Quitting smoking: Why, how, and what might help

Tobacco Control

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-214

  Pederson, Linda L ^a,e   Bull, Shelley B ^b   Ashley, Mary Jane ^c   MacDonald, John K ^d  

^a ONTARIO TOBACCO RESEARCH UNIT   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Current smokers; Former smokers; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0030228075     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.5.3.209     Document Type: Article

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