Do "Light" cigarettes undermine cessation?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 10, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Hughes, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0035226619     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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