What Chinese adolescents think about quitting smoking: A qualitative study

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1735-1743

  Abdullah, Abu Saleh M ^a,b   Ho, Winnie W N ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chinese; Qualitative; Quitting; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BOREDOM; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION LOSS; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PEER PRESSURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FOCUS GROUPS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33751570043     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080601006433     Document Type: Article

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