Adolescents' response to text-only tobacco health warnings: Results from the 2008 UK Youth Tobacco Policy Survey

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-469

  Moodie, Crawford ^a   MacKintosh, Anne Marie ^a   Hammond, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescents; health warnings; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 77955020562     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp199     Document Type: Article

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