Incidence and correlates of receiving cigarettes as gifts and selecting preferred brand because it was gifted: Findings from the ITC China Survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Li Ling ^a   Thrasher, James F ^a,b   Jiang, Yuan ^c   Li, Qiang ^c,d   Fong, Geoffrey T ^d,e   Quah, Anne Ck ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cigarette gifting; Preferred cigarette brand; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TOBACCO; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869066047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-996     Document Type: Review

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