Why do smokers try to quit without medication or counselling? A qualitative study with ex-smokers

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Smith, Andrea L ^a   Carter, Stacy M ^a   Chapman, Simon ^a   Dunlop, Sally M ^a,b   Freeman, Becky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG SAFETY; EX-SMOKER; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMFEBUTAMONE; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUPROPION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84965041721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2014-007301     Document Type: Article

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