Teamwork, support vital in effort to kick the habit
by Paul Govern

Patient Accounting’s Gary Perrizo shows off his diploma from the Dayani Center’s smoking cessation program. Perrizo and several co-workers went through the program together. (photo by Susan Urmy)

Since Vanderbilt Medical Center's campus smoking ban went into effect Sept. 1, employees in far greater numbers are availing themselves of smoking cessation programs, which are free for staff and faculty.

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