Intention to switch to smokeless tobacco use among south african smokers: Results from the 2007 south african social attitudes survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ayo Yusuf, Olalekan A ^a,b   Agaku, Israel T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIOR; BLACK PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899685548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095553     Document Type: Review

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