Knowledge of health effects and intentions to quit among smokeless tobacco users in India: Findings from the International Tobacco Control policy evaluation (ITC) India pilot survey

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1233-1238

  Raute, Lalit J ^a   Sansone, Genevieve ^b   Pednekar, Mangesh S ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^b,c   Gupta, Prakash C ^a   Quah, Anne C K ^b   Bansal Travers, Maansi ^d   Sinha, Dhirendra N ^e  

^a HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e School of Preventive Oncology A 27 Anandpuri   (India)

Author keywords

Beliefs about harm; India; Intention to quit; Knowledge of health effects; Opinion about smokeless tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857727484     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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