Support for Tobacco Control Policies among Youth in North Carolina
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Attitudes about tobacco policies among North Carolina parents.
BACKGROUND While tobacco use reduction remains a major public health goal, little evidence exists on how citizens in North Carolina view policy issues related to tobacco control. This research examines attitudes toward tobacco policies among North Carolina parents. METHODS Randomly selected North Carolina adults with a child living in his or her household were invited to participate in the Ch...
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OBJECTIVE Explore adolescents' response to current and potential tobacco control policy issues. DESIGN The 13 site Tobacco Control Network (TCN), sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conducted 129 sex and ethnic homogeneous focus groups. PARTICIPANTS 785 white, African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Hispanic adolescents who were prima...
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عنوان ژورنال: North Carolina Medical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0029-2559,0029-2559
DOI: 10.18043/ncm.67.3.175