Mediation analysis of the association between use of NRT for smoking reduction and attempts to stop smoking

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1118-1133

  Beard, E ^a   Aveyard, P ^b   McNeill, A ^c   Michie, S ^a   Fidler, J A ^a   Brown, J ^a   West, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

enjoyment; motivation to quit; self efficacy; smoking reduction; temporary abstinence

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84864708176     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.685739     Document Type: Article

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