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Exposure To Secondhand Smoke And Nicotine Dependence, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Ellen J. Hahn, Steven R. Browning, Mary Kay Rayens
Exposure To Secondhand Smoke And Nicotine Dependence, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Ellen J. Hahn, Steven R. Browning, Mary Kay Rayens
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Background
- Nicotine dependence (ND) : “the smoking behavior accompanied by a reluctance to quit (Khurana, Batra, Patkar, & Leone, 2003).
- The US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline ‘Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence’: A chronic condition that often requires repeated interventions (Office of the Surgeon General, 2000).
- Secondhand Smoke (SHS) is a potential source of exposure to high levels of nicotine. (Dimich-Ward, Gee, Brauer, Leung,1997)
- No current studies addressing the contribution of SHS to Nicotine Dependence (ND) or smoking behaviors