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Prevalence and Correlates of Hardcore Smoking in India
Abstract: Hardcore smoking refers to inability or unwillingness of regular smokers to quit. Daily smoking, no past quit attempt and no future quit intention, nicotine dependence, etc., are used to define hardcore smoking. Continued use, nicotine dependence and recalcitrant to interventions makes hardcore smoker more prone to tobacco-induced diseases. However, despite multiple estimates of smoking prevalence in India, there is little information on hardcore smoking epidemiology, which has bearing on smoking …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2012 · pp. 16–24 Read article