Factors associated with smoking menthol cigarettes among treatment-seeking African American light smokers

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1321-1324

  Faseru, Babalola ^a   Choi, Won S ^a   Krebill, Ron ^b   Mayo, Matthew S ^b   Nollen, Nicole L ^a   Okuyemi, Kolawole S ^c   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^c   Cox, Lisa Sanderson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Light smokers; Menthol; Nicotine dependence; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CARBON MONOXIDE; MENTHOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO;

EID: 80053187241     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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