Titre :
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Characterizing and identifying "hard-core" smokers : Implications for further reducing smoking prevalence. (2000)
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Auteurs :
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S. Emery ;
C. AKE ;
A.J. FARKAS ;
E.A. GILPIN ;
J.P. PIERCE ;
Cancer Prevention and Control Program. Cancer Center. University of California. San Diego La Jolla. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 90, n° 3, 2000)
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Pagination :
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387-394
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Tabagisme
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Fumeur
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Comportement
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Désaccoutumance
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Prévalence
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Homme
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Etude comparée
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Prévention santé
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST QBOl3R0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. Some smokers may never quit. Depending on how many of these "hard-care" smokers exist, tobacco control efforts could (each the limits of a minimum achievable smoking prevalence. We defined the hard core as heavy smokers with weak quitting histories who expect never to quit smoking. We compared them with other smokers and analyzed whether they represent a meaningful barrier to further reducing smoking prevalence. Methods. We used date from the 1998 California Tubacco Surseys (18616) adults ; response rate=72.9%). Results. In 1996 3.2% of California smokers 26 years and older (1.3% of the California population) were hardcore smokers. Compared with other smokers, hard-core smokers were more likely to be retired non-Hispante White males, with 12 years of less of education and incomes below $30 000 a year, who five alone. They began smoking at younger ages and attributed fewer negatise health consequences to smoking than other smokers. Conclusions. Current tobacco control efforts have a long may to go before they "hat the wall." Nonetheless, the group of hard-core smokers represents a challenge because they appear to be largely unaffected by the massages of tobacco control.
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