Was the expansion of the marketing license for nicotine replacement therapy in the United Kingdom to include smoking reduction associated with changes in use and incidence of quit attempts?

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1777-1781

  Beard, Emma ^a   Bruguera, Carla ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a   Mcneill, Ann ^b   West, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84894244368     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt044     Document Type: Article

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