Are young people's beliefs about menthol cigarettes associated with smoking-related intentions and behaviors?

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-90

  Brennan, Emily ^a   Gibson, Laura ^b   Momjian, Ani ^b   Hornik, Robert C ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTHOL CIGARETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTHOL; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922454668     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntu134     Document Type: Article

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