Why do smokers quit?

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-101

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Muttarak, Raya ^a   Franchi, Matteo ^a,e   Pacifici, Roberta ^d   Colombo, Paolo ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^f,h   Leon, Maria E ^g   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Gallup International Association   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^f INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^g INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ex smokers; Italy; population survey; reason to quit; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84871016856     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283552da8     Document Type: Article

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