Correlates of smoking susceptibility among adolescents in a peri-urban area of Nepal: a population-based cross-sectional study in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site

• Hauptverfasser: Umesh R. Aryal (Verfasst von), Max Petzold (Verfasst von), Göran Bondjers (Verfasst von), Alexandra Krettek (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Susceptibility to smoking is defined as an absence of firm commitment not to smoke in the future or when offered a cigarette by best friends. Susceptibility begins in adolescence and is the first step in the transition to becoming an established smoker. Many scholars have hypothesized an...