Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 8 , Pages 760-768 , August 2006

Pleasure or pain? A profile of smokers in Northern England

  • R. Edwards

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +6443855999x5089; fax: +644389531.
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  • P. McElduff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
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  • R.A. Harrison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
    • Hunter New England Population Health, New England Area Health Service, Wallsend, NSW, Australia
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  • K. Watson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
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  • G. Butler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
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  • P. Elton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand
    • Bury Primary Care Trust, Bury, Lancashire, UK

Received 29 June 2005 ,Revised 30 March 2006 ,Accepted 8 May 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00125-9

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.005

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