An updated global picture of cigarette smoking persistence among adults

• Main Authors: Jonathan P. Troost (Author), David A. Barondess (Author), Carla L. Storr (Author), J. Elisabeth Wells (Author), Ali Obaid Al-Hamzawi (Author), Laura Helena Andrade (Author), Evelyn Bromet (Author), Ronny Bruffaerts (Author), Silvia Florescu (Author), Giovanni de Girolamo (Author), Ron de Graaf (Author), Oye Gureje (Author), Josep Maria Haro (Author), Chiyi Hu (Author), Yueqin Huang (Author), Aimee N. Karam (Author), Ronald C. Kessler (Author), Jean-Pierre Lepine (Author), Herbert Matschinger (Author), Maria Elena Medina-Mora (Author), Siobhan O'Neill (Author), Jose Posada-Villa (Author), Rajesh Sagar (Author), Tadashi Takeshima (Author), Toma Tomov (Author), David R. Williams (Author), James C. Anthony (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Cross-national variance in smoking prevalence is relatively well documented. The aim of this study is to estimate levels of smoking persistence across 21 countries with a hypothesized inverse relationship between country income level and smoking persistence. Methods: Data from the World...