Quit attempts and quit rates among menthol and nonmenthol smokers in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1241-1247

  Levy, David T ^a,b   Blackman, Kenneth ^b   Tauras, John ^c   Chaloupka, Frank J ^c   Villanti, Andrea C ^d   Niaura, Raymond S ^d   Vallone, Donna M ^e   Abrams, David B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies   (United States)

^e Department of Research and Evaluation at Legacy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTHOL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958800526     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300178     Document Type: Article

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