Determinants of tobacco cessation behaviour among smokers and smokeless tobacco users in the states of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1931-1935

  Sarkar, Bidyut K ^a,b   Arora, Monika ^b   Gupta, Vinay K ^b   Srinath Reddy, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Determinants; India tobacco control; Quit attempts; Smokeless; Smoker

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880436205     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.3.1931     Document Type: Article

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