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Original Articles

Explaining adolescents’ cigarette smoking: A comparison of four modes of action control and test of the role of self-regulatory mode

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Pages 893-909 | Received 01 Jun 2007, Accepted 01 Feb 2009, Published online: 28 Apr 2009

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