Reduction of quantity smoked predicts future cessation among older smokers

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-102

  Falba, Tracy ^a,b   Jofre Bonet, Mireia ^b,c,d   Busch, Susan ^a,b   Duchovny, Noelia ^a,b   Sindelar, Jody ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ctr for Nicotine Tobacco Use Res   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d Ctr Recerca Economia Salut B   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cigarette fading; Health and retirement study; Longitudinal study; Reduced smoking; Smoking cessation; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELAPSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942279492     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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