A refreshing poison: one‐quarter of young New Zealand smokers choose menthol

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 495-496

  Marsh, Louise ^a   McGee, Rob ^a   Gray, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTHOL; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84867028959     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00926.x     Document Type: Letter

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