Adolescents' beliefs about the risks involved in smoking "light" cigarettes

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Kropp, Rhonda Y ^a   Halpern Felsher, Bonnie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Light cigarettes; Smoking; Youth

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; TAR;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; WRINKLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; NICOTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TARS;

EID: 16644401745     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0893     Document Type: Article

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