 million grant to help nurses quit.
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