There's nothing that succeeds like failure: Discerning the woods from the trees in smoking cessation debates

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 750-751

  Chapman, Simon ^a   MacKenzie, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84874051448     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts237     Document Type: Letter

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