Do components of current 'hardcore smoker' definitions predict quitting behaviour?

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 434-440

  Ip, David T ^a,b   Cohen, Joanna E ^a,b,c   Bondy, Susan J ^a,b   Chaiton, Michael O ^a,b,c   Selby, Peter ^a,b,c   Schwartz, Robert ^a,b   Mcdonald, Paul ^a,d   Garcia, John ^a,b,d   Ferrence, Roberta ^a,b,c  

^a ONTARIO TOBACCO RESEARCH UNIT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Definition of 'hardcore' smoker; Hardening hypothesis; Longitudinal telephone survey; Ontario Tobacco Survey (OTS); Predictive ability; Quitting; Quitting behaviour; Resistant smoker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RECURRENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84855976218     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03674.x     Document Type: Article

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