Exploring the relationship between race/ethnicity, menthol smoking, and cessation, in a nationally representative sample of adults

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 553-557

  Gundersen, Daniel A ^a   Delnevo, Cristine D ^a   Wackowski, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Ethnicity; Menthol cigarettes; Race; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70649088032     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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