Knowledge of the health impacts of smoking and public attitudes towards tobacco control in the former Soviet Union

Tobacco Control

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Roberts, Bayard ^a   Stickley, Andrew ^a,b,c   Gilmore, Anna B ^d   Danishevski, Kirill ^e   Kizilova, Kseniya ^f   Bryden, Anna ^a   Rotman, David ^g   Haerpfer, Christian ^h   Mckee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e Open Health Institute   (Russian Federation)

^f East Ukrainian Foundation for Social Research   (United Kingdom)

^g BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885837405     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050249     Document Type: Article

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