Socioeconomic disparities in community-based treatment of tobacco dependence.


Abstract

Targets for enhancing therapeutic approaches for lower socioeconomic groups should include efforts to ensure that lower-SES groups receive more treatment content, strategies to address specific clinical and environmental challenges associated with treatment outcomes for lower-SES smokers (i.e., higher dependence and stress levels and exposure to other smokers), and strategies to provide longer-term support.


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2012-03-06


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American journal of public health
Am J Public Health (1541-0048)

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Eng.


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American journal of public health

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. csheffer [at] med.cuny.edu


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Am J Public Health. 2012 Mar;102(3):e8-16



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