The impact of reduced ignition propensity cigarette regulation on smoking behaviour in a cohort of Ontario smokers

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 420-422

  O'Connor, Richard J ^a   Fix, Brian V ^a   Hammond, David ^b   Giovino, Gary A ^c   Hyland, Andrew ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^b,d   Cummings, K Michael ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIRES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649895482     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.025114     Document Type: Article

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