Motives for smoking cessation are associated with stage of readiness to quit smoking and sociodemographics among German industrial employees

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-266

  Reime, Birgit ^a,b   Ratner, Pamela A ^a   Seidenstücker, Sabine ^c   Janssen, Patricia A ^b   Novak, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Landau University   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motives for Smoking Cessation; Prevention Research; Smoking Status; Stages of Change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33645062664     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-20.4.259     Document Type: Article

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