Are adolescents attempting to buy cigarettes on the internet?
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Are adolescents attempting to buy cigarettes on the internet?
OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of, and demographic and smoking behaviour correlates of, attempting to purchase cigarettes via the internet among adolescent current smokers. METHODS A representative sample of 17 181 10th and 12th grade California students completed a written questionnaire on tobacco related attitudes and behaviour during the 1999-2000 school year. Logistic regression analy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tobacco Control
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0964-4563
DOI: 10.1136/tc.10.4.360