Heaviness of smoking predicts smoking relapse only in the first weeks of a quit attempt: Findings from the international tobacco control four-country survey

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 423-429

  Yong, Hua Hie ^a   Borland, Ron ^a   Balmford, James ^a   Hyland, Andrew ^b   O'Connor, Richard J ^b   Thompson, Mary E ^c   Spittal, Matthew J ^d  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAVINESS OF SMOKING INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; GREAT BRITAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896142438     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntt165     Document Type: Article

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