Smoking, drug abuse could more than triple annual ER visits

Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 15:40 in Health & Medicine

Smokers are four times more likely than non-smokers to become frequent visitors of emergency rooms, according to findings uncovered by a preliminary study by an emergency room utilization researcher. Also, substance abuse and psychiatric illness could triple annual ER visits.

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