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Use of smokeless tobacco and cigarettes among Nigerian youths: implications for tobacco control policies in Africa

I. T. AgakuDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Global Tobacco Control, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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H. R. AlpertDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Global Tobacco Control, Boston, MA, USA
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C. I. VardavasDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Global Tobacco Control, Boston, MA, USA
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A. O. AdisaDepartment of Oral Pathology, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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G. N. ConnollyDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Global Tobacco Control, Boston, MA, USA
Pages 75-80 | Received 19 Jun 2012, Accepted 13 Sep 2012, Published online: 06 May 2013

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