Smokers of illicit tobacco report significantly worse health than other smokers

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 996-1001

  Aitken, Campbell K ^a   Fry, Tim R L ^b   Farrell, Lisa ^c   Pellegrini, Breanna ^b  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ILLICIT TOBACCO; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 8; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 68049092979     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntp102     Document Type: Article

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