Positive smoker identity as a barrier to quitting smoking: Findings from a national survey of smokers in England

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 740-745

  Tombor, Ildiko ^a   Shahab, Lion ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a   West, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Positive smoker identity; Quit attempt; Quit success; Smoking cessation; Smoking Toolkit Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BARRIERS; POSITIVE SMOKER IDENTITY; QUIT ATTEMPT; QUIT SUCCESS; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING TOOLKIT STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887011415     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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