Enjoyment of smoking and urges to smoke as predictors of attempts and success of attempts to stop smoking: A longitudinal study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 30-34

  Fidler, Jennifer A ^a   West, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour addictive; Health behaviour; Longitudinal studies; Smoking cessation; Tobacco use disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955541237     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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