Small-group discussions on menthol cigarettes: Listening to adult African American smokers in Atlanta, Georgia

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-182

  Richter, Patricia ^a   Beistle, Diane ^a   Pederson, Linda ^a   O'Hegarty, Michelle ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cigarettes; Health effects; Marketing; Menthol; Risk perceptions; Smoker; Social influences

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATABASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MARKETING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RACIAL IDENTITY; RISK PERCEPTION; SMOKING; TERPENE;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; NEGRO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; GEORGIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARKETING; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449155953     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701784694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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