Exposure and response to current text-only smokeless tobacco health warnings among smokeless tobacco users aged ≥18 years, United States, 2012-2013

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 200-206

  Agaku, Israel T ^a   Singh, Tushar ^a,b   Rolle, Italia V ^a   Ayo Yusuf, Olalekan A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chewing tobacco; Health policy; Smokeless tobacco; Snuff; Snus; Tobacco control; Warning labels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADDICTION; AGED; HARM REDUCTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 84961158713     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.02.014     Document Type: Article

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