does menthol-brand cigarette initiate early smoking? evidence from a cross sectional study in sarawak, malaysia.

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md mizanur rahman faculty of medicine and health sciences, universiti malaysia sarawak.

mohd taha arif faculty of medicine and health sciences, universiti malaysia sarawak.

mohd fadzillah abd razak faculty of medicine and health sciences, universiti malaysia sarawak.

mohd raili bin suhaili faculty of medicine and health sciences, universiti malaysia sarawak.

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iranian journal of public health

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