Perception of cigarette smoking and advertisement among senior secondary school students in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-209

  Omokhodion, Folashade O ^a   Faseru, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cigarette advertising; Secondary school students; Smoking; Youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 38049186783     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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