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Family Practice 2009 26(1):1-2; doi:10.1093/fampra/cmp001
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Editorial

Prevalence of COPD in primary care: no room for complacency

Patrick White

King's College London, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, 5 Lambeth Walk, London, UK; Email: patrick.white@kcl.ac.uk

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Recognition of the challenge of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) worldwide has accompanied significant advances in our understanding of it and its treatment.1,2 Smoking, the main cause of COPD, continues to grow as falling sales of cigarettes in the developed world are balanced by a bumper market in the developing world. Tobacco addiction, so difficult to combat even in highly developed health care systems, achieves a customer loyalty seen only in opiate users. The damage that smokers incur is reflected in rates of cancer and heart disease that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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