Trends in beliefs about the harmfulness and use of stop-smoking medications and smokeless tobacco products among cigarettes smokers: Findings from the ITC four-country survey

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Borland, Ron ^a   Cooper, Jae ^a   McNeill, Ann ^b   O'Connor, Richard ^c   Cummings, K Michael ^c  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 80052023141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-8-21     Document Type: Article

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