How long will today's new adolescent smoker be addicted to cigarettes?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-256

  Pierce, John P ^a   Gilpin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030063377     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.2.253     Document Type: Article

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