Effectiveness of the Tobacco Tactics Program in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-274

  Duffy, Sonia A ^a,b,c   Ronis, David L ^b   Karvonen Gutierrez, Carrie A ^a   Ewing, Lee A ^a   Dalack, Gregory W ^c   Smith, Patricia M ^d   Carmody, Timothy P ^e   Hicks, Thomas ^e   Hermann, Christopher ^e   Reeves, Pamela ^e   Flanagan, Petra ^f  

^a Health Services Research and Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cessation; Health services research; Tobacco control; Treatment and intervention; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84939875405     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: 15324796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-014-9605-z     Document Type: Article

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