Free nicotine patches plus proactive telephone peer support to help low- income women stop smoking

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-74

  Solomon, Laura J ^a,b   Scharoun, Gina M ^a   Flynn, Brian S ^a,b   Secker Walker, Roger H ^a,b   Sepinwall, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income women; Nicotine replacement; Smoking cessation; Telephone support

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0033913687     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0683     Document Type: Article

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