Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 144-150 , February 2007

Nicotine Dependence and Withdrawal Symptoms among Occasional Smokers

  • Saadhna Panday, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Saadhna Panday, Child, Youth, Family and Social Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Private Bag X07, Dalbridge 4014, South Africa.
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  • S. Priscilla Reddy, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Health Promotion Research and Development Group, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
    • ,
  • Robert A.C. Ruiter, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Erik Bergström, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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  • Hein de Vries, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 27 March 2006 ,Accepted 5 September 2006.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00337-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.001

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 144-150 , February 2007

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