Prevalence and characteristics of smokers interested in internet-based smoking cessation interventions: Cross-sectional findings from a national household survey

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Brown, Jamie ^a   Michie, Susan ^a,b   Raupach, Tobias ^a,c   West, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Characteristic; Internet based; Prevalence; Smoking cessation intervention; Website

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84877249324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2342     Document Type: Article

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