Providing accurate safety information may increase a smoker's willingness to use nicotine replacement therapy as part of a quit attempt

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 713-716

  Ferguson, Stuart G ^a,b,c   Gitchell, Joseph G ^d   Shiffman, Saul ^a,e   Sembower, Mark A ^a   Rohay, Jeffrey M ^a   Allen, Jane ^f  

^a Pinney Assoct   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d PINNEY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f Legacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Misperceptions; Nicotine; Nicotine replacement therapy; NRT; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE PATCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOZENGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954969716     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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