Opportunities for youth smoking cessation: Findings from a national focus group study

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-17

  Balch, George I ^a,d   Tworek, Cindy ^b   Barker, Dianne C ^c   Sasso, Barbara ^c   Mermelstein, Robin J ^a   Giovino, Gary A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Barker Bi Coastal Health Consultants   (United States)

^d Balch Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BURNING SENSATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PARENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHOOL; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; TASTE DISORDER; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642263105     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1462200310001650812     Document Type: Article

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