Quitting cigarettes completely or switching to smokeless tobacco: Do US data replicate the swedish results?

Tobacco Control

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-87

  Zhu, S H ^a   Wang, J B ^a   Hartman, A ^b   Zhuang, Y ^a   Gamst, A ^a   Gibson, J T ^c   Gilljam, H ^d   Galanti, M R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63449122148     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2008.028209     Document Type: Article

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