Quit smoking for life - Social marketing strategy for youth: A case for Pakistan

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-642

  Khowaja, Liaquat Ali ^a   Khuwaja, Ali Khan ^b   Nayani, Parvez ^a   Jessani, Saleem ^b   Khowaja, Malika Parveen ^a   Khowaja, Saima ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health behavior change; Smoking; Social marketing; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL MARKETING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 79951723033     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0088-8     Document Type: Article

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