Evidence that smokeless tobacco use is a gateway for smoking initiation in young adult males

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 262-267

  Haddock, C Keith ^a   Weg, Mark Vander ^b   DeBon, Margaret ^b   Klesges, Robert C ^b   Talcott, G Wayne ^c   Lando, Harry ^d   Peterson, Alan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Office of the Air Force Surgeon General   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gateway drug; Military recruits; Smokeless tobacco; Smoking initiation; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0035709337     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0802     Document Type: Article

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