Stronger pack warnings predict quitting more than weaker ones: Finding from the ITC Malaysia and Thailand surveys

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fathelrahman, Ahmed I ^a,e   Li, Lin ^b   Borland, Ron ^b   Yong, Hua Hie ^b   Omar, Maizurah ^a   Awang, Rahmat ^a   Sirirassamee, Buppha ^c   Fong, Geoffrey T ^d   Hammond, David ^d  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cigarette package warning labels; Health knowledge; Malaysia; Quitting behavior; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THAILAND;

EID: 84884200073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16179625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1617-9625-11-20     Document Type: Article

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