The relation between number of smoking friends, and quit intentions, attempts, and success: Findings from the international tobacco control (ITC) four country survey

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1144-1152

  Hitchman, Sara C ^a,e   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a,b   Zanna, Mark P ^a   Thrasher, James F ^c   Laux, Fritz L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Smoking cessation; Social context; Social network; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925777085     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036483     Document Type: Article

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