What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence by 2025? Modelling in a country with a smokefree goal

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-145

  Ikeda, Takayoshi ^a   Cobiac, Linda ^a,b   Wilson, Nick ^a   Carter, Kristie ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CENSUSES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GOALS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923221576     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051196     Document Type: Article

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