Financial Stress and Smoking Cessation - A Silver Lining to the Dark Clouds of the Global Economy? (Commentary)
This commentary by Frank Chaloupka looks at an article by Siahpush and colleagues in the journal Addiction. The article, entitled "Smokers with financial stress are more likely to want to quit but less likely to try or succeed: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey" looks at the connection between financial stress and quit behavior among smokers.
August 2009
Location(s): North America, U.S.
Project: International Tobacco Control Policy Survey
Content Type: Journal article
Topic(s): Economic impacts of tobacco control, Health consequences, Impact on demand, Impact on the poor, Tax and price, Tobacco use
Authors(s): Frank J. Chaloupka, Ph.D.
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