Characteristics of smokers who have never tried to quit: Evidence from the British Opinions and Lifestyle Survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sharma, Aarohi ^a   Szatkowski, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RISK; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899921477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-346     Document Type: Review

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