Cause or contributing factors: An additional code must be assigned if the documentation includes tobacco smoke exposure (occupational or environmental), tobacco dependence, tobacco use, or history of tobacco use
Similarly, if a patient has COPD caused by exposure to other environmental pollutants such as dust, chemicals or fumes, the appropriate external cause code should be reported
When asked about the pictorial cigarette warnings, adolescents described how the warnings caught their attention
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Phil Chamberlain, the deputy director of the tobacco control research group at the University of Bath, said: Despite advertising of tobacco products being banned in the UK for over 20 years, the tobacco industry has lots of ways of protecting its image and its profits