I don't mind damaging my own body" A qualitative study of the factors that motivate smokers to quit

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bethea, Jane ^a   Murtagh, Barnaby ^a   Wallace, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cessation; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Knowledge; Motivation; Risk; Smoking; Smoking related disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84924333768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-15-4     Document Type: Article

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