Do smokers support smoke-free laws to help themselves quit smoking? Findings from a longitudinal study

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 233-237

  Nagelhout, Gera E ^a,b   Zhuang, Yue Lin ^c   Gamst, Anthony ^c   Zhu, Shu Hong ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Alliance Smokefree Holland   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING BAN; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOKE-FREE POLICY; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928208757     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051255     Document Type: Article

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