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Extraordinary Opportunity: Research on Tobacco and Tobacco Related Cancers
Goal : to expand our understanding of tobacco addiction and the biological mechanisms underlying tobacco-induced cancers, develop ways to keep people of all ages from using tobacco, create interventions to prevent tobacco-related cancers in smokers and former smokers, and develop treatments for tobacco addiction and the cancers it causes. (from NCI Initiatives Web page) (NCI Thesaurus)
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