Tobacco use among urban Aboriginal Australian young people: A qualitative study of reasons for smoking, barriers to cessation and motivators for smoking cessation

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 334-341

  Cosh, Suzanne ^a,b,c   Hawkins, Kimberley ^a   Skaczkowski, Gemma ^d,e   Copley, David ^a   Bowden, Jacqueline ^f  

^a CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; BOREDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPORT; STRESS; TOBACCO USE; URBAN POPULATION; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BOREDOM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PEER INFLUENCE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941132937     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY13157     Document Type: Article

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