Impact of the new malaysian cigarette pack warnings on smokers' awareness of health risks and interest in quitting smoking

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4089-4099

  Fathelrahman, Ahmed I ^a,b   Omar, Maizurah ^a   Awang, Rahmat ^a   Cummings, Michael K ^c   Borland, Ron ^d   Samin, Ahmad Shalihin Bin Mohd ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult smokers; Awareness of health risk; Interest in quitting; Knowledge score; Malaysia; Pictorial cigarette package warning labels; Questionnaire; Randomized trial; Smoking behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACKAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 78649692446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7114089     Document Type: Article

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