"Bulletproof skeptics in life's jungle": Which self-exempting beliefs about smoking most predict lack of progression towards quitting?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 776-782

  Oakes, Wendy ^a   Chapman, Simon ^a   Borland, Ron ^b   Balmford, James ^b   Trotter, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Cognitive dissonance; Intention to quit; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4444358845     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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