Dispelling myths about gender differences in smoking cessation: Population data from the USA, Canada and Britain

Tobacco Control

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 356-360

  Jarvis, Martin J ^a   Cohen, Joanna E ^b,c   Delnevo, Cristine D ^d   Giovino, Gary A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CESSATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON-CIGARETTE TOBACCO PRODUCTS; POLICYMAKERS; PREVALENCE; QUIT RATIOS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING-CAUSED DISEASE; STATISTICS; SURVEILLANCE; SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION; CESSATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; ETHICS; EVALUATION; GENDER; HARM REDUCTION; IDEOLOGY; NON-CIGARETTE TOBACCO PRODUCTS; POLICYMAKERS; PREVALENCE; QUIT RATIOS; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING-CAUSED DISEASE; SURVEILLANCE; SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881546248     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050279     Document Type: Article

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