The forgotten smoker: A qualitative study of attitudes towards smoking, quitting, and tobacco control policies among continuing smokers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Uppal, Navneet ^a   Shahab, Lion ^b   Britton, John ^a   Ratschen, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Motivation to quit; Smoking; Stop Smoking Services; Tobacco policies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876983487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-432     Document Type: Article

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