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by comova 699 days ago
Smoking causes more deaths than any other substance use disorder. In the US, 480,000 people die annually from smoking-related causes.

A new real-world retrospective cohort study using electronic health records from TriNetX shows a 28% reduction in nicotine use disorder for patients taking semaglutide (Ozempic) vs other diabetes medications.