Smoker identity and its potential role in young adults' smoking behavior: A meta-ethnography

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 992-1003

  Tombor, Ildiko ^a   Shahab, Lion ^a   Herbec, Aleksandra ^a   Neale, Joanne ^b   Michie, Susan ^c   West, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta ethnography; Smoker identity; Smoking cessation; Systematic review; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942108214     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000191     Document Type: Article

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