Does the availability of single cigarettes promote or inhibit cigarette consumption? perceptions, prevalence and correlates of single cigarette use among adult Mexican smokers

Tobacco Control

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 431-437

  Thrasher, J F ^a,b   Villalobos, V ^b   Dorantes Alonso, A ^b   Arillo Santillan E ^b   Michael Cummings, K ^c   O'Connor, R ^c   Fong, G T ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMMERCE; CUES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049162500     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.2008.029132     Document Type: Article

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