Reported exposures to anti-smoking messages and their impact on Chinese smoker's subsequent quit attempts

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 667-676

  Li, Lin ^a   Borland, Ron ^a   Yong, Hua Hie ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^b,c   Jiang, Yuan ^d   Li, Qiang ^b,d   Hammond, David ^b   Quah, Anne C K ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health warnings; Longitudinal research; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEVISION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEVISION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905023190     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-013-9349-3     Document Type: Article

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