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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

When do adolescents become smokers?

Annual seven-year population-based follow-up of tobacco habits among 2000 Swedish pupils – an open cohort study

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Pages 41-46 | Received 11 Jan 2008, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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