Perceptions of financial incentives for smoking cessation: A survey of smokers in a country with an endgame goal

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1481-1488

  Robertson, Lindsay ^a   Gendall, Philip ^a   Hoek, Janet ^a   Marsh, Louise ^a   McGee, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RESPONSIBILITY; REWARD; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; REWARD; SMOKERS; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85056604732     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntx268     Document Type: Article

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