Small-group discussions on menthol cigarettes: listening to adult African American smokers in Atlanta, Georgia.

摘要: Objective. In 2002, the First Conference on Menthol Cigarettes brought together researchers from diverse backgrounds to summarize what is known about menthol cigarettes and people who smoke them, identify areas of needed research cigarettes. Since conference, PubMed reports 24 articles, including conference proceedings, African Americans. Many articles address epidemiological or biomedical topics. While there has been some focus social influences marketing issues, more a greater this topic are needed. Design. To stimulate population disproportionately burdened by health effects smoking, we conducted small-group discussions in 2005 with adult American smokers Atlanta, Georgia. Each group discussion focused different topic: smoking behavior preferences, perceptions influences, perceived harmfulness menthol, quitting cigarette or...