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Methods to Evaluate Cytotoxicity and Immunosuppression of Combustible Tobacco Product Preparations
Published on: January 10, 2015
[Smoking cessation: two complementary practices of nurses trained in tabacology]
Valérie Saloux1, Ludivine Pollaert1
1CHU Caen-Normandie, Avenue de la Côte-de-Nacre, CS 30001, 14000 Caen, France.
Abstract:
Smoking is considered a chronic disease and is a public health issue. Support for smoking cessation is well defined within healthcare establishments. Nurses and other paramedical professionals must also make their contribution, whatever their practice. At the University Hospital of Caen Normandie, the renal transplant nurse coordinator in the nephrology-dialysis-transplantation department, who holds a university diploma, works with patients with chronic kidney disease, alongside the nurse tobaccologist in the tobacco coordination unit.
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