High prevalence of smoking and respiratory symptoms of patients on opioid substitution treatment

Background: Tobacco and cannabis smoking has been linked to a range of adverse health consequences including impaired pulmonary function. In 2010, in Australia, the proportion of people smoking tobacco daily was 15%.The proportion who recently used cannabis was 15%.1 In addition, all opiate and opio...

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Main Authors: Nelson, Peter, Bartu, Anne, de Klerk, Nicholas, Aborgye-Sarfo, Patrick, Musk, Billl
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39849