A systematic review of smoking Youths’ perceptions of addiction and health risks associated with smoking: Utilizing the framework of the health belief model
Addiction Research & TheoryPublished 8 October 2012
Tara Mantler
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Investigation of youths’ perceptions of tobacco-cigarette-related addiction and health risks offers insight for researchers, educators, and cessation interventionists, as awareness of self-exempting beliefs held by smoking youth creates a vantage point to facilitate behaviour change.
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* Correspondence: Tara Mantler, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, 519-661-2111 X89270, 519-661-3928 [email protected]
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