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

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...

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Main Authors: Umesh R. Aryal, Max Petzold, Göran Bondjers, Alexandra Krettek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-07-01
Series:Global Health Action
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Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/24488/pdf_1