Anywhere, anytime: Retail access to tobacco in New South Wales and its potential impact on consumption and quitting

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 799-806

  Paul, Christine L ^a   Mee, Kathleen J ^b   Judd, Tanya M ^b   Walsh, Raoul A ^a   Tang, Anita ^c   Penman, Andrew ^c   Girgis, Afaf ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Smoking cessation; Spatial distribution; Supply; Tobacco outlets

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; RETAILING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION DENSITY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77955087958     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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