Assessing the association between the use of NRT for smoking reduction and attempts to quit smoking using propensity score matching

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-361

  Beard, Emma ^a   Aveyard, Paul ^b   Brown, Jamie ^a   West, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; NRT; Propensity score matching; Smoking reduction

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO USE CESSATION PRODUCTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869225293     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.05.039     Document Type: Article

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