Smoking Test May Halt Ops ; Brum Boffins Hope to Weed Out Lying Patients

Sunday Mercury › December 06, 2004

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SMOKERS who lie about their addiction before surgery could face a simple test to weed out the truth - and decide if they can have the operation they want or not.

Boffins at Birmingham University have developed a urine test for prospective patients because research has proved that smoking can harm the chances of a speedy recovery.

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Smoking Test May Halt Ops ; Brum Boffins Hope to Weed Out Lying Patients

Scientists devised the test after discovering that many plastic surgery patients are...

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