Gender and racial differences in smoking of long/ultra-long and king size cigarettes among U.S. adult smokers, NHANES 1999-2012

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-35

  Agaku, Israel T ^a   Vardavas, Constantine I ^a   Ayo Yusuf, Olalekan A ^a,b   Alpert, Hillel R ^a   Connolly, Gregory N ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abuse liability; Cigarettes; Design; Long; Product appeal; Slim

Indexed keywords

ABUSE LIABILITY; CIGARETTES; DESIGN; LONG; PRODUCT APPEAL; SLIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893772671     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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