What prevents young adolescents from smoking? Self-reported motives of 12-15-year-old non-smokers

Health Policy

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-40

  Schneider, Sven ^a   Loeber, Sabine ^a   Janßen, Maria ^a   Roehrig, Silke ^a   Solle, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Motivation; Smoking cessation; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 77349100360     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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