Contrasting snus and NRT as methods to quit smoking. an observational study

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Scheffels, Janne ^a   Lund, Karl E ^a   McNeill, Ann ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; NICOTINE PATCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84857484867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-9-10     Document Type: Article

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