The use of snus for quitting smoking compared with medicinal products

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 817-822

  Lund, Karl Erik ^a   McNeill, Ann ^b   Scheffels, Janne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE PATCH; SNUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARENICLINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TELEPHONE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; BENZAZEPINES; CHEWING GUM; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; QUINOXALINES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 77955242999     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntq105     Document Type: Article

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