CDC panel recommends vaccination for smokers

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

It's the first time that demographic -- about 20% of American adults -- has been so targeted. The group is at high risk of infection from a pneumonia-causing bacterium. A federal health panel for the first time has singled out smokers for vaccination because of their high risk of infection from a pneumonia-causing bacterium.

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