What does it mean to want to quit?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Balmford, James ^a   Borland, Ron ^a,b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cessation assistance; Self exempting beliefs; Smoking cessation; Stage of change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 36549021468     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230701710829     Document Type: Article

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