Smokers have varying misperceptions about the harmfulness of menthol cigarettes: National Survey data

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 364-367

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Weerasekera, Deepa ^a   Peace, Jo ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

M ori; Menthol; Misperceptions; New Zealand; Pacific peoples; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; MENTHOL;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PACKAGING; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655145225     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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