Public opinion about financial incentives for smoking cessation

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Park, James D ^a   Mitra, Nandita ^a   Asch, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial incentive; Public opinion; Tobacco cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867230088     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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