Patterns of longitudinal transitions in menthol use among U.S. young adult smokers

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 839-846

  Rath, Jessica M ^a,c   Villanti, Andrea C ^b,c   Williams, Valerie F ^a   Richardson, Amanda ^a,c   Pearson, Jennifer L ^b,c   Vallone, Donna M ^a,c  

^a Legacy ^*  (United States)

^b Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL;

ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTHOL CIGARETTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION SEEKING; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTHOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937041395     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntu247     Document Type: Article

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