Social support and quitting smoking for good. Is there an association? Results from the population study, “men born in 1914,” Malmö, Sweden☆
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This study has been granted from The Bank of Sweden Tercentery Foundation, The Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Delegation for Social research, the Swedish Medical Research Council and the Medical Faculty at the Lund University.