Smoking cessation among Chinese young smokers: Does gender and age difference matters and what are the predictors?

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 913-921

  Abdullah, Abu Saleh M ^a,b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Chan, Sophia S C ^a   Hedley, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chinese; Smoking cessation; Youth

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NICOTINE; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 33646141620     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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