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. 1999 Mar 1;90(2):80–82. doi: 10.1007/BF03404105

Youth Smoking in Ontario 1981–1997: A Cause for Concern

Frances M Hobbs 12, William Pickett 12,22, Roberta G Ferrence 12,32,, K Stephen Brown 12,42, Cheryl Madill 52, Edward M Adlaf 32
PMCID: PMC6980021  PMID: 10349210

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The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health. Funding for data collection was provided by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Addiction Research Foundation Division, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

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