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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Why Would Khat Chewers Quit? An In-Depth, Qualitative Study on Saudi Khat Quitters

Rashad Alsanusy ABP (Arab Board of Psychiatry) Substance Abuse Research Center (SARC), Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Maged El-Setouhy MD Substance Abuse Research Center (SARC), Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Pages 389-395 | Published online: 25 Oct 2013

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Asmamaw Adugna, Telake Azale & Simegnew Handebo. (2020) Seven in every ten khat chewers in Gondar City had an intention to stop khat chewing: cross-sectional study using Transtheoretical Model. BMC Psychiatry 20:1.
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Maged El-Setouhy, Rashad Alsanosy, Anwar M. Makeen, Khalid Yaser Ghailan, Abdullah Alsharqi & Kamaludin Ahmed Sheikh. (2019) Impact of khat price increases on consumption behavior – price elasticity analysis. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 14:1.
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Fatimah Al-Jerani, Ethar Al-Basry, Heba Aldawood, Zakia Almudhry, Norah Alshammari, Hawraa Busaleh & Mohammed Madadin. (2019) Substance abuse among Saudi population. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, pages 1174-1179.
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Samson W. Duresso, Raimondo Bruno, Allison J. Matthews & Stuart G. Ferguson. (2017) Stopping khat use: Predictors of success in an unaided quit attempt. Drug and Alcohol Review 37:S1.
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Maged El-Setouhy, Rashad M. Alsanosy, Abdallah Alsharqi & Ahmed A. Ismail. (2016) Khat Dependency and Psychophysical Symptoms among Chewers in Jazan Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. BioMed Research International 2016, pages 1-6.
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