Smoking as an ‘informed choice’: Implications for endgame strategies

Tobacco Control

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 669-673

  Hoek, Janet ^a   Ball, Jude ^a   Gray, Rebecca ^a   Tautolo, El Shadan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SMOKING; TENSION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THINKING; TOBACCO; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84994719244     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053267     Document Type: Article

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