Butt lengths differ by area deprivation level: A field study to explore intensive smoking

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 927-931

  Thomson, George ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Bushell, Lisa ^a   Al Matar, Waseem ^a   Ball, Bridget ^a   Chiu, Jessie ^a   Culliford, Nicola ^a   Gately, Callum ^a   Gibson, Kirsty ^a   Hudson, Jennifer ^a   Hunt, Paul ^a   Rangamuwa, Kanishka ^a   Tapp, Dylan ^a   Wickramaratne, Hasith ^a   Young, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE BUTT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIELD STUDY; MATERIALS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; URBAN AREA;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO;

EID: 47149094124     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200802027222     Document Type: Article

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