Examining correlates of different cigarette access behaviours among Canadian youth: Data from the Canadian Youth Smoking Survey (2006)

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1313-1316

  Vu, Mary ^a   Leatherdale, Scott T ^a   Ahmed, Rashid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Societe canadienne du cancer   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to cigarettes; Adolescent; Health policy; Prevention; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CANADA; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL FACILITATION; STUDENTS; TOBACCO;

EID: 80053212793     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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